Your email address will not be published. My inglenook is similar to your plan 1 but the engine siding is kicked back the other way and I have arun aroundopposite it. I tend to operate mine in one of 2 ways. Trees are electric wire or a cutting from the garden covered with fine strips of kitchen paper and spray painted, bushes from bits of Woodland Scenic and PVA. stock the required length of the sidings Every board is glued together and screwed with drywall screws for extra strength. What your trains run on needs as much attention as the base you put or track on. Anything more recent than that would require a layout at least 6 feet long and Peco SL Medium points. What about 2b with the headshunt extended into staging? Powered by Invision Community, Festival of British Railway Modeling - Doncaster, London Festival of Railway Modelling - Alexandra Palace. I model American railroads in HO so one car is generally a 40 foot boxcar on 2 trucks (bogies) and a locomotive can be a 4 axle diesel, a shay or a tender loco. 6-8 people in O scale costs $25; that runs into big bucks when I need about a hundred or more! I thought that of the inglenook design is to limit the length (loco plus 3 waggons?) The classic way of increasing difficulty is to increase the number of wagons used. Go. What I thought was neat was how the modeller used the five car siding as a hidden staging yard. An inglenook puzzle is a classic shunting (switching) puzzle often found on model railway layouts. Jul 21, 2006 702 0 16 51 Washington, Utah www.thetechfamily.com. The operation from a cassette fiddle is engine brings in the train runs round into the loop and goes off scenethen the shunter can come from the siding to run round and shunt it in the inglenook, then returns to its siding ready for the main engine to re-appear to take it away. ModelRailroadForums.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Thats still where Im at today. The other two sidings has a capacity of two cars apiece. There are several ways of introducing the The European layouts have an advantage, with those tiny wagons or trucks. Once a layout has track, the scenery tells the story. Possibly the most salient feature of Inglenook Sidings - the classic British shunting puzzle par excellence - is its sheer simplicity in terms of track layout. As with most shunting puzzles, the length of the sidings is determined by the operating rules. A collection of wagons sits in a fan of sidings with a limited length headshunt (lead track). JavaScript is disabled. I spray my track (protecting the points) with a darker brown to hide the height of the rail (optical illusion). The classic version of the puzzle works something like this: Sidings for 5 cars (wagons),3 cars and 3 cars, with a headshunt (mainline) for 3 cars plus the loco. determining the shunting order, rules that the uppermost Bulk commodities such as oil, coal, and kaolin clay were handled in another part of the port, so tank cars and hoppers wouldnt appear on this layout. Style: shelf switching whether or not that wagon needs to be loaded or, It is wonderful how many people have been encouraged to start as a result of your blog. Apologies for resurrecting an old topic, but I'm after some help as well. Bores lumberjack - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. The board is sorted - I don't have a photo as yet - I'll try to get one uploaded soon to give you an idea of the space/location. that a siding with a length of 20" (50cm) Jerry. generated from the layout: The I would go for plan 3, but I do take Mickeys point. will easily hold the 5 pieces of rolling stock Photos by Adrian at the Uckfield show. Completely incomplete. I do use a small piano wire in a trough between my switch trows and the points themselves. A second goal in my plan is to use Als print-out kits for as many of my structures as possible. require moving wagons from one side of the board That *should* make things a little more complicated as you have to think about what traditionally are regarded as the spares as well as the consist. The same set-up could be imagined Some operating sessions are more involved than others, but Ive never encountered one that couldnt be completed. Your email address will not be published. And poor old Jerry. & LAYOUT SIZE. Shunting Puzzles Website main page, Page created: The main buildings are kitbashed from what looks like SuperQuick brand cardstock models and they look terrific. British practice might favour it in many locations and it avoids the need for catch points. I didn't include a separate headshunt because for a small station like this it was more common in France to use the protected main line for that. formula. Reading one of your blogs a few weeks ago I discovered that I was building an Inglenook Siding layout, the British shunting puzzle with simplicity in terms of track layout. For the original version of the puzzle there are 8 wagons in the sidings, the rule being: This puzzle/logic game-related article is a stub. from the June 1998 issue of Railway Modeller A skewer works much better. LEGO bits and pieces can then be set The layout can be measured in regards to SLU, a railway term meaning Standard Length Unit - the length over buffers of a standard 12 ton van, or 21ft. Looking forward to hearing how you make out. then a layout plan on Anyrail . even allows shunting crews to test their wits and No way! John. used on Tropicana's "(orange) juice Yet the Internet provides so many examples for us to look at, than the few track-planning magazines we used to have. of the headshunt, i.e. Idiots! Ill be coming back to these three to draw inspiration from for my layout. the "snap together" And if todays post has inspired you, and you want to make a start on your own layout, dont forget The Beginners Guide is here. Please, keep up the good work. A 3-foot length of flextrack is ideal for this. http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-inglenook.html. When asked why the rise in the purchase price , it is put down to having more detail on them . 2. Both 1 & 2a allow me to have a scenic run in over the first 18-24" which I like the idea of - and I also like the simplicity of No.2a - although as I write 2b is growing on me! Pulling too many pallets of water and windshield washing fluid. A true ripoff. 3. Plus, one can add a challenge requiring the least number of locomotive movements or the quickest time. be assembled in order to set up the departing Festival of British Railway Modeling - Doncaster, London Festival of Railway Modelling - Alexandra Palace, http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/Timesaver/timesaver-trackplan.html. As I said above - I realise I need to decide what I want, and I have no real direct question on the planning, other than asking your opinions. Incorporating a 5-3-3 Inglenook into my own layout happened almost by accident while designing it but I played around with the idea and found that incorporating a run round loop in an Inglenook plan generally only adds about six or eight inches (in 00 or H0) to the total length (though it does make wiring etc. A different solution is to make it so that there are two pieces that bolt together. Construction A big thanks to Andrew for sharing his Inglenook siding layout, and to John and Jerry too. Here are some pictures of the space I have in the garage. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Here are some examples from other layouts that I have built Simplex, Little Walkeley, Sandy Flats, and my first Inglenook. One yard track holds 5 cars, and two yard tracks hold 3 cars each. Your layout is excellent and totally realisticbut when I saw the people on that little platform instead of the deck it distracted from the realism now I am sure I am not the only person to notice this but if you take a small Dremel and file off that stupid ram thing that is of people are standing on and glue those feet to the platform then you will have total realism, Several comments But if I end up with an around the walls configuration there will be an Inglenook for sure. Johns been in touch with his inglenook layout: As you say, It is all about getting started! The brake van is not part of the puzzle but is used with a boxed KD coupler to give slightly more reliable performance than one plugged into an NEM pocket in the loco. can start to expand quite rapidly. The cars must be blocked in order for efficient loading. So it has been left unfinished for years. require an excessive amount of lateral space. Though it's only five feet loing I've found this layout very satisfying to operate either without the fiddle yard as a shunting layout that includes the 5-3-3 Inglenook puzzle on the goods sidings or with a simple fiddle yard as a complete terminus. Then I use a simple computer program that I have written to operate in one of the following modes. power such as the GP7/9. So I hope youll consider the Port of Brunswick RR, either as a standalone shelf layout or as part of a larger model railroad. But rents are extremely high here about 1700.00 month. For this particular layout I chose to use Peco Setrack points (Switches/Turnouts). recognize the three sidings setting. works just as well outside the boundaries of shorter sidings (i.e. The loading Maximum Grade: none, This is the Inglenook Sidings layout switching puzzle invented in 1979 by British modeler Alan Wright. Expanded polystyrene packaging carved, covered with Plaster of Paris, painted and coated with sawdust made the landscape. You must log in or register to reply here. Vince de Rey (a tongue - in - cheek Class 08 diesel shunter on the freight-only A few basics (i'll probably forget some): There is a fiddle yard to the left (garage shelf). Of course, Im biased about the printable buidlings, but it does show how versatile it is you can pretty much scratch build anything with it. The plan is usually drawn with the two sidings to one side of the main line, but theres no reason why it has to be - it probably dates from the original plan which was for an oval with two sidings, on which the main line became the third siding and the puzzle was devised to add operating complexity to a simple layout. the classic Inglenook Sidings formula is that it is so 1; 2; Next. The headshunt can fit a locomotive plus 2 cars. Copyright 2011 - 2022, Free model railroad layout plans pics and tips. http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-inglenook.html. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. a bit more complicated). The oil tanks are made from a pair of the tubes that are the core of a couple of loo paper rolls (Toilet Paper rolls here in the States). Looking to build something small with lots of potential operations question from swmbo! Whoever has the layout with the people standing on their round little platform instead of the actual playground.let me say this .. I added a level crossing with some card that I had stained with wood stain. So I guess that the train starts on the through road with a spur off on both sides. Jerry, I feel your pain in more ways than one. Lighter ballast and painting the sleepers (ties) a lighter color also helps hide the overly heavy rail. Its so terrific to have ready access to so many examples of railways others have built yet sometimes there are just so many and it can be easy to feel a little overwhelmed. Its a free game, so what have you got to lose? Sometimes its never plain sailing. I struggle with coming up with an idea and am much better at executing others ideas than my own so its nice to have such a strong cadre of examples to reflect back on. Take care. tower, however, only contains ten loads. All my structures are removable from the layout. By jamest, July 29, 2014 in Layout & Track Design jamest RMweb Gold 781 Location: North Devon RMweb Gold Posted July 29, 2014 Hi all, Its about time for me to muck about with track again and my interest was recently poked by reading through an old magazine. Thesame amount of space could easily accommodate a 5-3-3 setup if I were using an 0-4-0 / 0-6-0 locomotive and 4 wheeled stock in British OO. YO Andrew thats kool .Its like watching a tennis match , Now Jerrys on the other hand . I am going to investigate further on Friday down at the local DIY shed. Pity this web site is no longer being updated. The angled loco release does avoid an S curve and is more aesthetically pleasing but the advantage of a crossover is that you can have a short siding for a cattle dock/end loading platform and that was a very common arrangement at small Briish termini whatever the company. They will need the addition of a mounting for the Alex Jackson type coupling - prefer to opt for more common motive So I tried an Inglenook. My little layout is set around a small town with a couple of industries. For my "Inglenook" shunting layout at Bicester I need to provide 6 wagons, preferably all very different so they can be easily identified. One industry is a petroleum products distributor The second is either a manufacturing building or a food products plant (I have not made up my mind yet! So I've definately plumped for operational interest and passenger services, and made the sidings a little longer than the 5-3-3 normal limitations of the inglenook. the geographical setting, the era, the amount of scenery The switching lead has a capacity of two cars plus the locomotive. and Seaboard Air Line and spots them on the wharf track next to a docked ship. Hope this helps, With track in place and ballast down, I wanted to add a road. I love the scenery. sidings on an Inglenook layout. In browsing the web the layout short in overall length. Again from the RMWeb.co.uk forums and youll need to scroll down the thread to post number nine. http://forum.mtimag.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=292&sid=0d753c49e9ffd9dde0401dc48327bbbc I actually prefer plan 3 especially if the station is moved to the left a little - it has more potential as a layout. The ends will be made out of 4 18 inch square pieces using 18 inch radius curves. The game is about putting together a departing train (on a transfer run with no brake van I guess). Keeping the separate inglenook but adding a passenger service and run around. The yard lead must be long enough to let three cars and a locomotive clear the points on the wharf track switch. (replaced in 2021 by its Mk2 version). Keep in mind that using different turnouts than the ones shown in the plan may affect the layouts dimensions. This also illustrates following shunting cycle illustrates the operational So here are some of my ramblings on Any-rail. Interested? The track pinned and ballast stuck with diluted PVA. (Here in the States we would call it a road crossing). Aug 1, 2017 - Inglenook Sidings Shunting Puzzle - Layouts & Variations. Instead, bits and As shown having a small shunting layout can be just as much fun , and helps keep the costs down ..Dangerous dave, Nice little article about the joys of shunting layouts, but the mentioned App Inglenook Sidings doesnt come up in Google play. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Variation der Inglenook Sidings.Wie man sieht sind es praktisch zwei Inglenook Sidings di. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I really like what youve done with On30-still, in my opinion, the best way to model O scale narrow gauge. siding must be cleared once (or even each time) the car Heres my baby - Pushabout Sidings - at our last show in Octoberwhich is a 5-3-3 Inglenook. Home How I think Three charming Inglenookdesigns, By Chris Mears on November 3, 2013 ( 6 ). somewhere in Northern Maine. I'm using American HO stuff, so there's only room for a 3-2-2 version. I mean as regards the length of tracks, clearance points etc, I have 6 standard length freight bogie freight cars and one short brake van. The main buildings are kitbashed from what looks like SuperQuick brand cardstock models and they look terrific. What suggestions do you have to adopt it to O scale? Its the switch crews job to spot these five cars on the wharf track in that order. No guards van. versatile the Inglenook Sidings puzzle is - it track and railway system. The goods wagons as well as the locomotive in Another really nice thing about Fencing is matchsticks and cotton thread or strips of balsa wood. Inglenook Sidings. card or token system to select cars - you can introduce a It may not display this or other websites correctly. Actually, if you read through Johns post, you are getting a tutorial on how to build a model railroad layout. Funny thing that Alan Wright dreamed up Inglenook Sidings on your side of the pond about the same time as the Timesaver had been introduced Actually Inglenook Sidings was an operating innovation to a plan that had hit American shores about 1934 BUT was also found in A. R. Walkelys Suitcase layout of 1926! this is, perhaps, that from an operational challenge It consists of three yard tracks, or sidings, and a lead track. Works well with MicroTrains, Walthers, and Trainworx PS-2 covered hoppers and MicroTrains 94000 Series trough hatch covered hoppers. The internet is filled with examples of layouts built to this plan and its especially nice to see a few finished as nicely as these. This model rail-related article is a stub. Overall size is a 36 Inch (90 cms) by 20 Inch (50 cms) MDF board left over from some other domestic task and covered with expanded polystyrene from furniture packaging. set it all up and get the loco going, and presto, Inglenook" is better than no Inglenook One thing, however, After allowing time for the cut of five cars to be unloaded, you can remove them from the layout, replace them with five fresh cars and paperwork, and start the operating cycle over again. These pages allow you to operate a version of each of my two layouts, The Skowhegan & Athens and Riverside Yard, on screen. Terry Franks / Taf Web. Generally speaking, Any other name it might be under? Wow - I thought I'd give it a day to see if anyone had commented and I have a lot of good advice to digest! (LogOut/ I've tried adding a caboose in there (which will never be part of the finished train), but much like solitaire this means that it's not possible to 'win' every time. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Alastair Lee Ltd, Quay House, Quay Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK, TQ12 2BU. In 00 scale, this translates into The current project is yet another Inglenook An Inglenook built specifically to be part of a sectional layout that will be easy to take to model train shows Exhibitions and show what can be done in a small space. This gives you time to imagine you are a passenger on the train taking a trip somewhere in times gone by. I know I am tempted to dig out some 1/4 thick balsa sheet to try as its the actual layout baseboard I need to tackle next for my layout. An inglenook puzzle is a classic shunting (switching) puzzle often found on model railway layouts. The track plan shown here depicts a small rail-marine terminal yard serving the docks of Brunswick, Ga., in the 1950s. There are other solutions and a magazine like Model Rail or Railway Modeller often features some of the alternatives. It consists of a specific track layout, a set of initial conditions, a defined goal, and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. My own layout is a 3-2-2 Inglenook, meaning that one siding can accommodate 3 cars and the others 2 each. More information. Now a bigger board is a dangerous thing to give me - my mind starts to wonder, and before you know it I'm thinking of a short scenic section, or longer sidings, or a small passenger element. I thought that might not be possible. An experienced operator can act as conductor, planning moves and lining turnouts, while the novice works the throttle as the engineer. Inglenook Shunting Puzzles. Does a 4-2-2 work at all? setting and the surroundings. various length being used, an additional rule Im sure someone would finish you helix for you. My experience is that with a triple dose (it is nothing more than things like tumeric and similar herbs and oils) I went through significant oral surgery including 13 implants with no discernable pain/ effect on the switching puzzle itself and only Sidings back to back (which is why Andy calls it Next Last. Join Today! the engine plus 3 wagons (when operating, a total Your email address will not be published. In both cases, the finishing position of one "game" then becomes the starting position for the next. Additional puzzle layout variations can be found at Adrian Wymann's web site. reduced formula). Actually Inglenook Sidings was an operating innovation to a plan that had hit American shores about 1934 BUT was also found in A. R. Walkely's "Suitcase layout " of 1926! effects of this complication. Mainline Run: none Preferably I will print them at 1:32 scale. On my side of the pond, the common shunting layout is the Timesaver introduced by John Allen in 1971. Happy days. Dont know where you live but possibly contact a Boy Scout Troop, if one in your area, and see if one of the youths can step up and assist you with the manual aspects of completing the helix. 1) It is too expensive 61K subscribers in the modeltrains community. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/26972-fiddle-yards-visible-or-hidden/ Whats on the menu? http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/accidents/driffield/home.html. Required fields are marked *. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Trains & Railroads. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The setouts on the wharf track must be spotted in the correct order, so each car is next to the proper cargo hold. Lay out the car cards from right to left in the order they were drawn (I built a small shelf on my layout fascia for this purpose). A variation of your question might be answered by use of a 'marshalling yard' shown on this page: I've read that, but it wasn't quite what I was looking for. the occasional freight train rumbling past (if In reality this was probably because, with the points onto the running line closed, wagons could be safely shunted by by a couple of porters or the station horse (small British wagons were far easier to move around a yard by hand than most people realise). just how flexible the Inglenook formula is: you Personally in the length you have available (with separate fiddle yard), I'd go for 3. Eon praline - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. For exhibitions it also gives you the option to shuttle an MU or push-pull in and out of the station while continuing to shunt the yard until you're ready to send the finished goods train out. 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