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On 20/03/2020 at 16:41, noctilux2 said:

Have just acquired a recycled 30 x 20” baseboard.  Any ideas for a suitable 009 track plan more than welcome !

 

30? Is that metres, centimetres, yards, feet, inches?

 

Enquiring minds need to know. 8))

 

Why OO9?

 

Why not O, N, Z or T?

 

You could use O-16.5 or G-09

 

Model a scenic section 10 measurement units either side of centre giving two storage areas off stage.

 

That would allow up to four trains to operate through the scenic area.

 

Model an SG tramway in OO and the amount of overhead is minimised. That needed in the non-scenic area can be inverted code 80 N-gauge.

 

Too often 009 is seen as the panacia of small model layouts.

 

But a Bachmann Wickham or two perhaps even the odd trip working of a class 08 or class 03/4 or similar in company with a brake van through a bit of developed scenery perhaps a Stop Look Listen foot crossing can be as fulfilling as a roundy roundy 009 line.

 

The PECO 009 plan book shows what might be done with a starter set of track but there is so much more can be done in a small space than narrow gauge and small scale.

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Thank you for your suggestions.  Why 009 ?  Because of “been there got the T shirt” in other scales, including a micro O gauge in less than five square feet.

 

Perhaps if you take a look at my web site, you will see my numerous attempts at micros; some of which have even been successful (my opinion).  The asking for suggestions of a track plan in this context is simple ..... two heads etc !

 

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Nice modelling!!

 

My limited thoughts were:

 

An internal Brewery line there were a few other than Guinness that had internal railways to connect to the local railway and move the constituent ingredients from bulk stock to Brewhouse and then barrels/crates of product to the local railway for transhipment.

 

Hospital/Sanatorium some of the larger institutions had systems to link Laundry, Boiler-house, Kitchen Garden to the local rail head not all were standard gauge.

 

Watercress Farm, Water Treatment works for internal transfer of materials/product.

 

Cable/Paper/Locomotive manufacturer all had bulky or heavy items that needed shifting from stock to dispatch.

 

Dam/Road Construction Site. Surrey County Council ran a small fleet of 2' gauge locomotives that worked on major road building projects in the 1930s, so there must have been other councils that did the same.

 

Armed Forces armament depots although difficult to muddle on 30 x 20 but a series of gated tunnel entries would allow out of sight transfer of munitions.

 

The land forces also had target hauling lines on their firing ranges some of which are still visible on Google earth and a few still in use. Lydd in Kent had a very extensive system that moved range controllers to the OP as well as targets to fire at.

 

BR had a nursery that produced all the plants for stations and hotels etc  which has potential.

 

Some glass house growers had lines through the greenhouses to move soil and products.

 

Quite a lot of the above would need more space to develop to full potential but a key area like workshop or transfer sidings should fit on the baseboard available.

 

Stuart

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A really nice 009 layout (small but not a micro) I saw at a Show a few years ago depicted a fictional line right at the begining of it's preservation, circa 1950s-ish. So there was a mix of the "old" - rundown site, old wagons, very simple trackplan (passing loop & a few sidings) - with the "new" - freshly painted loco, a couple of coaches, etc, and scenes that indicated the start of preservation; caravans for the volunteers, building renovation, etc.

It made for something different and nicely in between the usual 'all industrial' and 'chocolate box preserved' NG layouts out there.

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