Pointless Layouts !

[ThePurplePrimer]

I have seen one pointless layout in the 'flesh' that made me rethink what you need for a good layout.

 

Can you point me (groan) to other layouts without any pointwork ( in the scenic section ) that you think could inspire me.

 

I am interested in any styles but something suitable for storing a collection of wagons ( among other things ) would be especially interesting but please don't let that stop you suggesting other genres

[Zomboid]

Earls Court is good, I've seen it at exhibitions a couple of times. Not sure if it's on here though, must be on the net somewhere.

[BG John]

Small, Broad and Totally Pointless:

It has a traverser under the train shed for the loco to run round

 

Abbotsbridge 2:

Same design as SB&TP, but does have a crossover as I didn't want an exact clone

 

Cheapside Yard:

The O-16.5 bit has points, but the O gauge is a 3-2-2 inglenook with a traverser instead of points

 

Both SB&TP and Abbotsbridge have the same design of fiddle yard, that acts as the rest of the railway system, and also as the pointwork in the half of the station I'm not modelling:

[johnhutnick]

Here are 2 layouts with pointless running lines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBRGtABJ5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clORxgg6vRM

[njee20]

Always admired Ring Road on here, which was pointless.

[br2975]

two that spring to mind are;

 

"Lesspoint" - albeit the layout contained one turnout in the fiddle yard.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/421-lesspoint/

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"Abercynon Fach" - Brian Tucker's excellent GWR Loan Act shed.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/68515-abercynon-fach/

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Brian R

[shortliner]

Blowing my own trumpet   "Ingleferry Wharf" ( although this may be rather more complicated than you are looking for)  http://rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29306&start=0&hilit=ingleferry+wharf   With an update here  http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/112913-ingleferry-wharf-went-to-a-further-exhibition/

[Kelvin B]

Hi all

 

I have made one pointless layout - Norfolk Coke and Tar Company.

 

I have also made two layouts with just one point each - Merlins Lane and Sefton Yard..

 

All three in O Gauge although could easily have been just a flexible in OO..

 

Drawings can be seen on my website https://kelvinsrailways.wordpress.com/

 

I used a traverser on NCandT which covers three tracks. If this had not been a pointless layout, it would have needed to be nearly double the size and have been less flexible.

 

 

I have to admit on these layouts I purposely tried to have as fewer points as possible. Cost and space were the main reasons for this.

 

The inspiration for these layouts came from Mr Colin French, the arch exponent of pointless layouts.

 

Regards

 

Kelvin B

[steve1]

Like Jack I too am blowing my own trumpet, but Duncan's Mine II (and DM I before it) is pointless.

 

It is on here somewhere.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83880-duncans-mine-ii-2016-exhibition-news/

 

 

steve

[Nearholmer]

Colin French gets a mention above; he has a very nice tiny 0 gauge layout that uses a working wagon turntable as the key feature, rather than points.

 

K

[shortliner]

Sudden thought - This one came to mind

 

 

may also be worth looking in http://archive.carendt.com/microplans/index.html

[Pete the Elaner]

I rarely get inspiration from model railways, I look at the real thing. Most layouts look very compressed in comparison.

I like to model LMS pacifics, 4-6-0s etc & AC Electrics & wanted to re-create a real location so I really needed to find somewhere on the WCML.

 

I found somewhere only about 3 miles from Euston: South Hampstead.

 

I am modelling the section between Primrose Hill tunnel & passing under Loudoun Road, which is about 7' in 4mm scale. The real station passes under this road so I won't model that bit.

A 6 track main line needs quite a substantial fiddle yard to support it, but the scenic section has no pointwork.

I have had the retaining walls & tunnel mouths in place & I was pleased that it did not look compressed.

 

A friend of mine has told me it would look better with a siding or 2 but that would make it look compressed & it wouldn't be South Hampstead would it?

The first time I ran an 8 coach express (on bare boards) it all seemed to make sense.

[Bulleidnutter]

Going away from the smaller size layouts. Holiday haunts was always one of the very best layouts on the circuit. No points but always something going on.

[ColinK]

I made a 0-16.5 layout in a plant pot. Just a circle of track, totally pointless.

 

The scenery was real growing plants - that was my Mothers contribution. At one show a lady asked if the water crane actually worked, so for the next show it did - water running out using a tiny pump.

 

My loco was powered by a spud; after several exhibitions it self destructed as the outside wheels have a longer run than the inside wheels.

[DCB]

I made a 0-16.5 layout in a plant pot. Just a circle of track, totally pointless.

My loco was powered by a spud; after several exhibitions it self destructed as the outside wheels have a longer run than the inside wheels.

 

Great idea.  Maybe to operate it reliably you should design an 0-3-0 with two powered wheels on one side and an unpowered one on the other side or simply turn down the tyres on the inside wheels to balance out the smaller circumference of the inner rail.

 

The Seawall between Dawlish and Teignmouth has short sections between tunnels with no points which would make a great model if you could build it in the bathroom and watch from the bath while making realistic waves.     Probably best not to build it in the only bathroom  as it may not impress lady friends. 

[lapford34102]

My effort from way back

 

http://rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5885

 

Stu

[Zomboid]

I made a 0-16.5 layout in a plant pot. Just a circle of track, totally pointless.

 

The scenery was real growing plants - that was my Mothers contribution. At one show a lady asked if the water crane actually worked, so for the next show it did - water running out using a tiny pump.

 

My loco was powered by a spud; after several exhibitions it self destructed as the outside wheels have a longer run than the inside wheels.

I initially interpreted that as you powered it from a potato battery.

Which would have been appropriate.

[bazjones1711]

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/116456-slab-loading-bay/

[w124bob]

https://www.youtube.com/user/Mter33/videos Check the layout video's on this guys channel, not a point in sight. Pretty sure the sound is dubbed and it's all filmed outside.