A Barry slip and interesting trackwork

Martin Wynne · 18 December 2022

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A Barry slip on the right (Paddock Wood):

Plus an unusual signal, and catch points within a diamond-crossing.

Also, the turnout under the signal is a left-hand turnout. From the curving running line (platform loop). The turnout has been given so much contraflexure (negative curving) that the diverging road into the yard appears to be straight ahead. Or straightish. It's not a running line, otherwise the catch points would have been much further back.

cheers,

Martin.

Jim Guthrie · 18 December 2022

...and it looks as though there may be a tandem just out of frame bottom left.

Jim.

Martin Wynne · 18 December 2022

Jim Guthrie said:
...and it looks as though there may be a tandem just out of frame bottom left.

@Jim Guthrie

Hi Jim,

According to Ordnance Survey, it wasn't a tandem in 1964, but the second switch toe was very close behind the first crossing:

This is from a good-quality 50 inch map available on NLS:

The LH turnout under the signal turns out to be a D-11:

More about getting these maps into Templot in this video:

https://85a.uk/templot/companion/get_map_from_the_web.php

cheers,

Martin.

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