Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject: My Layout Progress or Lack of it
Here's a rough, (very rough) drawing of my track plan. The sidings to the left are lower in reality giving more room. The two squiggles on the lower crossings are to mark double slips. The broken lines show the engine shed to the left and the station to the right.
It Looks brilliant, I wondered about your trackplan because in my eyes it portrays a very realitic yard, what I like most though is where the station is it just seems prototypical. Joe _________________ Please visit
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Thanks guys. The pointwork on the left was made delibirately difficult to present shunting problems. The double slips enable a train to run round both loops and through the station without changing any of the points. The line behind the station will probably have a spur to the turntable. It would actually enter from below as the centre of the drawing is waaaay to compressed.
I have a roundhouse kit for the turntable and another station kit yet to be built. The other station, which will go at the top of the plan, is much larger and should accomodate 4 coach trains.
I did try drawing it all on Xtrkcad, but there's something wrong with the track geometries as when mixing Kato, Minitrix and Peco track, what actually fits on the MDF doesn't on the program.
The bottom left siding only has room for one coach and an 0-6-0 loco, so forming trains will take considerable shunting operations. Not prototypical maybe, but lots of operating potential. After all, just having trains running round the ovals can get boring very quickly.
The top three sdings are large enough to store four coach trains. There's storage space for twelve locos. _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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I think I shall remove the set of points on the top left oval and the lower set in the storage yards. I might move the scissors crossover a bit to the left too. As the Tomix points are smaller I have a little more room for buildings.
Removing the top set of points means I have to find 8" long Kato straights and as Kato don't make any that length it means the chainsaw...I mean junior hacksaw has to come out again. Well, it will do when I buy some more straights. _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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Added two more sets of Tomix points, now I have a gap in the track next to the station. Ordered some more Tomix straights to fill it. Should be here before the week is out. The post is quick from Japan! _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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Couple of photos of my cloud backscene. Yes, the board is still a work in progress. Waiting for some more track to arrive to fill some awkward gaps.
To begin with I had to put a step ladder behind the lid so that it wouldn't fall through the window when I removed all the zillion screws that hold it in place. While it was off I took the oportunity to cut the points off the screws that hold the chain on. They were a little too long.
For the first strip, I pasted the paper and even though it fought me a little it went on ok. The second strip revolted and needed a damn good thrashing to get it in place. Being wiser now, I pasted the board for the final piece and it went on much easier.
Now, even though I'd checked the measurements very carefully, by doing a dry run first, the last piece overhung the end by half an inch. It must have expanded when pasting. Luckily the paper was quite thick and was easily cut without tearing.
is it american outline? or british, european? _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
It's a very rich mans 'heritage' railway located in the north east of England and is based on European and US railways, with a Flying Scotsman replica on a plinth. _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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lol _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
It's a very rich mans 'heritage' railway located in the north east of England and is based on European and US railways, with a Flying Scotsman replica on a plinth.
i have a better option why not come to Leicestershire and get the best of both worlds, Blue skies and grey skies
mind you the road system is rubbish atm... _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
Location: Peterborough (Almost the site of the NRM, but not)
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:42 am Post subject:
lol talk about Leicesters roads being bad.... It's a nightmare there at the minute (I used to live in Leicester and have many relatives and friends still there) Leicester is my true home! Where abouts in Leicester do you live?
Lovely layout there Pol, sky is the wrong colour for North East though isnt it? I've only been up north three times, once it rained, once it snowed, and only once was it vaguely sunny!
yes the road system is bloomin awful, the saffron lane is closed one way for gas works, the ring road has been out in New parks for some stupid reason and then the tigers ground junction is being modified.....
tell you what, makes me wonder if they are actually human people who work for the council.... they don't deem to understand that lots of roadworks at the same time = traffic jams, accidents and frustration! _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
Location: Peterborough (Almost the site of the NRM, but not)
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:20 am Post subject:
Yeah, very true, they are some weird species of trouble and delay makers! I lived in Knighton.... And talking of Tigers..... Can't wait to see the stadium finished (or at least the new stand for now) will be brilliant, lets just hope to stadium keeps its atmosphere...
lets hope its good _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
Nice Layout you have there Doug wish I had better eyesight and could model on the N gauge, not as much track to clean, (big laugh) and you can fit it in a corner. Looks Great _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Just cut some more track to length. Only cut myself once*, broke a knife tip and sent a tiny piece of rail into orbit never to be seen again. Usual stuff.
Decided I needed another Tomix right hand point, so put an order in.
Nice Layout you have there Doug wish I had better eyesight and could model on the N gauge, not as much track to clean, (big laugh) and you can fit it in a corner. Looks Great
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*Note to self ,,, Never loan Pol power tools , they will come back with blood on * _________________ Experience is something you don' t get until just after you need it .
Keep the first aid kit and extra large box of plasters in the left drawer of my computer desk Pete. Only have to reach 6 inches for it. Never know when you can cut yourself typing. _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
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plenty of switching from outside to inner lines the possibilities are endless in operations.
Joe
bet you cant wait to ballast around the track work 
and have it all up and running 
