Black Sheep Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I'm re-designing my layout and wanting to check the track plan I've come up with is believable. It's an intermediate station on a secondary route with passenger services between the surrounding mill and market towns somewhere 'oop north' in the 1940's LMS. The goods shed handles the local goods, on the loop nearest the front of the layout, The siding to the river is for coal drops into barges next to the swing bridge (really fancy a swing bridge) The layout is bordered at each end by a tunnel to the right, and a road bridge and town to the left, the set-track curves are hidden. Anything I should add / remove or alter? Squares on layout are 1ft, layout is N gauge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted February 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2014 I dont think the LMS (or its predecessor the Midland) went in for facing points on running lines, so the crossover on the left of the station would need to be reversed for it to be prototypical, but other than that it looks good, as you have captured that sense of space that is possible in N. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 so you'd need to shunt into the goods loop / avoiding loop? I had thought it would be a good way of crossing a local train out the way of a through train? perhaps it just needs removing as you'd pull through the station then reverse the goods in? It's all double slips, not sure how correct that is...? Just looked again at Vale of Oxbury which I used as inspiration for fitting station and yard together and can see the point isn't there, it's a trailing cross over. I've updated the plan but won't upload until I know if there are any other changes suggested. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 It's all double slips, not sure how correct that is...? Left hand end, after reversing the crossover (or removing it) there won't be any slip on the main, the sidings trap can happily be a double slip, often were. Right hand end, should be a single slip so there is no facing entry to the sidings, the slip forming part of the crossover between the main lines. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Hello, Must be honest and say I found your diagram a little difficult to read. I think your arrangement is as per the top diagram with four double slips - is that correct? As others have suggested, I think the bottom diagram would be more like the prototype. If you wanted the island platform to act as a passenger loop, then remove the single slip I've marked on the right, put in a facing point and a trailing crossover - these are shown in red. I'd be inclined to include some form of loop in the freight facilities - I've put one on the line to the wharf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 It was quite usual in steam (and early diesel) days for goods trains to be recessed (to allow following trains to pass) by reversing into refuge sidings or asymmetrical loops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 So would a freight be backed in to let another train through or would it just have been held at a set of loops that are off scene? I know some facing points are unavoidable such as at junctions and so would have facing point locks but these carry a low speed restrictions? Would a local terminating / reversing back in or just run round on the main line? Still deciding if it's 2 or 3 platform faces if that changes anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Hello, Must be honest and say I found your diagram a little difficult to read. I think your arrangement is as per the top diagram with four double slips - is that correct? As others have suggested, I think the bottom diagram would be more like the prototype. If you wanted the island platform to act as a passenger loop, then remove the single slip I've marked on the right, put in a facing point and a trailing crossover - these are shown in red. I'd be inclined to include some form of loop in the freight facilities - I've put one on the line to the wharf. Your correct, Taking a while to reply as reading on phone, will have a play with how things fit arround the railway but may well increase the wharf facilities from the simple coal drop that it is at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 I've made some of the changes above and hopefully made the layout a little easier to see. all slips are still double slips, Facing point added as suggested as I'm envisioning this being used as a passenger loop / local service reversing and occasionally holding freight. I'm leaving the wharf for now as that's not as important. Thanks to all who've helped so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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