D5541 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Good evening :-) Due to a current lack of imagination, or a laptop that will run any kind of design software, I was wondering if anyone would be able to throw some ideas my way for a small shunting plank? Basically it'll be dcc, oo gauge, using mainly set track but I can get hold of a couple of lengths of flexi Primary stock is a sentinel 4wDM and a few 4 wheel petrol tanks so looking at a loading/unloading facility, however I have an 08 as well which may make the odd appearance Dont need a fiddle yard as it'll literally just be for shuffling wagons round of an evening However, I only have 39" x 14" and my main thought is, are there any variations on the basic inglenook layout possible in that space? Maybe with room for a couple of associated buildings so I can practice with electrics and light them up... Im looking more at playability than realistic operating and gaining experience with various scenery techniques :-) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated Cheers Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_1066 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I can't see that a traditional Inglenook would fit in that space (ie the 5:3:3 version) You could fit a kind of timesaver arrangement assuming you have a load of Hornby points lying about. It has two sidings (three tanker length) for two different grades of whatever is in the tanks. There is also a road for assembling the departing tankers (4 tankers) and receiving the incoming tankers. Space for buildings at the rear and bunded tanks at the front. I would be wary of using set track for such an exercise though as your four wheel shunter will probably stall like crazy on the dead frog points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D5541 Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Thanks Jon, that looks interesting, I should have enough points in the track box so I'll have a play at the weekend :-) I've actually got those Hornby reshaped paperclip things on my insulfrog points and both the sentinel and my triang dock shunter seem happy enough traversing them without too much issue :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Hi Dan, what are those "Hornby reshaped paperclip things" please? Thanks Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maunsel Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 For one of my previous layouts in 39" x 9" I came up with the following design for Pencraig Yard. (it later appeared in Model Trains International Issue 60) It used Peco Setrack and was fun to operate. Eric Derby UK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D5541 Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Ed - the Hornby clips are these - R8232 http://www.Hornby.com/Hornby-digital-electric-point-clips.html Probably closer to staples than paperclips mind :-p Maunsel - thanks for posting that, looks equally interesting, and a small fiddle yard as well, amazing what you can fit in a restricted space :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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