RSS Fetcher Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Track Plans Revised After considering the helpful comments on previous posts we have revised the layout for Harpers Road so that we can include an engine shed without the need of a set of 3-way points. Our first attempt to jiggle things around was a complete disaster in over-complication so the v2 plans were consigned to the bin. Hence the new plan is referred to as v3: The right-hand front siding has been double by using an extra of left-hand curved points. The two tracks will lead into the engine shed which will now be located on the extreme right-hand front-side of the layout (marked blue on the plan). As the layout is only 9" wide the hidden fiddle yard has been reduced from 4 lanes to 5 (we don't have that much rolling stock yet). The back-scene on the left-hand rear has been pushed back to create a large clear area. After a lazy train journey from Ash to Wokingham last week I noticed all sorts of light industrial scenes that could be modelled in this area including a waterworks, gas towers, small industrial units, ISO container self-storag, scrap yard, car dealer, permanent way ballast yard (as seen adjacent to Woking station). The list is almost endless and I really enjoy the modelling part of railway modelling. As a final enhancement just to spice things up the entire layout has been rotated as much as possible to prevent any rails from running parallel to the baseboard. Peter & Seth View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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