Titanius Anglesmith

Likewise the bottom-most trap on the goods(?) siding; it's not required because the headshunt forms the trap. Watching with interest, I like an LMS layout

Thames Haven on the LT&SR. The station itself is long since demolished but the associated sidings still exist.

Looks like an interesting prototype!

Indeed, there’s around 100 one-unders a year on the London Underground alone, mostly fatal. We had two just yesterday.

When it comes to real railways I'm not very well travelled, but living in Essex (and my wife being a former Maldonite) has led to the Wickham Bishops trestle bridge as being one of my favourite locations. I can't wait to see your interpretation of it! Just last weekend I was reading that drivers used to whistle on the approach to the bridge, as a warning to the termites to link arms and take the strain! The whole Maldon branch in fact is full of modelling potential.

I must confess my motives are entirely selfish. I am presently tied up with a few other (non-modelling) projects, but in the mean time I am contemplating my first layout. The Berrow - East Brent trackplan ticks a lot of boxes for me. What I don't intend is to build a faithful reproduction, but rather something heavily inspired by Berrow.

I can't speak for theatres or restaurants, but it's definitely still the standard warning on London Underground (albeit, Mr Sands has been promoted to an Inspector)

No apology needed, I'm finding it quite interesting

+1, I quite agree

Pacific231G, that is very interesting, thank you

Ah yes, I see what you mean now. A necessary compromise with the space constraints I think, but otherwise yes I agree. Thanks Phil, you never cease to amaze me I like those suggestions, especially spacing out the goods yard. With regards to the turntable and engine shed I could quite comfortably lose them altogether. Maybe replaced with an exchange or carriage siding? Interesting, thanks for the diagram.

Sorry, that’s what I meant but I clearly didn’t say it very well. Fiddle yard access - duly noted. I don’t see the lack of a headshunt as a big problem; many yards never had one. I’ll just have to make sure the line’s clear in time for the next arrival I do like the visual impact of a double-slip though and they are a very convenient (and prototypical) way of adding the essential trap. A slip on the runaround at Berrow would also allow for a longer goods siding. I’d be comfortable losing the turntable altogether. Thanks for for the link to Deneside, I’ll have a look.

Stunning, your weathering is amazing!

I guess that answers that then! Thanks

Greetings All, Firstly apologies if the thread title is misleading in any way. I recently discovered Mac Pyrke's Berrow Branch thanks to this forum: Lately I've been struggling to get excited about terminus-to-fiddle yard layout plans, then I came across the Berrow Branch. It's really caught my imagination, and I'm thinking about using the plan as the basis of my own first layout. I appreciate that it makes compromises but I think that's a necessary evil. However I'm sure I read somewhere else on this forum that the track geometry isn't compatible with modern Peco turnouts. Can anyone confirm or deny that? Has anyone attempted to recreate it in Anyrail? I'm going to have a stab at it myself but I just can't get the curves right in Anyrail. (Harlequin, I'm looking in your direction....... you're good at this sort of thing ) Thanks in advance for any advice offered!

You lot have got a one-track mind........

Beautiful layout, I love the workbench in the engine shed!

Surely that only applies to electrolytic caps though, no?

Wow, that's some layout! I think you and my late Dad would have got on famously Simply liking a particular loco or wagon was all the justification he needed, and why not?

It’s the other way round; the toe is at the tips of the switch rails, ie where the motor or rodding would be. The heel is at the end where the “frog” is (although I’ve never heard it called a frog in the real world, only by railway modellers)

Until recently I would have been inclined to agree, but I've learnt that the home signal at Rolvenden on the KESR was immediately beyond the level crossing Admittedly there wasn't a tunnel to effect the sighting (although it was on a curve), and the KESR was a light railway so different rules applied.

Looks great so far!

I'm surprised no-one else has posted since you bumped this. I'll make a few comments but I'm no expert on semaphore signalling, especially when it comes to variations between regions and eras. So take my comments with a pinch of salt! As I understand it, the exit from any siding onto the running line must be protected by a signal. That means that the indicator at 9 should really be a shunt signal in its own right. IMO there should also be a signal reading back from the up line over crossover 9 into the goods loop; otherwise what's the point in having a double-ended siding if you can't reverse into it from both ends? Maybe there was one originally on the prototype, but it was removed at a later date? I also agree with Joseph_Pestell regarding crossover 5; being right next to the 'box, the bobby could handsignal moves over the crossover without the need for fixed signals 4 and 6.

May I suggest Emerson Park on the LT&SR / MR / LMS? It was built as a halt on a single-track line between Upminster on the LT&SR and Romford on the GER. In an effort to prevent passengers from defecting to the GER, the LT&SR used to reverse some trains at Emerson Park instead of continuing to Romford. Auto trains were used, but there was also a release loop installed beyond the platform.