Pulborough - A UK prototype in T Gauge
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It has been well over 6 months since I last added something here!
More ideas have been formulating over the last few months, some of which have manifested in other threads, however something struck me in the world of T Gauge the other day...and the source of this was none other than Electra Railway graphics.
http://www.electrarailwaygraphics.co.uk/
A very naughty Mr Warr has decided to start producing his tranfer sets for T Gauge...mainly to fit the Hankyu 9000 sets that have recently been released. Much to my delight, these include my local stock-in-trade...the class 377.
This...
...from this...
Having seen this, I mused over the possibility of attempting my local station - Pulborough - in T Gauge. The premise is straight-forward enough...we only have class 377s on a day-to-day basis, and excluding the rarely-used cross over, we only have the two running lines.
For layout measurements I used Google Image, working out the area roughly between the Arun viaduct and the road overbridge just to the north of the station. This comes to a length of approx 4'1 in T Gauge.
The intention is to build on a 4' x 1' board, so a little compression will be in order to I can fit on the return loops. Essentially this will be in two places; there will be a reduction in the platform staggering, and the distance between the end of the platforms to the road overbridge will be reduced. The reduction in the platform stagger will also mean a reduction in the size of the car park and a slight rearrangement of the up platform buildings.
More good news.... These reductions mean that the track in the scenic area can be covered by one length of flexi-track for each line...set track will be used for the curves and fiddle yard; although some thought will need to go into points as only left-handers are available at the time of writing.
All buildings will need to be scratch built, and at present they include the station building, with attached good shed (now a mechanics), the up platform buildings, signal box, and a couple of houses to the west of the road bridge to the south. Structures include this road bridge...which carries the track over the main A283, the viaduct carrying the line over the river Arun and the bridge to the north...carrying Church Lane. There are also semaphore signals!
The viaduct is not a hugely tricky structure...
Pulborough up platform
Signal Box showing staggered platform
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