Turning the Clock Back

My personal reality is a little less complicated. The S&D terminates at its southern end at a point where it reaches the LSWR Main line to the West. The station, known as Broadtemple, has 3  S&D terminal platforms (or more precisely platform edges) and 2 through  LSWR/SR through platforms. It is still very much a work in progress. The single line S&D track is largely an incline of 1:50, much of it hidden so the tight curves are not visible, which runs to an elevated cassette fiddle yard. 

At least you have something to show and it looks good ... mines still at the talk stage :-)

 

 

On 05/03/2019 at 22:21, pbkloss said:

At least you have something to show and it looks good ... mines still at the talk stage :-)

 

 

Any progress yet?

I wish ... I'm still working on the room finishing off its insulated lining. Bits of board lying around and bits of wood to make the remaining baseboards.  The workbench has a Mk1 composite under construction ... I will post something when I have something to show!  Thanks for asking.  BTW I love what you have done.

Looks good.  Great concept, well worked out.

Can I make a couple of observations on the OP photo.  The platforms are too high,  Should be 3ft max and buffer centrelines are 3ft 3" so buffers shafts should be above passenger platform level and the 14XX clearly isn't. I made the same mistake 30 years ago and it really annoys me now but is really too much work to put right.  At your stage slipping a sheet of 1 or 2mm ply under the track should be quite simple.  Some goods platforms especially in covered goods depots were higher, to facilitate loading vans etc ,Also track was normally dead straight, laid by human eye in steam days, not laid by lazer to look like a dogs hind leg its well worth using brand new straight out of the box pristine flexi track laid with a straight edge, if it bends or kinks use it for  curve and substitute a new bit.

Stations with through and terminal platforms are rare.  Platforms are rare full stop south in the South West.   They needed different platforms for different destinations in the Midlands as many travellers were illiterate and there were no tannoys so folk had to know where to get their train.  Thats not to be Racist against northerners, southern folk were also illiterate but the wages were so bad they couldn't afford to travel.  Plenty of trains terminated at two platform through stations, and 4 platforms was very large by GWR / LSWR standards.