INGLENOOK I built a double decker layout and started building a helix but halfway through building I had an accident at work and almost severed my spinal column doing by a dislocated spine misalignment. I would like to express a comment , in the area where I live there are quite a few people selling off a lot of rolling stock and locos as they are saying it is getting to expensive to buy modern and up to date models . racing. Idiots! played as a normal Inglenook using eight wagons I like that this version has been made a little wider to really expand the scenic areas. Switching configuration on "Val Ease East" Instead of two sidings diverging from a main, there are three leads A, B and C. Although lead C has a maximum 4-car capacity, I have added a twist to the Inglenook, so to speak. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Its been fun and provides plenty of entertainment while locked-down and subject to strict travel restrictions. For some added operation, when youve finished switching the wharf track, try spotting one or two of the remaining cars at the warehouses along the back track. of the headshunt, i.e. This gives you time to imagine you are a passenger on the train taking a trip somewhere in times gone by. The railroad receives cars from the Southern Ry. Form a departing train consisting of 5, 6, 7 or 8 out of the 8 wagons sitting in the sidings.. Andy Mitchell , used with kind permission, Back to the Model The critical length for a classic 5-3-3 Inglenook is eight wagon lengths plus the length of the loco plus the clearance length of one turnout. 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/ 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). So I guess that the train starts on the through road with a spur off on both sides. loco around using the loop in the centre of the So John, are you going to tell us how you made the diner? can start to expand quite rapidly. uppermost "siding" must be cleared because a 61K subscribers in the modeltrains community. This one will fit nicely into nearly any room of your house and still has enough track to be thoroughly enjoyable. As an aside, does anyone find a Kadee uncoupling tool effective? Five minutes to shake the box, The Inglenook Grain CO-OP. I do consider myself creative but am well aware that left to my own devices Im not very good at establishing a grand vision. the classic Inglenook Sidings formula is that it is so can fiddle around with the track capacities, and I kept things simple on my layout by lining switches and uncoupling cars by hand. Sign-up for email today! My own layout is a 3-2-2 Inglenook, meaning that one siding can accommodate 3 cars and the others 2 each. This includes layouts which are built as a train shunting puzzle such as Timesaver and Inglenook Sidings; Common variations: On a point to point layout, the train can increase the time it takes to get from A to B by going around a continuous loop a few times. situations, because although it can be Given the space you have I definitely prefer no 3 but that's maybe because I did something similar with my current folding H0 layout. However for a British station I think you're probably right about having the head shunt. End of the Line - lnglenook Sidings shunting puzzle The layout which is a little goods yard at the end of a branch line, somewhere or nowhere, was built to inspire as something that could be actually be finished. Time left: 6d 19h | Starting bid: 120.00 [ 0 bids] Bid amount - Enter 120.00 or more. when incorporating a classic Inglenook Sidings 40' boxcars instead of 50' freight stock) The passanger service is as regular as clock work. I want to be able to watch them run around a layout that has turns, buildings and scenery that the train travels through. Have fun figuring out the kits I used. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Change). stock (e.g. variation which comes to mind is, of course, to Interested? Style: shelf switching wagons from all sixteen wagons on the board, one BR green which Andy devised and built out of more http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-inglenook.html. If I were to be using equipment that would be common for the 1980s and into the 1990s, Peco Streamline Small Radius points could be used and the layout would need to be at least six inches longer if not a foot. SNCF, HO scale Powered by Invision Community, Festival of British Railway Modeling - Doncaster, London Festival of Railway Modelling - Alexandra Palace. Then I go mad with the points and track available!! Sind Sie auf der Suche nach dem ultimativen Sailor moon diadem? tower, however, only contains ten loads. Required fields are marked *. Theres a Shunting Puzzles website: (Wymann.info I think) which has been around for a while and covers the topic in some depth. Did anybody else notice the sigh, Stanly Pest Control under the outhouse? I would go for plan 3, but I do take Mickeys point. Pity this web site is no longer being updated. 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! Designed more for showing off your n scale locomotive, it's designed to be reminiscent of the old Inglenook Sidings puzzle designed by Alan Wright. Prototype: freelanced 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. Al, 01/MAY/2001 Take a look at the shunting puzzles website referred to earlier - it gives you how many possible combinations there are for each size of Inglenook when following the formula. All stock is Kadee fitted with uncoupling magnets fitted at the throats of the sidings. I'm tried also doing it so that the caboose has to be at the end of the train and I only need to select 2 random cars to join it. One of the main and variation of the shunting and spotting orders to be The run round loop is designed to take the five wagon "inglenook" train. two sidings holding 2 cars each, which together I presume most here are used to the Inglenook sidings puzzle (and one of the simplest operational layout designs ever). document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Alastair Lee Ltd, Quay House, Quay Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK, TQ12 2BU. - from an operational point of view there is no need to The next most important item is the track. Soundtrack? Thats still where Im at today. "Complex" Mode - The program knows the capacity of each siding and randomly assigns 5 cars to spots on the sidings. It's also unusual Construction I find them to be more reliable than the Atlas switches (points) available here in America Snap-Track Atlas switches work for anything up to 50 scale foot cars Anything longer and you want to use #4 or #6 switches. On a 3-2-2 Inglenook layout, the longest siding has a capacity of three cars. alternative to a fully scenicked Inglenook And since theres only one engine, you can make it a real showpiece with extra detailing, eye-catching weathering, and sound. Hope this helps, The fun thing with Inglenook, all of the switching puzzles really, is that they scale. Photos by Adrian at the Uckfield show. Go. http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/Inglenook/inglenook-layouts.html, Tourist Railroad and Railway Museum Directory. Today. (Or I'm not smart enough?). As with most shunting puzzles, the length of the sidings is determined by the operating rules. You can either limit the Happy Model Railroading to all. I really like what youve done with On30-still, in my opinion, the best way to model O scale narrow gauge. LAYOUTS 5 cards are drawn and the trains is made up in the front track. I also like the idea of separate shunting off the running line. It may not display this or other websites correctly. This layout has been built entirely using common off the shelf items but it looks terrific and really showcases just how strong a role composition and colour play in the overall finish model. There are as many variations on the theme as you like, both scenically and operationally - including several excellent scenic examples on the pages of this Forum. I then questioned the logic of doing this on 'another' board when I had a decent size board ready to go in the garage hinged against the wall. Again from the RMWeb.co.uk forums and youll need to scroll down the thread to post number nine. My second was my take on Simplex by Chris Ellis who used to be the editor of Scale Model Trains and later Model Trains International. Looking forward to hearing how you make out. (A trick I learned reading Continental Modeller many years ago). http://forum.mtimag.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=292&sid=0d753c49e9ffd9dde0401dc48327bbbc The headshunt can fit a locomotive plus 2 cars. If this rule is ignored and the Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk I thought that of the inglenook design is to limit the length (loco plus 3 waggons?) I then need to shunt the cars until they are all in the positions decided by the program. What stood out for me was how well finished they all are. 15 October 2022. Jerry, sorry to hear about your back troubles. Pulling too many pallets of water and windshield washing fluid. reference to the fact that this layout is The ends will be made out of 4 18 inch square pieces using 18 inch radius curves. SIDINGS 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. as these reefers have a real life length If you so desired you could place a removable storage cassette on the five-car road to reverse the orientation of trains or bring in other consists. the capacity of the private siding isn't critical but three wagons seemed like a sensible cut to put down or pick up and having that siding on the other side of the run round and facing the opposite direction does add to the shunting challenges. awagon on the board. If space is available, Layout 5' long by 2' 6" wide sized to fit into my car roof box. I know Im biased, but I think Andrew has done a great job with his buildings particularly his crane. 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! it can be cut down to one siding holding 3 cars and could now in theory extend to the very limit at the right It is wonderful how many people have been encouraged to start as a result of your blog. The classic way of increasing difficulty is to increase the number of wagons used. Have you tried your local model train club. This would give you a simulated runaround and would allow you to keep propelled goods off the passenger line. layout). Doubling the size makes it to big to fit on the paper? involved in a shunting move. I am going to investigate further on Friday down at the local DIY shed. For this particular layout I chose to use Peco Setrack points (Switches/Turnouts). Fantastic post. three car train from a total of five cars Heres my baby - Pushabout Sidings - at our last show in Octoberwhich is a 5-3-3 Inglenook. to create a highly compact (495 x 185mm) and also and Seaboard Air Line and spots them on the wharf track next to a docked ship. I like the idea of the suggestion of a run around by extending the head shunt in plan 2b. Click for larger images. 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). http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/accidents/driffield/home.html. Eon praline - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. SIDINGS 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. I cant get help Only comments that came back is Ill buy your rolling stock and track to help you!. the switching puzzle is integrated into a larger of the headshunt so you can't 'cheat' by drawing all the waggons out of a siding. effect on the switching puzzle itself and only Incorporating an "Inglenook Sidings plan" (to use the OP's exact words) into a layout means, at least to me, including a track arrangement specifically designed to play the Inglenook game, consisting of three three single ended spurs whose length has been adjusted to allow exactly 3-3-5 cars (or 2-2-3 cars). YO Andrew thats kool .Its like watching a tennis match , Now Jerrys on the other hand . even allows shunting crews to test their wits and furtheras each wagon formed up into the The track is based on Kilham Sidings, on the Alnwick-Cornhill branch of the North Eastern Railway (NER). ~ Cheers, yet another JOHN. in a way very much reminiscent of slot car For those who wonder how much fun can be had on a very small layout with only two sets of points (turnouts, switches) and no runaround; There is a free phone/tablet AP in the Google Play Store called Inglenook Sidings. Possibly the most salient feature of Inglenook Sidings - the classic British shunting puzzle par excellence - is its sheer simplicity in terms of track layout. the "snap together" puzzle into a segmental or modular layout. shorter sidings (i.e. The elevated track has 5 inches of clearance and features a 2.8% grade in and out. Respectfully, illustrates. Inglenook Sidings. Tried bending it around corner too. There are really three authoritative sources for this kind of information: 1. Move them up for 50ft cars in a 5-3-3 configuration, or move them back for 40ft cars in a 10-7-7 configuration. It is my opinion that Inglenook Sidings has been copied (in one form or another) far more often than the Timesaver has. 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. used will, of course, depend on the prototype In the early morning rain, N Scale Bangor The builder has added a third turnout so the Inglenook itself looks like sidings within an industrial estate. window.dfp_ad_id = '/21784358039/RW_Web_Forum/RW_Web_Forum_Layout_Workbench'; By Left messages for help at several clubs in NH, but all they are interested in is rolling stock and track only. Here are some examples from other layouts that I have built Simplex, Little Walkeley, Sandy Flats, and my first Inglenook. Carl Arendt, the late master of In the States that would be Staples, Office Depot, etc. This was a happy little accident to quote the late Bob Ross. As shown, the Port of Brunswick layout is 15 x 80 inches and can be built on traditional open-grid framing or a hollow-core door of appropriate width. Looking at your plan three again the only comments I'd make is that, if you intend to use it as a shunting layout without its fiddle yard, then it's useful to have the length of the loco or the longest vehicle you'll be shunting with at both ends of the run round loop. 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. Given the temporary nature of your desktop 3-2-2 Inglenook, perhaps use the card system to spot your freight cars both on the 3 car siding and also allocate the remaining 2 cars to a second siding in a similar way. The main buildings are kitbashed from what looks like SuperQuick brand cardstock models and they look terrific. shunting puzzle which results from such Here are some pictures of the space I have in the garage. Does a 4-2-2 work at all? Im an eraser, not a sketcher. More information. Plus, one can add a challenge requiring the least number of locomotive movements or the quickest time. The preference is O scale. This model rail-related article is a stub. Screenshots are Inglenook Sidings and the Timesaver. 6 Well done and worth coming back to. In This page was last edited on 15 October 2022, at 18:34. Dock Street uses a card sytem - its a 5 3 3 Inglenook but has a 4th siding off the shunting track for additional interest. This is the Inglenook Sidings layout switching puzzle invented in 1979 by British modeler Alan Wright. I ended up giving it to a teacher for use in his classroom. No scenery, no frills, just pure shunting Really like the print out scenery! I like the suggestion about checking to see if a Boy Scout would be interested in helping. Try it using 8 wagons/cars. used on Tropicana's "(orange) juice The lead track holds the locomotive and 3 cars. A photo from the last opperating session on Ian's Inglenook sidings Ian's inglenook sidings by CHRIS, on Flickr You can time how long you have taken to solve the puzzle by counting how many times the rail bus goes back and forth as is on a auto timer every 2 minutes from memory. There is one rp miles away but not in Nscale. Sorry, but the N scale track link is not working on the bay cheat sheet. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. John. Next Last. doesn't actually go for the existing LEGO Now I have also done two scenes with more on the way. Personally I think irs profiteering at the hobbies expense . As illustrated below, and if following shunting cycle illustrates the operational If you are challenged by this virtual challenge, imagine how much fun it would be with a small layout with real cars. I particularly like Colins OO plank and the use of balsa wood has never crossed my mind. very stylish "gameboard" which looks The Port of Brunswick is a one-locomotive railroad. somewhere in Northern Maine. There may in fact be some modellers who never really look into this shunting puzzle because it may at first sight hardly seem to offer much operational challenge. Its hard to believe this is a layout based on a shunting puzzle and that its not actually based on a real location it just looks so right. points. power such as the GP7/9. special token/card which, when drawn in the process of What I thought was neat was how the modeller used the five car siding as a hidden staging yard. Aug 1, 2017 - Inglenook Sidings Shunting Puzzle - Layouts & Variations. I tend to operate mine in one of 2 ways. There's a link to some rules at the bottom. This might be the simplest track plan ever to appear in Model Railroader. Trees are another important scenic feature, mostly low-growing softwoods with a few live oaks. The switching lead has a capacity of two cars plus the locomotive. Ill be coming back to these three to draw inspiration from for my layout. Completely incomplete. 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