Monday 7 October 2019

Industrial Shunting Layout


A handy kitchen floor with 30cm square tiles

Not quite the same layout but the same idea

I've been working o the problem of fitting a layout with decent length sidings on to a four foot long baseboard and have come up with a plan. My previous efforts all required a straight head shunt or a fiddle yard of some sort but, by using a tight radius curve, I've been able to fit in the same capacity of head shunt and also allow for sidings at the other end that are a fraction longer. This means that he head shunt can fit four wagons and a locomotive, as can one of the sidings, while the other two sidings fit three wagons and a locomotive, although with the engine half over the points. This is a bit better than before and, if I allow myself an extra 6'' or 15cm on the siding end of the layout, it's more than enough to make a functional shunting layout, perhaps with an industrial theme to excuse the tight radii curves, which would probably be hidden by a scenic break anyway.

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