Ensuring MPD Flow
With PD we expect to have a continuous flow of engines that need to be cared for at the end of a run and made ready for service quickly. A boat arrival/departure will generate at least 5 trains inbound within…
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Planning
Capacities
A recent survey of the PDL storage yard, sidings and platforms shows their maximum capacities. [table id=2 /]
Tan-Y-Graig
Tan-Y-Graig means “below the rock” – the rock in this case being a large hill that has iron age forts on top. At this point we have a passing station on the WR single line from Pwhelli to PD. As…
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Trefor Junction
Trefor means “large village”. In PDL it is the junction between the lines to PD (right) and to Afon Wen (left). In the model it serves as a way to form a continuous loop as the Afon Wen line goes…
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Now we’re stuck
The work continues, all the underlay is stuck down and the work of customizing points is underway. This side looks better but is actually further behind. You can see the marks that start the planning for the cattle ramp that…
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Timetabling with Google Sheets
Constructing a timetable is hard work. But you can take quite a bit of the grunt work out of it using spreadsheets. Warning – This is a technical post, so I apologize up front. It assumes you have some basic…
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The World of Port Dinllaen
The rest of the world has a bearing on the timetable of PD – here is a schematic of the entire scheme with distances and timings for express and freight trains. Note that a passenger at PLJ for Afon Wen or…
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The start of a terminus
First board at PD is being laid out while I wait for the SE Finecast small turntable. The aim is to be able to completely wire up the boards when they are complete from the underneath (invert them with the…
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Point Preparation – Giving it your awl
The points/switches are Peco code 75 Electrofrog. To prepare them for my used as DCC using stall motor (Cobalt) there are some details to be attended to. First place the point on a flat surface – you will be using…
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I had it by the throat!
Pont Llyfni Junction (PLJ) – Up Side has started. The branch to Nantlle is on the right, while the line to points north (Caernarfon, Bangor, Liverpool and manchester) are left. We are standing adjacent to the island platform with a…
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