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... topic: 365 Highbridge S&D posted: 13 Mar 2008 21:36 from: whywaite Having messed around with Templot for a bit I thought I would have a go at my chosen prototype, Highbridge S&D. This was my first attempt I am going back to start again by altering some of the turnouts as I just wanted to see if it fit my space. 90% of the turnouts are B7, my only gripe is Highbridge is a very straight and parallel station this portion is about 1/3 of the layout the other parts to be included are Highbridge Wharf and Highbridge Ordnance Depot. Shaun Attachment: attach_248_365_Highbridge_2a.box 360 posted: 15 Mar 2008 12:24 from: Martin Wynne Hi Shaun, Many thanks for sharing your file. I noticed that you have an instant reverse curve in the running line at: highbridge1.png Generally it looks much better and will give better running if you replace that with an S-curve transition -- even a short transition is better than none at all. It requires only a slight reduction ...
... chairs would hang off the edge of the sleeper. So I wondered how the real railways sleepered crossings at even greater angles? I am interested if anyone has any photos as it does not seem very obvious how to do it. N.B. This is not for a project- just for interest. Regards, Arthur posted: 21 Jul 2013 20:07 from: Paul Boyd Hi Arthur Have a look at the picture below of a short angle diamond for my in-progress layout. It was based on the crossing at Highbridge where the S&D crossed the GWR main line. This is an irregular diamond of around 1 in 1.9 105_211505_400000000.jpg More pictures here. Cheers posted: 21 Jul 2013 20:29 from: Martin Wynne That's excellent Paul. Arthur, diamond-crossings shorter than about 1:4 are usually built on waybeams (longitudinal timbers) as in Paul's example. Designs varied between companies and each one was normally created as a special. For details of a GWR 1:1 diamond-crossing, see: message 812 The ...
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