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Hello everyone,

I am planning to build a very small switching layout. Which one is the best solution: inglenook or fork ? 
Are two longer sidings better than three short ones ? It certainly looks more realistic to have two 5-wagon sidings than three 3-wagon sidings but I just want a small layout for funny switching operations. All your comments and advices will be very appreciate. Thanks.

I also read these two websites:
http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-103-november-2010/
http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/index.html

 

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On 2/23/2019 at 2:48 PM, Ribérac said:

Hello everyone,

I am planning to build a very small switching layout. Which one is the best solution: inglenook or fork ? 
Are two longer sidings better than three short ones ? It certainly looks more realistic to have two 5-wagon sidings than three 3-wagon sidings but I just want a small layout for funny switching operations. All your comments and advices will be very appreciate. Thanks.

I also read these two websites:
http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-103-november-2010/
http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/index.html

 

Hi, this is the configuration I drew up for my Shunters Yard layout (4 feet by 9 ins) with the 3-way point acting as a space saver (I have since included a fiddle-yard 2-foot long at one end to left of mirror):

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For my Diesel Depot layout I configured the track as follows with a double-slip as space saver with two other L/H  points giving 6 sections to shunt locos/oil wagons around (again a 2-foot 2-road fiddle-yard has been added. This layout is 4.5 feet by 1 foot). Note that the mirror makes it look like I have two layouts back to back:

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Both layouts incorporate DCC sound, extensive lighting, Kadee uncoupling magnets buried under ballast and Z21 DCC controlled points on Diesel Depot.

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The three-way point was a great space saver for me too, although they were rare in Ireland.

One place that did have them - at least two - was Polloxfen's Mill sidings at Ballisodare, Co. Sligo. This would in itself make an excellent prototype for a shunting layout.

There was one at Fenit too, hidden in weeds....

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3 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

The three-way point was a great space saver for me too, although they were rare in Ireland.

One place that did have them - at least two - was Polloxfen's Mill sidings at Ballisodare, Co. Sligo. This would in itself make an excellent prototype for a shunting layout.

There was one at Fenit too, hidden in weeds....

Where? Maybe before the pier was rebuilt in the fifties?

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