This little test track shows how things will work on Dauntsey, my next linear motor layout. This model will have several points, and feature some simple automatic shunting. This is basically how the Up line through the station will work, although stretched from the 2 feet track shown here to 6 feet in length, allowing for 3 or 4 full-length trains.
The next layout will be a 1:480 scale model of Dauntsey station on the GWR main line to Bristol, set in the 1930s. The station closed in 1961, but has all of the features I was looking for: double track main line, small goods yard, refuge siding, road overbridge, nearby canal with lock. The model will be approximately 6' x 2', covering most of the area shown in this picture from Google Earth. A few changes will still be required, such as moving the down refuge siding from the SW to the SE side of the bridge, and adding another road west from the hamlet.
The road queues at the level crossing on Outer Melbourne do not work quite as well as hoped, due to using an older track design so that it could be finished in time for its first exhibition. This is testing out an improved version of the road track that permits proper queueing. Too late for Outer Melbourne, but ready for the next layout that needs it. And it even works with N Scale cars.
The next linear motor layout will be of a 1930s GWR location, so it was worth seeing if I could make some acceptable trains for it, especially the 4-wheel goods stock. These are in 1:480 scale, since that way 2 wagons are exactly 24mm in length (the minimum possible) and many coaches are 36mm. Both are magic numbers that work especially well with the linear motor track. |
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