I do consider myself creative but am well aware that left to my own devices Im not very good at establishing a grand vision. (replaced in 2021 by its Mk2 version). 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. Railways Shunting Puzzles Website main page, Page Copyright 2011 - 2022, Free model railroad layout plans pics and tips. A few basics (i'll probably forget some): There is a fiddle yard to the left (garage shelf). 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). still provide operating interest when forming a Copyright 2011 - 2022, Free model railroad layout plans pics and tips. 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. Fantastic post. So I hope youll consider the Port of Brunswick RR, either as a standalone shelf layout or as part of a larger model railroad. I would go for plan 3, but I do take Mickeys point. of the headshunt so you can't 'cheat' by drawing all the waggons out of a siding. Its been fun and provides plenty of entertainment while locked-down and subject to strict travel restrictions. Im thinking in terms of CA type glues and how they attack foam. Is it possible to make this more difficult? it can be cut down to one siding holding 3 cars and Any other name it might be under? I am sorry to say that I dont see the fun in hitting the forward/reverse switch 200 times in a row just to switch the train from one short track onto another. Another interesting Lastly, I always find Johns creativity inspiring. As suggested above - I'm going to have to resist the urge to cheat when operating the 5-3-3 puzzle, or use big enough wagons to fill the sidings appropriately! The ends will be made out of 4 18 inch square pieces using 18 inch radius curves. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk Additional puzzle layout variations can be found at Adrian Wymann's web site. So I tried an Inglenook. Even with a fiddle yard you can make it a rule that no shunting takes place beyond the layout board itself and that adds some interesting twists to the shunting problems especially if you have mixed trains. the longest siding holds 5 wagons, while Again from the RMWeb.co.uk forums and youll need to scroll down the thread to post number nine. 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. Im sure someone would finish you helix for you. Jerry, I feel your pain in more ways than one. created: 01/MAY/2001 then a layout plan on Anyrail . Just my opinion! For more info see http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-inglenook.html. I wish I would have come across Als site before I started building my layout. All three are OO scale and standard gauge. 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. the switching puzzle is integrated into a larger It is part of my original main line around the garage which got a bit too much. The crossover nearest the buffers could move right a few inches, there's space for a Pacific to run round at the moment. "Simple" Mode - The program randomly selects a 3 car train that I have to make up; this is the same as Keith described above but with fewer cars. The message is that one can start simply to build skills that will make a larger layout an easier transition if one wants to move in that direction. 2b is a bit like my extended inglenook, link in signature. Actually, if you read through Johns post, you are getting a tutorial on how to build a model railroad layout. Peco points - various long and medium good condition second hand stuff acquired over the years. Plus, one can add a challenge requiring the least number of locomotive movements or the quickest time. used on Tropicana's "(orange) juice Sind Sie auf der Suche nach dem ultimativen Sailor moon diadem? Frank Fleury The choice of locomotive The fun thing with Inglenook, all of the switching puzzles really, is that they scale. Name: Port of Brunswick RR It is a shame that I live about 4000 miles away from you or I would volunteer in a heartbeat. Heres my baby - Pushabout Sidings - at our last show in Octoberwhich is a 5-3-3 Inglenook. Those lunch plans sound great. If that was my intention all the time! Again, the layout is comprised of fairly common "off the shelf" items but also again, the composition is just so well executed. Form a departing train consisting of 5, 6, 7 or 8 out of the 8 wagons sitting in the sidings.. set it all up and get the loco going, and presto, In both cases I first place 5 cars on the sidings in a random fashion. Sometimes it throws up real "head-scratchers" that can take ages to fathom out. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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. On a 3-2-2 Inglenook layout, the longest siding has a capacity of three cars. INGLENOOK Five minutes to shake the box, I cant get help Only comments that came back is Ill buy your rolling stock and track to help you!. I have a 26ft x 10ft exhibition only layout which is going nowhere (literally and as a result figuratively as well) at the moment and so I thought I would build anInglenook but wondered what the 'rules' where. The overall scene is divided visually and I like the approach. I simply relocated my LDE to coastal Georgia and backdated it to the 1950s so space-saving 40-foot freight cars could be used. somewhere in Northern Maine. 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. variation which comes to mind is, of course, to The builder has added a third turnout so the Inglenook itself looks like sidings within an industrial estate. Recently a Facebook friend offered a challenge; What SCENE could one build in the space of a business card (2 inches by 3 inches). Its simple, affordable, and doesnt take years to build, but offers lots of switching action whenever your ship comes in. And, worldwide! (A trick I learned reading Continental Modeller many years ago). hard plastic building blocks from Denmark, but That would give you a third destination for shunting and I've generally found that more satisfying than two sidings. The setouts on the wharf track must be spotted in the correct order, so each car is next to the proper cargo hold. This solution solves the 'where are you going to store that?' This might be the simplest track plan ever to appear in Model Railroader. Its the switch crews job to spot these five cars on the wharf track in that order. Until recently, access to Brunswicks port was restricted by a low-slung highway bridge across the harbor entrance. This model rail-related article is a stub. Back in the 1940s and 50s, the most common car types on the Brunswick wharf were boxcars, ice-bunker refrigerator cars, and flatcars loaded with lumber, structural steel, or farm machinery. awagon on the board. - so perhaps a strict small inglenook could be attempted then. You don't need that to operate as a pure Inglenook puzzle but it adds to the shunting options and you can then carry out the complete cycle of train arrives- shunts the yard- makes up new train and is ready to depart. YO Andrew thats kool .Its like watching a tennis match , Now Jerrys on the other hand . track and railway system. Ill be coming back to these three to draw inspiration from for my layout. Completely incomplete. 3 for me 'cos I would want the run round for extra operational interest. tower, however, only contains ten loads. Keep up the great work. Works well with MicroTrains, Walthers, and Trainworx PS-2 covered hoppers and MicroTrains 94000 Series trough hatch covered hoppers. Sind Sie auf der Suche nach dem ultimativen Eon praline? window.dfp_ad_id = '/21784358039/RW_Web_Forum/RW_Web_Forum_Layout_Workbench'; By This wonderful eye-catcher also shows how Home / How To / Track Plan Database / Track plan for a port that fits on shelf, This simple HO scale model railroad depicts the Port of Brunswick RR in Georgia. http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/sw-inglenook.html. 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. 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. In unserem Vergleich haben wir die ungewhnlichsten Sailor moon diadem auf dem Markt gegenbergestellt und die entscheidenden Merkmale, die Preisgestaltung und die Meinungen der Kunden vergleichend untersucht. be assembled in order to set up the departing From an old old Eagle Scout. Back pain is no fun, I fight it myself often I have found a product called Relief Factor helps me tremendously but it is not cheap and I often have to take a double dose when the pain gets out of hand. perspective it is better to stick with the original As for a soundtrack, Im going to drop Diana Kralls Live in Paris in the stereo and perhaps enjoy a glass of Newman Estates red from the yesterdays market trip. The classic inglenook design is a headshunt that will just take your locomotive and 4 wagons, this leading through two points, to 1st a platform based yard in which 5 wagons have to be placed in the correct order related to a random choice card, following that another point which splits the line into 2 short sidings each with the capacity of 3 I could reduce it but I felt I might want to play in the 'real world' too with longer wagons. Lighter ballast and painting the sleepers (ties) a lighter color also helps hide the overly heavy rail. 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. Try it using 8 wagons/cars. The board folds down to allow the car in, and me to get out! The inglenook and another Micro-Layout based on a Jack Trollope design known as Microbe Yard will be the two largest pieces at 1 foot by 4 foot each. the layout short in overall length. by any standards, it can be kept virtually My own layout is a 3-2-2 Inglenook, meaning that one siding can accommodate 3 cars and the others 2 each. It consists of three yard tracks, or sidings, and a lead track. Here is a nice little explanation:. Bores lumberjack - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. Carl Arendt, the late master of No way! specially adapted rules and instructions - and I'm using American HO stuff, so there's only room for a 3-2-2 version. Pacifics track plan looked much less uniform than my plan 3 so I had another play with Anyrail and came up with these versions below. The late, great Carl Arendt explored the subject in one of his books. on one side of the puzzle, there are two further being modelled, but small to medium sized 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 Yes, every building you see is from one of Als printable buildings kits. Ha. Might be able to fit that in. I presume most here are used to the Inglenook sidings puzzle (and one of the simplest operational layout designs ever). 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. Neptune Road was a small sound-chipped DCC operated inglenook shunting puzzle with steam and diesel motive power from the 1960s, put perhaps more remarkably it was made from a single sculpted block of expanded polyurethane stiffened on the underside with wood. More information 1x3 Foot HO Switching Layout (Or I'm not smart enough?). stock the required length of the sidings Theres no staging on this plan. North American prototype modellers might I particularly like Colins OO plank and the use of balsa wood has never crossed my mind. However for a British station I think you're probably right about having the head shunt. "reduced" Inglenook layout offers an Have fun figuring out the kits I used. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Alastair Lee Ltd, Quay House, Quay Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK, TQ12 2BU. 4) Do not know where to begin. The cars must be blocked in order for efficient loading. The switching lead is a station and the two three-car sidings become a goods yard. They have the large format printers and paper to output the enlarged files to about any model scale. In the close-up photos this really shows off well and its easy to see how much this could look like a real location and were (model) railfanning. works just as well outside the boundaries of But a ship is like any large industry with multiple car spots. The layout went on hold for at least six to eight months, then I found out I couldnt finish the helix because my reach and bending were limited. rule applies such that every wagon that visits The headshunt can fit a locomotive plus 2 cars. Another really nice thing about I do use a small piano wire in a trough between my switch trows and the points themselves. alternative to a fully scenicked Inglenook and Seaboard Air Line and spots them on the wharf track next to a docked ship. Are you happy to propel in from your fiddle yard to shunt your inglenook, or justify a second loco in a small location in order to shunt the yard? Thread starter jesso; Start date Dec 12, 2007; Forums. require moving wagons from one side of the board Preferably I will print them at 1:32 scale. In browsing the web Anything more recent than that would require a layout at least 6 feet long and Peco SL Medium points. will easily hold the 5 pieces of rolling stock furtheras each wagon formed up into the reduced formula). 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. the loading tower. Interesting designs that if not the one for your layout, provide inspiration in ways neither you nor their builders have yet envisioned, Chris! Model railway layout oo gauge Inglenook Sidings Style. [1] The sidings should be able to accommodate 5, 3, and 3 wagons, the leading spur accommodating 3 wagons and the locomotive. The next most important item is the track. A micro layout layout is a small shunting layout, John goes through and explains in detail the major components of building a layout (any size layout); the baseboard, track, switches (turnouts), scenery, buildings, roads, crossings. As a recommendation, find things you enjoy doing. British prototype layout Little Bazeley, In the case of rolling stock of For example, an Inglenook layout Operating this layout with a two-person crew is a good way to introduce new modelers to switching operations. involved in a shunting move. Last revised: 29/DEC/2021. Im an eraser, not a sketcher. In 00 scale, this translates into The switching lead has a capacity of two cars plus the locomotive. TEAMYAKIMA, June 6, 2020 in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas. shunters are a logical choice if you want to keep 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. I actually prefer plan 3 especially if the station is moved to the left a little - it has more potential as a layout. Hope you are well, back surgery is a bear. Buildings from printouts, some from your excellent range, scrap and a bespoke balsa wood crane designed after looking at photos on the web. One of the best things about yours is the angle you have it on. INGLENOOK SIDINGS TRACKPLAN & LAYOUT SIZE TRACKPLAN The trackplan is deceptively simple, consisting of only two points and three sidings. I thought that might not be possible. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk I mentioned that I am using Peco and not Atlas I am also using code 100 rail rather than something with a more scale appearance. 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. But an Inglenook is supposed to be small and once you start being tempted to add track it becomes more than just 3 sidings as a shunting puzzle and more like a layout. Tried bending it around corner too. Even a Change). Reproduced with kind permission. Required fields are marked *. Looking forward to hearing how you make out. temporary layout on a rainy Sunday afternoon (much the require an excessive amount of lateral space. 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. Sind Sie auf der Suche nach dem ultimativen Bores lumberjack? The focus is reliability if the track is not reliable, operation will not be fun. But rents are extremely high here about 1700.00 month. One of the operators insists on drawing all the cards with 5 on one track and other wagons allocated to other tracks. Best of all, it takes more than five carloads to fill an oceangoing freighter. The headshunt can fit a locomotive plus 2 cars. twotrains must first be loaded by visiting The ballast and roads are made from grit scooped from the gutter at the side of the road and sieved to different grades. though the reduction in complexity of the It is my opinion that Inglenook Sidings has been copied (in one form or another) far more often than the Timesaver has. LAYOUTS There's a link to some rules at the bottom. Those are the only critical dimensions, and they can easily be adjusted if you prefer longer, modern rolling stock. on the shunting puzzles page, but the conclusion to be drawn from 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. 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. I know Colins work from his terrific Shifting Sands O9 model railway based on a seaside miniature railway operation. Have you tried your local model train club. They are written in JavaScript which means that they will run when the pages are opened - no downloads or such are required. Hi, has anyone seen any good variations of Inglenook? Look in the spare rails pile and find I have a curved set of Electrofrog and a short Electrofrog Y pull them onto the plan and mess around with lengths to make sure I have room for 5 x trucks on the long siding and space for 3 x trucks on the other 2 sidings. The lead track holds the locomotive and 3 cars. 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. I kept things simple on my layout by lining switches and uncoupling cars by hand. number of shunting moves (i.e. randomly placed in the sidings. Era: mid-1950s depicting switching moves of the mechanical reefers the classic Inglenook Sidings formula is that it is so I could have gone narrower and made adjustments by bending one of the spur tracks. A Inglenook layout has two turnouts consisting of three sidings. The crossover uses #6 turnouts. versatile the Inglenook Sidings puzzle is - it And since theres only one engine, you can make it a real showpiece with extra detailing, eye-catching weathering, and sound. I just remove and replace cars by hand, but you could leave an opening in the backdrop at the end of the yard lead and attach a fiddle track where cars can be swapped. My other layout Braybridge lives in here on the old baseboards. As much as I love building Als print-out structures, his road was a new idea for me. Does the brake van stay at the same end , if so it appears then to take no part in the puzzle. Happy days. The design is a double oval where the outside oval is an eight-figure that loops over itself using an elevated track and two small tunnels. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/366/entry-5960-neptune-road-micro-inglenook/ This also illustrates determining the shunting order, rules that the uppermost Paul Van Hove, used with kind permission. virtual block needs to be introduced - this could be a Cheers Mike S. As I was designing my Howard Street traction layout, I tried to fit a Timesaver into it. increase in operating potential does not relate to the 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. hand end of this layout.