Track

The track is made up using standard peco points and flexi track. The main aim of the layout was not to make it look like it was made up using sectional track and have flowing curves (especially slightly curved platforms, which are far more pleasing to the eye than dead straight ones). I will right some word on the baseboard construction later.

Originally it was a single terminal station and a fiddle yard, but the fiddle yard was latter replaced with another station.

Track Control Panel

The track is divided into 7 zones (Goods Yard North, Engine Shed North, Main line 1, Main Line 2, branch Line, Goods Yard South, Engine Shed South). These zone can be set to any one of three controllers using a rotary switch, then there are toggle switches that can isolate the sections (The Engine Shed North has 11 sections allowing for good storage).

The Points are then controlled by simple push button switches wired through a diode matrix so they can set routes rather than one per point).

This can add a lot of wiring (each Zone, Section, Point is numbered) and is being wired up over time, but dose mean that we three people are operating it you can get allot of thing happening at the same time. For example one train enters one of the main platforms, while another leaves for the branch line, and in the goods yard a shunter is busy sorting the stock

Last Updated (Friday, 12 February 2010 10:58) Written by Calvin Streeting Friday, 12 February 2010 09:55