ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:19 pm
Are you going to be able to simulate traversing the real route by x number of circuits before calling in at the through station which I think can be by-passed by the raised loop? Will the through station take on various identities dependent on where the train is on its journey?
That was the theory behind the design and why there was also to be a small second station on the other side of the bridge, comprising a single loop.
Yes, the track is effectively an out and back with the third leg of the wye allowing multiple trips around the loop between station stops.
The three road station could thus be the southern terminus Bruthen, the large intermediate station at Ensay, the branchline junction at Swifts Creek and the northern terminus of Omeo.
The VR narrow gauge also had 'stations' that consisted of just a galvanised iron shed, or even just a nameboard, at the nearest convenient road crossing. One of these has replaced in theory the originally planned two road station, so it could be any one of several stopping places between the larger townships.
The branchline and timber tram traffic can also be worked with the three road station then being the Mt. Delusion timber mill yard, then the timber tram/TVT interchange at Cassilis and finally the branchline/mainline junction at Swifts Creek.
It helps to have an imagination, but with the TVT mainline being 60+ miles, the branch about 10 miles and the timber tram another 10 miles or so, an operator could stay amused for an afternoon with just three trains.
I should point out though that I'm a builder, not an operator. As with my HO layout, I'm likely to run the sequence a couple of times just to prove it works, then go back to my usual habits...........
Regards,
Graeme