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A Track Plan


Harry Wakeling

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The Track plan for Little Sudford focuses mostly on the heritage shed and its activities. Working top to bottom down the plan consists of:

Wagon road,

Two carriage sidings,

Loco Stabling Road,

Shed road with fueling facilities,

Shed road with an inspection pit,

And finally the mainline network station.

 

Layout operation will be DCC for loco movements, and analogue for signalling and points, from two different frames - one representing the colour light signalling from the local power box, and another representing the Ladybird Line box.

 

The track will be PECO code 55 throughout.

The two colour light signals are from the Berko n gauge range.

There ought to be a pair of Ground Position Light Signals controlling the access between mainline and heritage - the plan is for these to be functional 3d prints, but that's a problem for another day!

 

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Hi @Harry Wakeling, an interesting plan, well thought through.  Could I just ask if I’m seeing it right:  it looks like a single slip crossing ear the bottom, but as I’m seeing it the slip seems to be on the upper edge. (where I don’t think it is needed), whereas I would expect it on the lower edge to give access from the bottom line to and from the Inspection pit road.  Just wondered?  Hope it’s OK to ask, Keith.

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On 07/08/2024 at 10:51, Keith Addenbrooke said:

Hi @Harry Wakeling, an interesting plan, well thought through.  Could I just ask if I’m seeing it right:  it looks like a single slip crossing ear the bottom, but as I’m seeing it the slip seems to be on the upper edge. (where I don’t think it is needed), whereas I would expect it on the lower edge to give access from the bottom line to and from the Inspection pit road.  Just wondered?  Hope it’s OK to ask, Keith.

Hi Keith,

 

The single slip allows locos to run around wagons/coaches. originally it was a double slip, as you say, allowing mainline access to the pit, but eventually I decided that I didn't want heritage locos to be able to roll off the inspection pit and onto the national rail network, so moved the access into the fuel road. I hope this makes sense?

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1 hour ago, Harry Wakeling said:

Hi Keith,

 

The single slip allows locos to run around wagons/coaches. originally it was a double slip, as you say, allowing mainline access to the pit, but eventually I decided that I didn't want heritage locos to be able to roll off the inspection pit and onto the national rail network, so moved the access into the fuel road. I hope this makes sense?


Thanks Harry - preventing locos rolling onto the network makes sense thank you (I should have thought of that).  The short run-round the plan is left with is then what caught me out - I was thinking only of routes through the yard.  Thanks, Keith.

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