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Re: UK Reddifest Train Layout
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:28:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Is british proto practice <*> typically to use pairs of tracks? US practice
> > sometimes uses only a single track (which puts platforms on both sides of the
> > train, sometimes a handy thing.
I should have added "at stations" between practice and typically, where i put
the <*>
> UK Tracks nearly always run in pairs, or more. There is very little single
> track railways except in isolated areas.
> As with the reply from holland, there is usually a east/north and a west/south
> line each with one platform to the left of the train as it approaches the
> station. Often the tracks split so their is a track either side of the two
> platforms.
> It is also common to have another pair of tracks on main lines that run
> through the middle of these with no platforms, so high speed trains that only
> stop at major cities can plough straight through. This is where we really need
> inner and outer curves as trying to build a layout with 4 parallel tracks is a
> pain at the corners.
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> Large terminus stations are common in UK with say 20 tracks, 10 platforms
> arranged in this style.
You modeled what we in the US call a Stub End station. Contrast with Through
station. There really aren't any run through considerations for stub end
stations as nothing is running through.
For high volume lines with both local and express service, a double track line
may widen to 4 just before reaching a station to allow express trains to run
through on the inner pair of tracks but this is relativley uncommon in the US.
++Lar
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| (...) We call it a terminus as opposed to a through station. (...) Some stations have 4 tracks with 3 platforms - North, South and an Island platform, for larger stations more Island platforms are added for every two tracks. P T T P T T P T T P etc. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Platform plates are the main issue. Making several platforms run the length of a metroliner is tough. But I keep searching them out. Many of the ones at the fest were contributed by the group. The station is work in progress. I will keep (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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