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Had to google this!! A gate may be beyond my joinery skills, but I have a friend who may have the necessary skills! I'll have a chat with him. Not sure about a big helix, but maybe I could run the branch line back to Lyneworth around the left side? This would allow more variation and other locos to use the branch line (I hate to see steam pushing rather than pulling!) The Micro Brewery idea is sounding very good - who doesn't like a beer whilst modelling! Absolutely no reason why the TMD can't be at Lyneworth . Clive

Thanks James I'll have a look at that later this afternoon.

Thanks for that. I don't dislike that idea at all. I was just about to reply tto part of Harlequins comment that I could put a stock holding area where youve put the Millhampton Low level station! And I thought having more space would make things easier!!! LOL!! Clive

Thanks Phil. All pretty fair points there! This is still very much a work in progress so still a fair bit of tinkering to be done!

Thanks. Yes I though that too, just struggling a little bit to get the hand of the finer details of AnyRail!

Thanks. Yes the tunnel top comes off (or will!) it's relatively short too. I'm Hoping Millhampton won't be a trouble spot! The reach is just 800mm so doable with care!

Hi Again! So here is my latest effort. Taken some time but work and life get in the way! (Lockdown did have some advantages!) So I have Lyneworth Station at the top with up and down mainlines. Scenic area to the right (Garage door end) - possible new home for Lyneworth Archers and the Canal idea I've sort of got hooked on after visiting Tonys' Trains in Rugby and ending up sitting drinking beer alongside the Canal there !! (other model railway shops are available!). There is a branch line coming out of Lyneworth which will take the "commuter shuttle" (Bachmann Class 150) around to Millhampton. This branch line will (hopefully ) gently rise to arrive at Millhampton station which is raised at the bottom left. Works out at about 2.5% a little steep for prototype but the loco manages it with ease ( I tested it up to 14% incline before it struggled!). Also out of Lyneworth there will be some light industrial/goods yards for shunting things around. The mainline goes around through the tunnel in the lower right and on to the lower level of Millhampton which will have the TMD with a diesel fuelling point and also a coaling and water point (got to keep the Steam going!). The mainline then goes around pass the door with minimal scenics and an opening section (I'm too old to limbo) and back into Lyneworth. Any thoughts, criticisms (polite ones!) etc ???? Clive

Version 4.3! Branch line between Lyneworth and Millhampton now avoids mainline coming out of Lyneworth, the slowly raises in height to cross over the mainline lower down before going into the passenger terminus at Millhampton which stands above the TMD. Trailing points and crossover to enable access to MIllhampton TMD and refuelling point. All comments welcome!!! Might regret saying that lol!!!) Clive

Yes that makes sense. fiddle yard/TMD is next step, Change of through line has altered the way I thought it might work, so thats next on the rethink list!

Slow progress but taking shape. Single "Commuter Shuttle" from Lyneworth down to Millhampton with the single line rising to cross the main lines at the bottom and into a slightly raised passenger station at Millhampton. Still need to get the entrance into the fiddle yard/TMD/Goods yard sorted.

I like that Idea!

Yep Still working on it, work keeps getting in the way! made a few adjustment to the above layout. I'll post the updated one when I get home. The 3% gradient will only be for the Class 150 DMU which I have tested and it has no problem with it. The new layout actually makes it a bit longer run so slightly less than 3%, plus I could drop the paltform lower. I just liked the idea of some height difference to add interest. Clive

HI Again, This is so much harder than I thought! I've struggled to get my head around XTrakCad (sorry Chimer!) so gone back to AnyRail 6. Top station is Lyneworth and bottom Left I have Millhampton. Passenger station slightly elevated right at the bottom (Just 3% grad) with the TMD/goods area/fiddle yard next to it. Struggling with the geometry a little so used some setrack curves (R2 and R3) in the corners (except top left) Bottom right R2 and R3 Curves hidden by tunnel, Bottom left tight curves disguised by the engine shed in front of it. Thought I could disguise the top Left with a cutting? Just got to work out the points etc for the TM/goods/fiddle yard. Any comments or suggestions welcome! Clive

Hi Phil, That's something along the lines I was thinking of. Lyneworth along the back (right in the pic) with up and down lines and passing loop going towards the garage door more "country" scenic with hill and tunnel at that end coming back up the other side to Millhampton with some sidings for freight/shunting as well as a passenger terminus. Then the up and down lines crossing over the "bridge" section and curving back into Lyneworth. The garage door is an electric roller so easy to lift up and down as needed but in reallity we rarely use the garage door anyway. Don't necessarily need extra tunnels if there are tunnels creating scenic breaks. Not looking to run massive long trains maybe 4-5 coaches max will keep me happy.

Yes that was the shooting club!

I like a bit of both. Shunting can be fun, for a while!, then its good to just watch the trains go by too. Archery Clubs don't take up much room, this is Lyneworth Archers current field by the old quarry. Clive

Yes ( at least I'm 99% sure!) - I think

Hi All, Aftger a lot of thinking and conversations with my dad I've decided I will restart the project from scratch. The original plan was based on little more than an 8x4 board and it's proving difficult to get a satisfactory way to extend the existing layout. With that in mind I'm in need of help (again!). What do I need? I need an OO layout using Streamline Code 100 track. Main interests in locos is late steam early diesel. I envsage a complete circuit around the garage with two distinct stations (Lyneworth and Millhampton) Lyneworth is a suburban, semi-rural place, Millhampton a more urban, industrial town. This should allow for some scenic modelling and shunting areas. I MUST have room for my Archery Club (Lyneworth Archers) and I MUST have a tunnel (or tunnels). I've also got a thing about canals at the moment too! What space do I have? I now have the whole garage (measurements in the pic)! Complete clean slate and I'm open to ideas! What do you guys suggest? Clive

Sounds a bit much for an amateur like me!!!

Thought that would be the case. The reason I used setrack in the first place was to get the layout "to fit" ! So can't use Streamline. Phase 2 will consist of streamline electrofrog!

Hi All, Does anyone know if there is a live frog point that has the same geometry as Setrack points? Few of my smaller locos have probs with the insulfrog points I have used and I would like to swap them out for live frog ones. Haven't got the space for Streamline geometry though! Clive

No wonder I'm srtruggling. I may set it as close as possible on AnyRail then just do the fiddles when I lay the track. I like the idea of keeping the storage loops open, adds interest. I see the two layouts, the modern mainline and the preserved railway, as separate and, as you say, any movement between the the will be minimal but needs to be there. I also have a Class 150 Sprinter which I see as running as a "commuter shuttle" from Lyneworth to Millhampton and back (I've changed the destination signs on the the front and back accordingly!) I Think Lyneworth Preservation Society must have a wealthy Dubai businessman as a benefactor! Clive

I see what you mean and under any other circumstances I'd be right on the same page! But it would be real heartbreak for me not to complete the part my dad helped design. What you are suggesting is kind of what I am trying to do , but incorporating Lyneworth into it. Chimers' idea seems to be a good compromise between the two! (I'm struggling to replicate it on Anyrail though lol! Clive

Hadn't thought about running them around the corner like that. I like that idea.

That's definitely out then!!