OO Inglenook (with more)

Hi Ian. Your Inglenook looks terrific, and I really like the idea of the railbus operating a "regular" service.

I am in the early planning stage of my design based on feedback from Gary about Inglenooks and inspired by Gary's evolving 0 scale layout, but I need some advice.

My layout is supposed to be like the "back to back" inglenook as described by Gary (P1 Oct 15 2018)

The LHS of the layout will be H0, with an incoming standard gauge terminating mainline with minimal switching and a regular diesel railcar service. This section will be DCC.

The second part of the layout will be H0e (009) and will be the main operational part involving the inglenook functionality. This will be DC at the moment due to my sole Roco loco being DC. It may become DCC later??

My primary question about the Inglenook design is that the loco is always "behind" the rolling stock and not in front as of it had arrived down the mainline. The Inglenook must assume that the loco has been decoupled and moved away to allow for the shunting operation. I would like to include this section of track as well.

Is this correct

Steve

 

Hi Chris.

Thanks very much. This is just what I needed. I saw this layout at Epping, but did not know about Inglenooks and the subtlety of their design. A question to Gary on P1 cleared up what an Inglenook is, but still learning about their operation.

Whilst the Inglenook is being designed to be standalone, I want to leave the option to connect it to a larger layout, primarily on the HO mainline, or extend the H0e local spur.

Once I am a bit further in the design I will post it for some critical feedback.

Regards
Steve

 

Thanks Toto

Will keep all at P1 informed.

I do not know what R & GLR is. Dr Google did not help much

Regards
Steve

 

Thanks Toto

Yes it still exists on that forum. I had a quick look through a few of the (184) pages and noticed a few familiar identities from the P1 forum. I could not see any photos though.

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Good luck with reviving the R & GLR. It seems like it should happen, for many good reasons.

Regards
Steve

 

Thanks Ian.

Yes, the response has been great and really useful. I am using the AnyRail design package to lay out a realistic and enjoyable plan based on this feedback and the Tillig H0/H0e track. The mix of dual gauge track, DCC and DC adds to this mix.

What could go wrong??

Lots of fun though

Steve

 

Very cool Ian
Steve