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CHACOMBE JUNCTION
The layout depicts a small branch junction station with a small Goods Yard. It has a limited locomotive servicing area and a turntable.
Boards 1 and 2: Terminus Station,Goods Yard and Locomotive Servicing and Turning Facilities
With the town of Chacombe forming the background, a small goods yard with local coal merchant and locomotive servicing facilities together with a turntable and small Engine Shed to stable the station pilot provides facilities for railway and town.
In the foreground is a three platform terminus station comprising arrival, departure and bay platforms. After unloading passengers, the locomotive of an arriving train is detatched and the train repositioned into the departures platform by the station pilot. The arriving train's locomotive to be run into the yard where it can be serviced and turned before being re-attached to it's train. Alternatively a fresh locomotive can be provided for the return journey.
Boards 3 & 4 - Branch Line Overbridge, Farm and Tunnel
The branch line rises to an overbridge to cross the main line and passes through a typical rural scene and runs under the Chacombe Road overbridge.
The main line passes a small farm before it enters Chacombe Tunnel.
Fiddle Yard and Cassette Area (at the rear)
The main line is served by a twin cassette system which allows a variety of trains to be ooperated.
The branch line terminates in a two road fiddle yard, the whole branch being operated by a combination of hand throttle and automatic shuttle unit.
The layout depicts a small branch junction station with a small Goods Yard. It has a limited locomotive servicing area and a turntable.
Boards 1 and 2: Terminus Station,Goods Yard and Locomotive Servicing and Turning Facilities
With the town of Chacombe forming the background, a small goods yard with local coal merchant and locomotive servicing facilities together with a turntable and small Engine Shed to stable the station pilot provides facilities for railway and town.
In the foreground is a three platform terminus station comprising arrival, departure and bay platforms. After unloading passengers, the locomotive of an arriving train is detatched and the train repositioned into the departures platform by the station pilot. The arriving train's locomotive to be run into the yard where it can be serviced and turned before being re-attached to it's train. Alternatively a fresh locomotive can be provided for the return journey.
Boards 3 & 4 - Branch Line Overbridge, Farm and Tunnel
The branch line rises to an overbridge to cross the main line and passes through a typical rural scene and runs under the Chacombe Road overbridge.
The main line passes a small farm before it enters Chacombe Tunnel.
Fiddle Yard and Cassette Area (at the rear)
The main line is served by a twin cassette system which allows a variety of trains to be ooperated.
The branch line terminates in a two road fiddle yard, the whole branch being operated by a combination of hand throttle and automatic shuttle unit.
