
DSC_0193 by GloriousNSE, on Flickr
'Scuse the phone camera image...
The E unit is an old Proto one (with the funny shaped nose) - the passenger cars at Walthers ones...
Most cool. Having a Wye really does offer so many operational opportunities of this kind. I've always had a penchant for an E unit and a couple of coaches. How do you turn it around at "the other end"?Gloriousnse wrote:Something i've been working on for the meet at Weston on Trent, our HO freemo has a passenger terminus on a wye off the main line, as most of our trains are push-pull I thought we should have something that we actually needed to turn on the wye between arrival and departure. The passenger staging tracks in this setup are quite short (about 3' max) so this is the result - an E unit, baggage and coach - presumably a local connection to a longer distance train...
DSC_0193 by GloriousNSE, on Flickr
'Scuse the phone camera image...
The E unit is an old Proto one (with the funny shaped nose) - the passenger cars at Walthers ones...
Nothing wrong with 0-5-0 switching if it's done in staging; well worth it for the huge fun you can have with the on-stage wye (although I assume you won't be loading the trailers on-stage, just turning them (which is wholly realistic anyway))?Gloriousnse wrote:It'll have to be handled in staging unfortunately - but I think we're stuck with that in the setup we have for this outing. This one at least should be on the outside so at least it should be easy to reach.
The other thing the wye may be used for (beyond being a junction) is to turn any TOFC cars for the ramp at Lloyd which happen to arrive facing the wrong way - it'll give the switcher crew an occasional outing from the yard!
Hi MartynGloriousnse wrote:I think we're going to be assuming trailers are being loaded and unloaded )
Looks great Martyn! But what about that nose, what's wrong with it? I have an SP E unit that I want to stick in a local pax service train ala early 70's , similar to this Amtrak train of yours, but now you mention the nose, I'm starting to sweat a bit?Gloriousnse wrote:Something i've been working on for the meet at Weston on Trent, our HO freemo has a passenger terminus on a wye off the main line, as most of our trains are push-pull I thought we should have something that we actually needed to turn on the wye between arrival and departure. The passenger staging tracks in this setup are quite short (about 3' max) so this is the result - an E unit, baggage and coach - presumably a local connection to a longer distance train...
DSC_0193 by GloriousNSE, on Flickr
'Scuse the phone camera image...
The E unit is an old Proto one (with the funny shaped nose) - the passenger cars at Walthers ones...