IrishPeter:77600 wrote:I was happily semaphore signalling the Toobanesque layout in my head both LNWR style (as few sigs as the BOT will allow) and NER style (if you can do it signal it). Gave me a handy half hour's diversion last night. The latter led to some very nice bracket signals for reversible working through the loop. The former looked a bit more authentically NG. My quirk when I signal anything for NG is non-working distants.
Yes, I would hope, in time, to signal the station. Would be very interested in comments from both of you on the signalling arrangements - agree that this is a "less is more" sort of situation. This is my best bet so far - assume economic FPLs where required, to save lever count, and fixed distants.
Up trains run from Rhiw Lleidiog to Hendre (and eventually to Gallt Llwyfen) - left to right on this diagram.
If truth be told, up and down probably should be reversed on the branch (which leads to Tanyperth Jn, which is actually between Hendre and Gallt Llwyfen thus providing the continuous run) but it's just going to make it more confusing to do that so I won't.
1 - Up main home
2 - Up branch home, rel by 6
3 - Up starting, rel by 9
4 - Spare
5 - Down loop to main crossover
6 - Up branch to loop crossover
7 - Goods siding points
8 - Loco siding points
9 - Up end points
10 - Down loop starting
11 - Down main starting, rel by 5
12 - Down home
So the pulls for the through routes would be:
Up main (from Rhiw Lleidiog): 9, 1, 3
Up branch (from Tanyperth Jn): 6, 9, 2, 3
Down main (to Rhiw Lleidiog): 5, 12, 11
Down branch (to Tanyperth Jn): 12, 10
which at least avoids any pull-betweens.
Is this looking half-plausible, or are there any better suggestions?
