Inglenook Sidings Layout

Inglenook sidings created by alan wright 1928 january 2005 is a model railway train shunting puzzle us.

Inglenook sidings layout.

1 if you would like to book this layout for your show please contact the secretary by clicking here. See more ideas about inglenook model railroad model railway. Oo 4mm space required. Inch for inch a switching layout built on a small bookshelf provides more action than perhaps any other form of model railroading.

It consists of a specific track layout a set of initial conditions a defined goal and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations. 1 to 2 number of power points. I read this very interesting website. Possibly the most salient feature of inglenook sidings the classic british shunting puzzle par excellence is its sheer simplicity in terms of track layout.

I used very old fleischmann. Inglenookshuntingpuzzles and i started the build of a small inglenook sidings 9 x 24. 4 x 1 operators. Carl arendt the late master of micro layout design subjected the inglenook formula to some practical testing and found that it can be cut down to one siding holding 3 cars and two sidings holding 2 cars each which together with a 2 cars plus loco length headshunt will still provide operating interest when forming a three car train from a total of five cars randomly placed in the sidings.

Shortover yard but i changed my mind. Model railroad switching puzzle. December 12 2013 by carl arendt. Tank cattle vans open with coal load open with timber load to make individual items easier to identify when together.

And not surprisingly the grandaddy of all small portable layouts was exactly this kind of layout built in 1926 in england by a r. 4 x 6 with table and two chairs for layout and operators layout size. For my own puzzle i ve got hold of 8 wagons of different shapes and colours e g. End of the line inglenook sidings shunting puzzle gauge scale.

Jul 20 2020 explore br paul s board inglenook sidings on pinterest. There may in fact be some modellers who never really look into this shunting puzzle because it may at first sight hardly seem to offer much operational challenge. The most boring was a well made 0 gauge layout that had 8 identical coal wagons in the sidings. Hello everyone in another thread i planned to build a small layout with a traverser transfer table.