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Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - shortliner - 10-30-2015
I've seen a layout - may well be O gauge - with photos of it set up on picnic tables at an exhibition - I thought I had a link to it but it may have gone when my previous computer crashed -it was a small country switching yard and the trackplan was something like this. There were several detail photos as well. Please help me to prove I'm not yet going completely round the twist !
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - MountainMan - 10-30-2015
That's a typical Timesaver switching puzzle. You can look up all of the variations on the internet.
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - Mr Fixit - 10-30-2015
Shortliner; Please help me to prove I'm not yet going completely round the twist !
Relax, its a proven fact that the more you question your sanity, the saner you actually are.
Conversely, the more adamant someone is that they are sane, the crazier they actually are.
Mark
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - shortliner - 10-31-2015
Thanks, Guys - This wasn't laid out as a timesaver and I still haven't found the darn thing!
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - Sumpter250 - 10-31-2015
I wish you luck, finding it again. When you do, upload the pictures, and save them to CD.
You'll have a ton less headaches. How do I know? ..... you might ask........been there, :oops: done that
{{ my first signature line, comes out of that experience }}
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - shortliner - 11-01-2015
Mystery is solved - my mate Chris (Gilbert) found it in the last place I would have thought of looking <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/15624">http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/15624</a><!-- m --> Ther are more photos including one that virtually shows the track plan on page 2 of this thread <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/10708?page=1">http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/10708?page=1</a><!-- m --> which should take you straight to that page
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - MountainMan - 11-01-2015
Yep...like I said the first time...a classic Timesaver switching puzzle. What else could you possibly do on it?
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - shortliner - 11-01-2015
You are right, and my memory was partly at fault as there wasn't a loop on/from the lower line. As the builder says - if he was starting over it would benefit from the upper siding being converted to two sidings via a diamond, rather than being a kick-back
Re: Help please - I'm begining to think I'm loosing it ! - Brakie - 11-02-2015
What was said one time about needing a gymnasium for O Scale 2 Rail?
Gotta like that little switching layout and with some redesign away from the time saver concept it would be fun to operate.
In HO that would amount to a 1'x6' ISL.