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Trackplan

IanLister

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Here's a pretty basic trackplan to give an idea of the project. The 2 tracks leaving Spittal Town diverge in the vertical plane; the Berwick branch climbs to the ECML (fiddleyard) whereas the dock branch descends to riverbank level. The track to Spittal Point and the fish quay also descends after leaving the goods yard.

 

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To date I have the baseboards completed from the fiddleyard to the point where the 2 tracks diverge. The bridge shown in earlier posts is on the Berwick branch just after it leaves the station. There was another bridge beside it on the dock branch, with Dock Road between the 2 tracks and emerging under the dock line onto the waterfront ar Carr Rock Jetty:

 

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The bridge on the waterfront was blown up when the dock branch embankment was demolished in 1973; I have a photo of it flying through the air. The other one, which I have modelled, though on a lesser gradient, is still there:

 

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Hello Ian. 

I spotted this a thought I know that name. You have my sympathy for what would have been a rather traumatic time. Funny how life throws things at you. I note you have given up the motorhome life. We have too firstly we had moved agin to a place which needs a lot of work and with a big patch of ground. Secondly we had begun to find the behaviour of people on camping sites was spoiling it for us. The traffic on the roads was another factor taking the pleasure out of it.

 

I see you have changed scale which is a shame in some ways as you were making such a good job of the 2mm stuff. Still a different scale is just like a different viewpoint. Best wishes with the project

 

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Hello Ian. 

I spotted this a thought I know that name. You have my sympathy for what would have been a rather traumatic time. Funny how life throws things at you. I note you have given up the motorhome life. We have too firstly we had moved agin to a place which needs a lot of work and with a big patch of ground. Secondly we had begun to find the behaviour of people on camping sites was spoiling it for us. The traffic on the roads was another factor taking the pleasure out of it.

 

I see you have changed scale which is a shame in some ways as you were making such a good job of the 2mm stuff. Still a different scale is just like a different viewpoint. Best wishes with the project

 

Don

Hi Don and thanks. We were planning longer in the motorhome but things with my son made us revisit how we really want to spend our time. I now have a big workshop and the same enthusiasm I had before for the model railway stuff. 4mm is because I'll be able to carry on with it for longer I think. it was a tough decision as I really enjoyed the 2mm stuff.

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