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4ft square layout


witherbrow

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Hello All

 

I've done little apart from collecting stock and working on scenarios and routes for the simulator in the past three years, oh I've also moved twice and got married :sungum:

 

Anyway I found myself picking up this months model rail as all my book are still in boxes and stumbled across an article on the 4ft square peco setrack layouts. I've been bitten by this article and a spark of enthusiasm seems to have returned, albeit with a cautious head. At the moment I've been researching track and Baseboards, realizing that 4 1ft square foamcore boards 2/3 layers thick would be a good solution for cheap start, a standard timber frame with plywood top would be better meaning I'm going to have to practice my carpentry!

Regarding the track I've found that this plan can be done with either Peco or Hornby, as its from the peco book though I'm going to stick with peco. I'm leaning more towards Insulfrogs, as when last bought an electrofrog it came with loose wires and my knowledge stops at buying the point really. Although as the smallest loco i'll be running is a 0-6-0 pannier i think it will cope fine over insulfrogs

 

Without further ado - a track plan

 

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I'm aiming a small country terminus nothing fancy, something nice to look at really. As I say I'm thinking hard about this one as I dont want to be at home to mr cockup!

 

Regards - LB

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I like his design, but if the hidden sidings were turned thro' 90 degrees they would longer and thus more useable.

 

Julie

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I thought this too, I think it's originally design for use with a loco lift. As I think it will do for my needs :)

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I would be tempted to make the main line a oval, and disguise this by putting a locomotive shed in place, at the end of the platform. This was the case at many branch terminus stations including Loch Tay. This would allow you to run in new and newly serviced locomotives.

 

I would also consider extending the runaround loop under the bridge, to enable a 2 coach train to be run.

 

Julie

 

PS I do like Paul A Lunn's designs for small spaces

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I've had a fiddle and came up with this -

 

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I quite like it - also having a circle of track would be very nice :) 

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