This is the plan B version. Plan A was something based around the Roy Link plan for Hampton Lode on the SVR - double track through station with storage loops at the back. For various technical reasons this wasn't possible so and urban through terminus is the new design.
As with all these things I don't tend to try an reinvent the wheel; why bother? and I'll use something that is proven, albeit in a different scale and gauge. In this case the often drooled over EM gauge Elm Park, which has sadly disappeared, but is available in a few youtube clips. The working shape is for an N gauge homage in 1,200mm length. The target again is Warley, however... The difference this time is that technically speaking I have to do this within the 9-5 window rather than a open-ended spread of working hours. This being curtly pointed out by Mrs. F. as I opened the box outside of this window.
I did say 'never again' with N gauge. We'll see how I get on.
Best wishes on your newly embarked project. I like the idea of 9-5 modelling! I find the problem is either gaining the motivation in the first place, but following the project obsessively if the bug bites!
ReplyDeleteOn another topic, but it is in the adjacent window on my screen, another publication from the Ford pen- "Lets Go Railway Modelling"? Any more to say there?
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Yes, good fortune. You can certainly fit a lot into N gauge, no doubt about it. My closest brush has been O9 but you are already a step ahead with 009. Look forward to seeing how it pans out.
ReplyDeleteSomewhat belatedly, I've just watched Paul Burkitt Gray's video of Elm Park; unfortunately I'm pretty sure I have never seen it in reality...what a lovely evocative layout!
ReplyDeleteI can certainly see how it has influenced Half Acre.
Something else it reminded me of was the original iteration of Pete Bossom's Gypsum industry layout "Hoath Hill Halt", partly because of the BR(S) vibe but also the operationally interesting change from single track to double at the platforms as well as the general layout.