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The Circle and the Stores (T-CATS)


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  • RMweb Gold

Despite living in Cornwall for the past 30+years, and working for ECC for the first 7½ of them,  I've never built a layout based on the China Clay industry.

 

It's a simple idea, a low level curve entering the scenic area under a road bridge and leaving under a rail bridge.  The rail bridge is a single siding to a clay dries. 

 

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But I am going to need quite a few clay hoods...

 

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Slight amendment to plan - left hand entrance is now via a tunnel, right had exit via the road bridge, with the rail bridge in front.

 

Might make the whole clay area abandoned, with no tracks left other than embedded in the concrete.

 

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You might be asking, how does this fit with the requirements for 'Operationally interesting' - well, have I ever been known to do things conventionally ?

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Digitally operated and controlled?

 

Who says operations have to be performed by pushing buttons and twiddling knobs?

 

(digit as in finger!)

 

Jet propelled using the Methane from the inevitable sewerage system ?

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  • RMweb Gold

I like this layout for a small cameo as I've had the same idea but for a different industry and in a different plane!!!  :crazy:

(Stubby has already given enough clues as to how this layout is going to be propelled.)

 

 

Kev.

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I like this layout for a small cameo as I've had the same idea but for a different industry and in a different plane!!!  :crazy:

(Stubby has already given enough clues as to how this layout is going to be propelled.)

 

 

Kev.

 

 

Don't believe all you might have read elsewhere...  note the purchase of the two mini-roller kits...

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Digitally operated and controlled?

 

Who says operations have to be performed by pushing buttons and twiddling knobs?

 

(digit as in finger!)

 

Jet propelled using the Methane from the inevitable sewerage system ?

 

I'm saying nothing...  (nowt new there !)

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Don't believe all you might have read elsewhere...  note the purchase of the two mini-roller kits...

 

..it was the mini roller kits that finally settled it.

 

I look forward to progress.

 

 

Kev.

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There might not be any locos, either...

 

If  you lay the circle on a slope the trains without locos will just go round and round due to gravity wont they.... 

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If  you lay the circle on a slope the trains without locos will just go round and round due to gravity wont they....

 

Some kind of gimbal to move baseboard around thus give the rolling stock the ability to respond to gravity?
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Some kind of gimbal to move baseboard around thus give the rolling stock the ability to respond to gravity?

 

Far too complex - even for me.

 

Think very tight coach washing plant...

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Change of propulsion plan...

 

Instead of the rollers, I'll be using a 'Spring'.

 

Those with long memories might recall the Matchbox Motorised Motorway

 

I have today received two of the Motorway 4.25m springs, one of which can be used on this layout.  A further benefit of this method is that many wagons can be used to link to the spring, so providing a smoother and shared transfer of power to the train.

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At first I was thinking fast spinning paint rollers set up like a car wash to flick the clays around but now a spring has sprung So it's going to be like the pin ball wizard. ! Behind the scene the big spring is going to ping the wagons around.....can't see how there going to get into the dry though?

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