Inglenook Sidings Puzzle

The inglenook south shunting puzzle layout features a hidden siding.

Inglenook sidings puzzle.

December 12 2013 by carl arendt. Model railroad switching puzzle. Inglenook sidings created by alan wright 1928 january 2005 is a model railway train shunting puzzle us. The switching lead has a capacity of two cars plus the locomotive.

Please try again later. These pages allow you to operate a version of each of my two layouts the skowhegan athens and riverside yard on screen. There may in fact be some modellers who never really look into this shunting puzzle because it may at first sight hardly. The most salient feature of inglenook sidings the classic british shunting puzzle par excellence is its sheer simplicity in terms of track layout.

And not surprisingly the grandaddy of all small portable layouts was exactly this kind of layout built in 1926 in england by a r. On a 3 2 2 inglenook layout the longest siding has a capacity of three cars. If space is available north american prototype modellers might prefer to opt for more common motive power such as the gp7 9. Shunting puzzle culm valley model railway club this layout is based on the design called inglenook sidings which combines a seemingly simple layout with a clever design in problem solving.

A inglenook layout has two turnouts consisting of three sidings. The hidden siding or storage area is located towards the back of the layout behind the head shunt. This feature is not available right now. The hidden siding measures two feet in length so it can accommodate a two carriage multiple unit the longest being the class 15x or 17x traction.

Inglenook sidings concept calls for as small a layout as possible. The other two sidings has a capacity of two cars apiece. They are written in javascript which means that they will run when the pages are opened no downloads or such are required.