Chris Dark

Thanks for all the extra comments since my last post, lots of very interesting input, picking up on a few points. @Nearholmer thanks for the alternative track plan, I like having the rear siding, but this would mean the loop would need to be clear at all times. also from a visual i wanted to have a headshunt/siding raised with a road/river (indicated by the brown/green) which is actually routed parallel to that. I will have a play with this idea and see how I get on. @Stationmasterthanks for your input again, the point you make regarding shunting being on scene is exactly what i am wanting to achieve, hence part off scene station, thus allowing for more siding and shunting space. @HarlequinIt became clear early that the relation to Fairford is limited, largely just the principle of a once through station stunted with a non conventicle layout, if you can provide examples of others it would be good to look at, this is still development stages so happy to keep adjusting. the 4ft depth has been thought above, bending the line and having goods facilities at the front hopefully limits the requirement to lean over or access from both sides, ideally access would just be from the front.

Morning Mike, What are the chances of passenger stock being stored at this type of location during the day. i.e, a fictional timetable may be morning passenger service from my station to the junction station then return, next passenger working may not be for a few hours so passenger stock is stored whilst the loco shunts the yard. Loco then departs with next passenger trip before the goods arrives, goods loco shunts the incoming wagons and takes away the pre-shunted wagons from the prior loco? What I am getting at with this, could I reasonably add a siding to hold passenger stock (I'm thinking off the loop to the rear of the platform). Or am I falling into the trap of trying to add too much?

The layout would be 20 x 4 ft of scenic, as drawn out in my first post. there is no chance I can create a scale length terminus layout but I am wanting to achieve a realistic compressed approach, by which I mean avoiding sidings and loops which look cramped. The loop is circa 1.9m point to point and the goodshed siding is circa 1.8m along with the headshunt, to me this allows me to hold 5-7 wagons and a loco with wiggle room.

Hi Mike, Thanks very much for your detailed reply. I take note from your and Gordans comment relating to an additional crossover, my reluctance to add this in is that I think the goods loop would be quite short (I can look at this later) and may limit the length of the train. Also would it be reasonable to leave wagons for unloading on the track between the mileage point and the good shed point? or you you leave this clear for access for each? Reading through your step by step shunting, it does appear that leaving incoming goods 'off scene' whilst a light engine appears, shunts the outgoing goods and then goes to retrieve the incoming goods answers my question. This clears the issue in my head where I was thinking where can departing trains be left whilst the incoming gets shunted. I can always add a three way point but my reluctance (maybe naively) is to avoid these for a rural station. to give some sense of size the layout shown is 20ft x 4 ft. Edit - Sorry when you say the good shed wastes siding space, what is this referring to?

Thanks for that. In terms of the shunting, in my mind, if I shunted the incoming wagons first , I wouldn't be able to access the loaded wagons, therefore I was thinking that the incoming wagons would need to be left somewhere where access to the sidings would allow the shunting of the loaded. The rest of your description makes sense and was largely what I had in mind. I did think about this, I will sketch it up and see how it fits.

Good evening all, I have been playing around with a couple of ideas for a 7mm end to end. One of the main appeals for me of O gauge is the extra size which for me makes shunting and medium to slow speed more enjoyable, to this end i wanted a terminus setting. I have chosen a non standard terminus (such as Fairford) as some inspiration which means i can shorted the platform (part of it is off scene) and focus on extra siding room etc with the back story of a through station that never was. I'm generally happy with the plan below but as someone who isn't too knowledgeable on the methods of shunting and various scenarios, I am hoping of some input to allow me to build up a picture but also amend if requierd. This is a sketch in Scarm before the final plan is drawn up in Templot. The train would enter from the left. Passengers trains would stop at the station, move forward into the loop, run around and roll back into the station (i like this as it introduces movement of the coaching stock i wouldn't get with a conventional run-around). I have also added an engine shed on the loop for extra visual interest. Goods traffic would enter from the same side and the yard is labeled as above, but this is where i can't visualise the movements. the arrangement is more akin to a through station (as per my description above) but i want to shunt it as a terminus. the mileage siding is a dock siding, taking inspiration from this picture of Claverdon from the fantastic Warwickshire Railways website. the other siding is general goods, the final siding i imagine to be a headshunt. I do feel i would like to add another siding off the goods yard but it's the constant issue of adding too much takes away from the 'quiet rural station' i am going for. I hope i have explained my thoughts clearly and would welcome any input. Thanks

Thanks for that, are the original glued in place or just I clipped in, do the new fit existing holes or is some fettling required?

Sorry to revert back to such an old thread, but can anyone advise the best way to remove the existing heat and brake hoses? do they need cutting off and new glued in place? I bought some recently and would like to attempt the project in the coming days, also, what is the best way to paint the wheels? Thanks

Good evening, A little Christmas project for me is to build a small photo plank using, trackwork will be timber sleepers and plastic chairs, I don't have any o track gauges and doing some quick research there appears to be a number of options, i have think the best one for me is 0-MF based on the fine scale standards and reduced flangeway, however i can't see anywhere to buy them, apart from this post on Templot https://85a.uk/templot/archive/topics/topic_1811.php. Firstly are these still available, has anyone bought from this seller? Hopefully someone can help. Thanks

looking at the S-R-S drawing of St Kew, it does show what looks like a headshunt, but in practice would the sidings be shunted from the running line and what I am referring to a headshunt would actually be another siding? Thanks

Sorry, my comment was referring more about the provision of a headshunt rather than whether it was accessed via a trailing / facing connection. St Kews Highway and Port Isaac Road being two that spring to mind.

Hi All, Thanks for the replies, I have just seen the latest comments. The talk regarding short headhunts due to sorted trains makes perfect sense. The point regarding headshunts not being widely provided I don't necessarily agree with from my experience (typically involves reviewing historic maps). The vast majority of wayside stations, typically on single line branches have a similar arrangement of headshunt accessed via facing points with sidings accessed reversely from the headshunt, as per the station map in my first post.

Has anybody got a picture of where the recesses are? i can't for the lift of me see the location.

@martin_wynne Unfortunately i can't attach the .box file but i have got an image of Camerton approach where the V's look quite large (small), maybe just trick of the camera

Thanks for both of your replies. I am aiming to use Camerton as a base for an 0 gauge layout,, essentially using the layout as it was when Camerton was a through station but bringing the loop all one side of the bridge as it will be treated like a terminus, to aid operational interest. When i am on my PC i will upload my box file but a fair amount of compression is applied to achieve this, like with most models, it's trying to balance up all the compromises to achieve something that satisfy you. I am wanting to use the longest switches i can but am limited with space, so 12ft switches and 1:8V on the running lines seemed a good compromise, I did try tracing the map as per your link Martin but the layout as a through station doesn't line up too well so gave up on it, i shall try again later.