My layout in the making - Page 3

dynamite25 · 26-03-2005

well another week to go before i can spend again then another two weeks i hate waiting but the 16th april is gonna be a great day for me.

**wonwinglo** · 26-03-2005

Thanks for all of these great pics Steve,there is a lot of hours work gone into your layout so far,it shows your enthusiasm,keep them coming.

**Bluewavestudios** · 28-03-2005

Looking good Steven,
You are fortunate enough to have such a large spare room to keep it all in too, I can imagine once it is all completed you will be shut away for hours in there...and who can blame you.
It's a longtime since I had a full layout (Mine used to be in the loft) but I still had many hours of pleasure out of it.
Looking forwards to seeing it all with the scenery added.
Keep up the good work.

Regards........Mark.

dynamite25 · 06-04-2005

i got book out of my local libary on monday and i was looking through it and for some reason an idea just popped into my head that i was missing something on my layout that on the mainline,if a was driving a freight train and a fast HST was also on that line coming fast behind it i would need somewhere for the freight train to pull into so i have put a siding on the mainline long enough for it to pull into.

And when the HST had passed it then the frieght train could get under way again,i will take some photo's tomorrow to show what i have done plus it's add 2 more point motors to the list i hope to have it all wire at the end of this month or the first week in may if the stuff doesn't get to me on time.

Stuff still to buy are:

5 X PL10
9 X PL10E
1 X CDU
2 X PL26R
17 X PL12
2 X PL31
2 X PL9
Plus some red&black wire and i got to get it all for £100 or less

dynamite25 · 06-04-2005

Well here is some photos of the siding i put in on monday

dynamite25 · 06-04-2005

And here is more photo's

dynamite25 · 09-04-2005

I've been doing some thinking about storage for rolling stock and i know i have the hidden sidings but that ain't much for the rolling stock i want and can't have shevles as i won't beable to get in front of them,so i thought of having a fiddle yard under my layout and to get the rolling stock to the main layout i thought of making a lift to take rolling stock to the main layout and back to the fiddle yard via the lift i did a quick design on my hornby HRV 2 program and came up with this it measure 12ft 9" x 2ft
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...iddleyard1.jpg
It will be made into 2 section about 5ft 3" to beable to be moved for some reason or other

dynamite25 · 09-04-2005

To continue with the fiddle yard i have done some drawing on paint to show where the fiddle yard will go and ow to get trains from the main layout to the fiddle yard under the layout:

The first one is of the left side of the layout and fiddle yard
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../mylayout1.jpg

And the second one is off the right side of the layout with the train lift and fiddle yard

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...my-layout3.jpg

Well the fiddle yard will have it's own controller to power the fiddle yard and when the lift comes down there will be some sort of contact strip to connect power from the fiddle yard to the lift,and when it is at the main layout level one of the main controller will put power to the lift via contact strips aswell, so the lift will only have power when it is at either level via the controllers.

Here's another drawing of it,i will do the proper drawings on paper anyway here it is
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...my-layout5.jpg

Just done a quick drawing on paint program to show how the power will be connected to the lift
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...connection.jpg

Greyhead · 10-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynamite25

i got book out of my local libary on monday and i was looking through it and for some reason an idea just popped into my head that i was missing something on my layout that on the mainline,if a was driving a freight train and a fast HST was also on that line coming fast behind it i would need somewhere for the freight train to pull into so i have put a siding on the mainline long enough for it to pull into.

Although I’m not a “train man”, at least not now my son has grown up; I’ve found this thread most interesting.

Reading the quoted post it seems that technology has moved on if it is now practical to run a fast HST on the same section of track as a slow goods. I think you’ll need eyes in the back of your head to avoid crashes!!

It’ll be most interesting to see how you make the scenery, that’ll really bring the layout to life.

dynamite25 · 10-04-2005

I should of worded that post differently but What i mean in that post is if you had a HST train at a station say 8/9 miles back and you had a freight train that was on the same line going in the same direction of course and was a mile within that said siding the train could go into that siding until the HST had pass him then the freight train could go back onto the mainline and carry on to where he was going as i think they do this to avoid crashes.