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I haven't had an 'Inglenook Sidings' type layout for years and instead of a loco shunting wagons as Inglenooks tend to portray, how about an Inglenook where everything is powered?
I was taken by the Italian MOW (Engineers) yard in Adrian Wymann's Shunting Puzzles website:
and here's my proposal:
Using a 3ft 6ins x 8ins x 1ins oak plank (previously part of a pit crossing board from LU Upminster Depot that failed its safety test)
Siding 1 contains the Spectrum US spec Plasser Ballast Tamper
Siding 2 contains the Bachmann UK Plasser OWB maintenance vehicle
Siding 3 contains the Trackmobile
The Headshunt would be the fuelling point.
Here's a short and simple sequence sufficient enough to retain the attention of Mums, Dads and Kids at MDK shows (Remember MDKs don't have sufficient memory or interest to take in long sequences).
Trackmobile leaving Siding 3 to headshunt, then to Siding 1 to couple to tamper.
Both run to fuelling point then uncouple, Tamper returns to Siding 1, Trackmobile proceeds to Siding 2.
Trackmobile couples to OWB.
Both run to fuelling point then uncouple, OWB returns to Siding 2, Trackmobile proceeds to Siding 3 and stable.
No particular nationality applies to this proposal for it is generic as Plasser and Trackmobile supply worldwide and in view of the recession, I already have the stock, track , structures, most of the materials - so it won't cost me much!!!
Comments please.
Dave
I haven't had an 'Inglenook Sidings' type layout for years and instead of a loco shunting wagons as Inglenooks tend to portray, how about an Inglenook where everything is powered?
I was taken by the Italian MOW (Engineers) yard in Adrian Wymann's Shunting Puzzles website:

and here's my proposal:

Using a 3ft 6ins x 8ins x 1ins oak plank (previously part of a pit crossing board from LU Upminster Depot that failed its safety test)
Siding 1 contains the Spectrum US spec Plasser Ballast Tamper
Siding 2 contains the Bachmann UK Plasser OWB maintenance vehicle
Siding 3 contains the Trackmobile
The Headshunt would be the fuelling point.
Here's a short and simple sequence sufficient enough to retain the attention of Mums, Dads and Kids at MDK shows (Remember MDKs don't have sufficient memory or interest to take in long sequences).
Trackmobile leaving Siding 3 to headshunt, then to Siding 1 to couple to tamper.
Both run to fuelling point then uncouple, Tamper returns to Siding 1, Trackmobile proceeds to Siding 2.
Trackmobile couples to OWB.
Both run to fuelling point then uncouple, OWB returns to Siding 2, Trackmobile proceeds to Siding 3 and stable.
No particular nationality applies to this proposal for it is generic as Plasser and Trackmobile supply worldwide and in view of the recession, I already have the stock, track , structures, most of the materials - so it won't cost me much!!!
Comments please.
Dave