Feedback re shunting layout?

[Russ Bellinis]

Robert, I must give Galen a plug. Check out the Feb. issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine at
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The magazine is free. Galen wrote an article found on page 72 titled "Rotary Knob Turnout Controls for Blue Point and Bull Frog switch machines." If you have not checked it out, yet, the magazine is free.

[RobertInOntario]

Robert, I must give Galen a plug. Check out the Feb. issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine at
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The magazine is free. Galen wrote an article found on page 72 titled "Rotary Knob Turnout Controls for Blue Point and Bull Frog switch machines." If you have not checked it out, yet, the magazine is free.

Thanks, Russ. I actually receive Model Railroad Hobbyist so I'll check out that article.

R.

[RobertInOntario]

I hope to FINALLY start adding scenery to this layout! Yes, I'm pretty slow here but I did explain myself in the "Too Many Projects" thread!

I haven't gotten any further in adding motors to the sidings -- I don't think I will for simplicity. I did remove that back piece of track and plan to add scenery and building there.

I found an excellent article in an old British magazine (the Dec. 2009 Hornby Magazine) that describes a layout very similar to this one and how to operate it. So that has inspired me to start using this layout again. I was almost second-guessing my track plan, as the layout in this article describes a more traditional Inglenook -- however, I've discovered that I can operate my layout as per the article. You set up 8 freight cars & have one card for each. Four cars are placed on each of the two front sidings. Then you draw 5 cards and place them in left-to-right order. Then you switch the 5 cars onto the back siding in that order. However, my siding are long enough that I can place 9 cars onto the front sidings (instead of 8).

Now, I'm almost bitten by the shunting / small shelf layout bug -- I spent a good hour the other night switching cars around.

I'll try to post some updated pics in the near future. The layout is so small it should take me long!

I like "tail-chaser" layouts so much that this is a bit of a change for me! Has anyone else experimented with such shunting layouts or have comments?

Thanks,

[Genetk44]

Robert...you might also consider this
as a way to throw the points...I bought some bike spokes for i think it was $1 each, had a couple of choc-bloc connectors lying around but they aren't expensive and used a straightened paper clip going up through the baseboard to move the point/switch...I think the cost worked out to just under $3 per switch.

Btw...your layout is, for all intents and purposes an Inglenook layout.

[RobertInOntario]

Robert...you might also consider this
as a way to throw the points...I bought some bike spokes for i think it was $1 each, had a couple of choc-bloc connectors lying around but they aren't expensive and used a straightened paper clip going up through the baseboard to move the point/switch...I think the cost worked out to just under $3 per switch.

Btw...your layout is, for all intents and purposes an Inglenook layout.

Thanks -- this looks interesting as well. I like the idea of using bike spokes and keeping costs down.

Cheers,