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Hi Mike, A verhicle weihtbridge certainly makes sense. I can make the weighbridge out of, say, 12 Starbuck wooden coffee sticks. Starbucks , Ikea, coffe to GO are my biggest supplier for "free" wood for my model making. The space remains the problem, I can make an extension for the control house , that is just the standard Pecco Line shed. My fugures are all 1:45 and Pecco is 1:43 but it looks like "lazy John" can get through the door without bending over.

Any Rail has a Helix option, but its not in the Menu bar. Choose a rail curve of your choice and put it isolated in the layout. Select the curve element and click with the right mouse button. Then you get a menu, choose helix and fill in the rest. kind regards Rupert

Dear Mike, I think every contribution and comment should be taken seriously. This topic will eventually lead to a track plan that will never be to everyone's satisfaction. But for me it is "The Best of Brittain". I have been puzzling with the space and have tried to stick as much as possible to Phil's view. But your comment to show more track length behind the shed, I thought was worthwhile. Next to that you advised to put the freight track 4 , parallel to track 3 . Considering the Lenz track geometri and the length of the switches 45 cm, this would reduce the free space between track ( 3 ) and track 4 considerably. And Phil wanted to show this space as wild, with some discarded stuff. The minimum distances between the centre lines of the rail bed of track 3 and track 4 , can not get any smaller, the parralel distance is 11.43 cm. Good Shed and platform Trucks drive on a goods platform. I copied the contours of a truck, to determine if there is enough room to make a turn and/ or turn around. This is the reason why many trucks are shown. The Harbour has disappeared and track 3b is now a shunting track without transhipment function. I'm playing with the idea of putting a scrap processing plant on the inside of the bend ,wWith a crane. This give a transhipment function to track 3b. Attached are the three study variants. look forward to the reaction of the forum members Kind Regards Rupert

Thank you very much Phil for your view. Really much better and what a length and that with only 3.5 degrees rotation. Now lots of room to add obsolete and discarded track. I immediately took my discarded wagon off the module track to put on the home track. See Photo . I will sharpen up tomorrow. This was just a quick and dirty picture. Kind regards, Rupert

Today I moved a bit with the rail on the construction table. It soon became apparent that there was little room for senery on the north side of track 6. The turntable was also too tight in the corners. By removing a switch, and adding it to track 2 I lose 45 cm in length. By putting the rails a bit closer together, I could also create suffice room to put in a so-called cathpoint. So the main track line is now secured. Also the connecting pieces from track 5 and 6 and from 3B to the double slip are now equipped with a catch point. I hope that I now meet the minimum safety requirements. I found it very instructive, but now I will really start building. I want to thank you all for the advice, I'll be back later with the progress made. Unfortunately my orders which I made at Hattons last week are already 4 days in the clearance depot of the Dutch Post. Everything has been paid for, taxes, VAT, handling fees, import documents, etc. This kind of bullying by a non-democratic European government has to stop. It annoys me to no end. kind regards Rupert

Dear Nearholmer, Thank you for your information and views. I was first charmed by the possibility of having a little more playing opportunity. Then a correct comment about the "catchpoint" which is a vital part in England. At least I had something to look up and read again on wikipedia. I made another adjustment to avoid a catchpoint, as track number 6 is used as a siding/ waiting track. But in the simulation software, tracks 6a and 6b and the extra switch gives hardly any profit in the time schedule. Next it becomes again, how many rails and turnouts can I mount per square decimeter on the board. It becomes too full, i go back to the old plan. kind regards Rupert

Thanks for your contributions, the catch point is known to me, but I did not think of it. Since the turnout which leads to track 6 is then put in the straight position when track 6 b is driven. But I from the shipping . There I learned , If you think safety is expensive , try an accident . Pecco has a catch point in the program , I was planning anyway to provide the tracks to the Kitwood hill turntable with Peco code 124 , there it is present . But thanks for your attention . It's in there now .

Updated track plan, before and after Izzy's suggestion

Hello Izzy, what a carpenter's eye you have. I fully agree with your view. This gives much more dynamics, and space also in the timetable. The Lenz double slip switch what I have placed over the turntable, is to help maintain the rail geometry from Lenz which is at 11.5 degrees. The turntable from Lenz is also designed on the double slip switch which has a length of 58.6 cm. The 65 ft turntable from Kitwood hill is a bit shorter 44 cm, which is more than enough to accommodate the tender locomotive ( Main Line ) with a length of 39 .8 cm. Your brilliant idea stays in this plan , as it does not detract too much from the LSWR feeling. thank you very much question What is the class of this locomotive? Kind regards, Rupert.

Dear Izzy, thank you very much for your thoughts and for the adaptation. I have entered your improvement proposal in Any Rail. It soon appeared that the length gain on both tracks 1 and 6 is only 26 cm. However, track 6A loses a lot of length. Track 6a has the function of an overnight track for the Locomotive which takes the Atlantic Express to London the next day. The photo of this unfortunately demolished locomotive was made in or after 1931, judging by the revision date painted on it. It was built in 1895 by Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester. This Dutch locomotive has been ordered and will be completed by the end of the year. ( without lighting ) Track 6 and 6a are non-existing tracks in the track plan of the former Padstow station. Track 6 should actually be much shorter than is shown now. But it is nice to put the motor wagon class 122 on track 6 for a while and have enough length ( 45 cm ) left to change the direction of the steam locomotive . It remains puzzling on a plate of long 5.25 meter by 0.95 meter. kind Regards Rupert

Dear Nearholmer, I find your contributions very worthwhile and such an atmospheric picture with some cultural background are often the spice in the model railroad, That picture is quite different when I was a little boy looking at the Dutch postal handling, indeed it was mainly manual loading and unloading. I am from 1957 and by then the last steam train was already running. Apparently it was already common for the Dutch postal service to have its own electric motor carriages in 1928. The last one that ran for the postal service was used as a measuring coach from 1965 to 1995. These have disappeared from the tracks in 2008 and ended up in museums. I have added some pictures. I have found a photo of the water tower at Padstow, but it is not very clear. Water column must be a standard product. Found a photo on my last visit to England. Kind regards Rupert

Hello Forum members, I am overwhelmed by your wonderful responses and advice, thank you for that. I have read your contributions time and time again and incorporated them into the current layout plan. I do have the question where to put the possibility to get diesel fuel for the Class 08 and Class 122. And to load coal for the small steam locomotives Class 58 and the Pannier Tank engine. Since the locomotive shed is definitely gone, I am looking for a logical place for this. Can the coal loading take place on track 6a far away from the tracks 1 and 2. And can the diesel pump just be placed a longside to track 1. I myself had thought that the Royal Mail coach can be loaded and unloaded on track 3a instead of at the end of track 1 as was the case before. That gives a playful shunting possibility. Today I started dismantling the old track. I want to reuse some parts, such as the blue dredger crane for coal transfer and the Pecco crane. The German equipment I can just use on the club track. Picture of the disused station in my attic, tracks are already being removed.

Dear Flying Pig, Thank you for your corrections, I have processed them immediately. It all looks calmer. It is a pity that Lenz does not offer long turnouts. But I have incorporated your idea as well as possible. 44.4 cm was the gain in length on the freight track, that's 2 extra wagons on the track. Kind regards, Rupert Wantstow Mark1a.pdf

Hi Thank you very much for your contributions and changes, it is refreshing and informative for me. On the continent, almost all model railways of the home riders are circular in design. From your comments which I understand, the turntable is too dominant and has been placed illogically. The fact that I used the turntable as a pull-out is due to the historical photo of the passenger carriages parked on it. Back to Padstow, it has a 65ft turntable and I want to use it for something. Looking at the old photos it is on the north side of the yard, considering the trave direction into the station. I went back to Anyrail and moved the turntable to the top right of the paln . The curved turnout which becomes free (expensive thing) I have reused, whereby the three-way switch has disappeared. I use a fixed crossing from platform 2 to the turntable. (On that piece it is quite crammed with turnouts and crossings). On Nearholmer's advice I moved the station building and extended the tracks. The overnight stay of the 8 Altlantic express wagons is possible on track 3 . The harbour it is moved to the east , a siding has been added to transfer the load of the wagons to the ship's. For possible language errors my sincere Exuus, There is no translation dictionary English <> Dutch with railway termilogy. Attached is the Wantstow 7 layout on which the first changes have been made. Wantstow Mark 1 is the new layout plan, where the turntable is moved and switch track is changed. I welcome any comments With kind regards, Rupert van Swol Wantstow Mark 1.pdf Wantstow V7.pdf

Dear Kris and Nearholmer, thank you for your support. Funny thing is that I go back to the first concept. In this concept the turnout just behind the crossover was not present so track 6 was dropped as well as track 1c near the locomotive shed. I find Kris' contributions very useful , as I can turn the loco and send it to Wadebridge (fiddel yard) . I have added a description of the tracks , ( had to translate ) but gives more insight into the concept . I am aware that the layout looks cramped, 7 metres would be nicer. Description of the operating points: 1. Track 1: Train movements take place from track 1. Track 1 has a two-way use. Towards the south, the track is used as a terminus platform for short train sets. Especially the rail bus class 122 Diesel Rail car uses this track. To the north is the goods shed with loading ramp. To a limited extent, general cargo is stored here and also loaded onto lorries. During breaks without passenger traffic track 1 offers a platform for the Mail and Parcel wagon (PWG 14 wagon). In addition, there is a low volume of mail from Padstow and Wadebridge. Track 1b with the Mayer company can be reached via track 1. Very little volume is expected here, Track 1c now removed. 2. Track 2 Passenger Train movements take place from track 2. Mainline locomotives can replenish their supplies, on track 2a diesel and water . A Coal bunker an water crane is located in the extension on track 3b . During breaks without passenger traffic, freight locomotives and the local shunt engine also use tracks 2 and 2a. Track 3 is the main transfer track for mainline locomotives from track 2a. 3. Track 3 : Train movements take place from track 3. Track 3 is the central entry/exit track for freight . Arriving goods trains are either disassembled or formed by the mainline locomotive or the local shunting engine. If necessary, the mainline locomotive can take up its waiting position in track 3a. For longer stops, track 3b is also available as a waiting track. Track 3b has a useful length of 63 m including the 65ft turntable . The turntable can be used for shunting operation with track 6, 5 , 4 and track 3 If all waiting positions are occupied, the freight locomotive can also wait on track 1b in front of the locomotive shed after the supplies have been replenished. A high volume of freight may require freight wagons to be placed on track 3a as well. In this case, the mainline locomotive will reverse the goods train shortly before departure and couple the remaining freight wagons in track 3a. Here, the shortest possible blocking time of the switches has to be taken into account. 4. Track 4 Is a siding and loading track for goods, can also be used as a shunting track This area is served by the resident shunting engine. At the end of track 4, wagons are loaded and unloaded at the goods shed. Track 4 has a useful length of 63 m. 5. Track 5 : on this track 5, freight wagons are made available for external loading and unloading at the loading road. Track 5 a useful length of 55 m. 6. Track 6: removed 7. Track 7: has the function of a pull-out track with a useful length of 68 m. 8. 65 Foot Turntable: Turning Loco , can occasionally be used as a pull-out track regards Wantstow plan V.pdf

Good evening. This is my first posting on this forum and I am hoping for some help and advice with this track plan. I am currently in a transition phase from German orientated layout to a British layout. I have not been running on scale 0 for very long, and have too many errors in my today layout This has led to this new layout plan "Wantstow" , which is a non-existent station , but there are little things from the disused Terminus station Padstow . Like the two passenger platforms, a freight shed , and the 65 Ft turntable (from Kitwood hill), what I can use as a railway siding, given the historical pictures. and not forgotten is the harbour track for fish and coal transhipment. The dimensions of the station are 5.25 metres ( 17’ 2.6 ‘’ long and 95 cm ( 3’ 1.4” wide. The model railway is controlled with DCC with the BidiB data bus. Also the old but good Lenz occupancy detectors LR101 are converted to the BiDIB format by the RS Ready from Fichtelbahn. The command centre is the new Mc2 from the firm Tams. I am now dismantling the old layout, then i have to fill all holes with epoxy, and when everything is smooth again, the top plate is fitted with 50 mm Polystyrene rigid foam Recently I was asked by a fellow Dutch modeller, why I didn't add two more sidings, one near the goods shed and one near the locomotive shed. ( see Wantstow plan IV ) But I doubt, it will be to full. Therefore this request I would like to have a British view on this layout. Waiting for your opinion Kind regards Rupert van Swol The Netherlands wantstow plan IV.pdf Wantstow plan 1.pdf Operating data sheet v1.Wantstow .pdf

Hello There, the Tams company and LS Digital has announced a new command Station see; https://tams-online.de/epages/642f1858-c...EasyControl/mc2 see; https://www.lsdigital-shop.de/produkt/infinitycube/ Digital formats Motorola-I and -II DCC (according to NMRA and RCN standards) m3 (to control mfx decoders, no feedback) Vehicle decoder addresses: Motorola: 255 (1 - 255) DCC: 10,239 (1 - 10239) m3: 16.384 Speed steps: Motorola: 14 or 27 (a or b) DCC: 14, 28 or 128 m3: 128 functions: Motorola: function, f1 to f4 DCC: f0 to f31 or f32.768 m3: f0, f1 to f14 Accessory decoder addresses: Motorola: 1,020 (1 - 1,020) DCC: 2,040 (1 - 2,040) m3: --- Feedback Formats RailCom: integrated global RailCom detector RailCom-Cutout can be switched off for the integrated booster DCC-A: enables the automatic registration of DCC vehicle decoders with the control centre The extension of the DCC format is currently (as of November 2020) available as a draft standard of the RailCommunity and is expected to be adopted in 2021. Power supply Switching power supply with 24 Volt / 6.67 A / 160 W (included in delivery) to supply the central unit and the tracks in the booster section of the integrated booster Interfaces For connecting external control units: Märklin CAN bus (Mini-Din 10-pin) LocoNet (RJ 12) EasyNet (RJ 45) XpressNet (RJ 12) rec / "Sniffer" (2-pole) Computer interface: LAN (RJ 45) Other interfaces: Power supply Main track and DCC programming track external booster (either Märklin-compatible or DCC-compliant) BiDiB (RJ 45) s88 feedback modules (RJ 45 according to standard s88-N). Maximum number of s88 modules: 64 s88 or s88-compatible modules (1,024 contacts) Dimensions and weight of the control unit (without power supply) Dimensions: 170 x 150 x 82 mm weight: 830 g Integrated booster output current: max. 6,5 A Short circuit sensitivity: 1 - 6,5 A adjustable in steps of 0.5 A output voltage: 8 to 22 V digital voltage (regulated) adjustable in steps of 1 V Output signal: balanced

Hello model railroad friends Today (after 7 weeks) I received the repaired and tested LZV200 back from Lenz. It was waiting for parts. Unfortunately nothing was mentioned about what was done, but the logic board was replaced by another one. the old one was stuck in the housing, this is much more spacious. The LZv 200 now works flawlessly with TC controller 9b1, but with the + hardware upgrade. TC 9 now works well via the USB on the LZV200 as a stand-alone, but also via the LAN / USB interface 2351. For safety's sake, the plant has been tested again with Windigipet 2018 and, as expected, everything is 100%. Personally, I think Windigipet is much more fun working and no hassle with extra payment to get a central implementation in existing software. What remained was the vibration of switches when reactivating the LZV200 after an emergency stop command. This vibration stopped after I broke the CDE connection between the LZV200 and the LZ 102. Then it quickly became clear in which circuit the fault had to look. This turned out to be a wrong JK connection on the LB100. The two wires were exchanged and the fault was gone. I then entered the error again and just replaced the LZV200 with the LZV100, with the same procedure this did not cause a malfunction. Apparently the new system is more sensitive to closure than the old LZV100 with software version 3.6. best regards Rupert van Swol

Today I contacted Lenz by telephone, where the promised dispatch of the LHV 200 remained. I was told that a new batch of LHV200 power stations would arrive at Lenz in the 1st week of July. I asked that the old one could not be repaired instead of sending a new one. The employee stated that Lenz would rather send a new LHV200 than repair the old one I tried what was the problem with the LHV 200, but he couldn't give an answer there. We now have to wait for the package from Germany. Sincerely, Rupert van Swol

I understand that you have to buy a other piece of extra software "+ hardware". then Traincontroller v9B1 would work with the LZv 200. After 4 weeks I finally get my LZ200 back from Germany tomorrow. I have already ordered the + hardware but have not yet received it. I will in any case give a feedback later. Cheers, Rupert

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Hello Peter, I have a railroad track where everything is 100% owned by the firm lenz, including the rolling stock. I do not know what is really happening, but when the dcc signal is added or stopped, a signal comes on the rails that interferes with switch motors, and signals The strange thing is, with windigipet 2018 or Itrain I see this phenomenon not occur. It is a pity that Mr Freiwald simply does not have his affairs in order. He claims that the last update A5 before the LHV 200 appeared on the market. The latest update from Windigipet was also before the Lenz put the LHV 200 on the market. However, the new power station had already been fitted there. It is apparently not allowed to mention a link. I deleted the e behind the b from xxxtube.be then it will work, especially turn on the sound because it is quite soft Kind regards Rupert

Hello, I have the same problems with the new Lenz LZV200, No connection possible via the USB port, but it was possible via the LAN / USB 2351. However, Traincontroller 9 verse A5 gave a strange behavior with the peco switch engines. At the start-up, all turnouts are first placed in the basic position. However, the peco switch engines started vibrating in a certain high frequency, and got hot. Only interrupting the power sources helped stop the process. Mr. Freiwald from Train Controller , gives no support on the LZV200 which also connected to the LAN / USB interface 2351. This gives me the suspicion that the Expressnet which has also undergone a change due to future Railcom options giving problem. However, it is still guessing when Mr. Freiwald will come up with an update. With Windigipet 2018, the LHV 200 worked verry well with the LAN / USB interface, without the use of the USB. best regards, Rupert van Swol Enkhuizen, Holland