daniel8910 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Good Evening After reading the forum for a while ( and being in awe for almost all of that time) i have decided to take the plunge, and show my plans for a new layout. Specs 3 Platforms ( 2 Terminating, 1 Through) Cattle Dock Coal Merchants Double Engine Shed Turntable Freight Sidings Hopefully they can keep me busy All the remaining details should be visible on the picture Track 1.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
definate maybe Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Hello and welcome to RMweb. I dont mean the first post to be a negative but Im not quite sure how the plan works if Im honest. The whole yard appears to have been taken over by the loco facilities with a turntable on one side and an engine shed on the other. A lot of people do like excessive loco storage space but on your plan this seems to make the shunting of freight services very difficult. I also think the bottom platform in the station needs tweaking. I may be wrong but it just doesnt feel quite right to me. I would personally considering turning making that a through line as well, which means you have both up and down platforms. You can alway terminate services on the through line. This will also make running round the stock easier. I think your plans could be easily tweaking into a layout that would be very enjoyable to operate so hopefully we will see layout pictures in the not too distant future ( Im not the font of all knowledge so others can probably give a much more valuable opinion than mine and anyway - its your layout so feel free to do what makes you happy!!) Good luck and most importantly enjoy! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel8910 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Sure it's a first draft , will definitely be tweaked so if I make the bottom platform's line into a through line would that increase operating potential? Would some extra yard sidings by the turntable make it more interesting? Using up the space at the top , I could put an industry there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel8910 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Have updated the track plan; dont know if this is any better, but i will have to see Only 2 of the 4 righthand sidings are for locos, the other two are meant for wagons etc. Track 2.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 Your plan has lots of potential but at the moment I feel that you are significantly underestimating the size of points, curves and the turntable. Even a short radius point will take up 4inches and the turntable will need nearly 7 so with the 6 points you have leading to the TT you have already filled half the space and the TT will take that to just over 2.5ft so you then only have 1.5ft to fit in all the curves and straight track that you want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel8910 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 I can probably expand the board by about 1 1/2 feet. I would like to use medium radius in the goods yard, and long radius in the through lines etc. Once i have purchased some more track, i will get it all down and check measurements. There will also be detachable extention boards to the layout , but they will just be straight tracks going off the side of the board, with no pointwork. I could move the turntable to where the loco storage is , but i think that could be problematic; or i could leave the turntable out altogether; i am mostly running green diesels and dmus , with only a couple of steam locos. In removing the turntable, the track where it was could act as a headshunt for the industry on the plan. This means i could spread the points acroos a longer distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 For long radius points you want to allow about 6 inches for medium about 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel8910 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Track 3.pdfThanks kris, much appreciated I have atttached a file with two plans in it, the second is my favourite, but may be less interesting for operations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 I would agree that the second plan is better. It has greater resemblance to the full sized railway than the first one. Things to watch out for however. - The head shunt for the sidings is rather short meaning that these sidings will be hard to shunt. - You don't have a run round. This means that only trains entering from the bottom can access the sidings before reversing out and taking there trains towards the top. Not unknown but it restricts the operational potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel8910 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 So if i moved the headshunt point to the right a little, it should give me more room for longer trains Dont know where i would put the passing loop, as i dont want the layout to be track heavy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel8910 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Loco list : jinty, class 40, gwr praire, class 31. Some track has been laid and one platform is nearing completion. Track has been slightly weathered. Will post pictures later Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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