New O gauge extension

Thanks Ralph / Chris. Yes Chris the clearance is close but all the locomotive that will use the station clear it including the class 37. The only one that does catch is the 08 diesel which is very wide with the rods sticking out so much, but i did not intend to use it on this board anyway. http://www.click

 

Class 37 showing clearance.





negotiating the curve,

 

Thanks for all the kind comments http://www.clickWith the help of Ralph and Chris last week with the two awkward shaped boards, work has continued outside as the weather is so nice. I've moved onto the "easy" storage / passing loops / fiddle yard boards. these pictures show two of the three boards as of to days efforts.












Two main running lines on the left, split into two storage loops, track on the right is the link between LSD and the loops, with a storage loops for pushpull / dmu set. Outer loops is 1.2 m and the inner is 1.4m, both will easily take two coaches and a locomotive. Inner mainline loops will be closer to 3.4m of storage..

Tight on the back wall, but the class 37 goes around it with a couple of mill to spare. Yellow wires are for the Frog polarity, Points will be operated by surface mounted servos.


Brass screws at all base board joints with droppers soldered in place and then the track-work cut with a dremel. Inner corner will need a small section added. These boards will then be cut down about 60mm in from the inner track to reduce the depth.


"B" set will fit in easily with the longest locomotive I have.


Now I need to move on to the last fiddle yard board and complete the loops.......

 

NON SCENIC !!! Toto

 

No long "slips" Steve, but there's plenty of track to lay
As always let me know when and where.

 

layout update... the three scenic boards are now fitted together and raised 186mm off the lower boards.Ballasting has started on the left hand track which is the branch line to the high level station board. Middle two are the loops at high level and the right hand track is the incline branch to the lower boards.Gradient has worked out at 1.89 so just below the original target of 2.0 which seems to be the recommend gradient for O gauge. Track power has now been wired to LSD.



Junction board in the distance and curved window board now ready for track work to be weathered and more scenic work. Trees are to small, still awaiting the order for the larger trees and more scenic material to make the rear of the boards look like a typical tree / hedge row. I'm going to leave the walls white and hopefully it will look OK

Start of the storage boards.

The small branch storage loop is a tight curve but there's no buffer lock and plenty of room for the suburban set, in fact it will take three coaches.


this shot shows the main storage area and a view into the back of LSD.

Loops now connected to the hidden line behind the warehouse. Yellow tape shows the limit of wagon storage. Coach storage will push this line back about 200mm due to the overhang.
Overall shot showing where I'm at. The next job will be to install the last board for the three curved lines and a removable section to allow easy access into the inside of the loops....