Maybe the odd short bogie wagon could be used bringing in some new machinary for.
Inglenook sidings plan.
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If you look at mine signature it might not look like an inglenook at first glance.
On a 3 2 2 inglenook layout the longest siding has a capacity of three cars.
Inglenook sidings created by alan wright is a model railway train shunting puzzle.
The other two sidings has a capacity of two cars apiece.
Carl arendt the late master of micro layout design subjected the inglenook formula to some practical testing and found that it can be cut down to one siding holding 3 cars and two sidings holding 2 cars each which together with a 2 cars plus loco length headshunt will still provide operating interest when forming a three car train from a total of five cars randomly placed in the sidings.
As long as you stick with the limitation whilst you re shunting then slightly longer sidings would let you have a bit more variety in your wagon fleet i e.
Something other than 12 opens and vans.
Make it interesting make it different.
Operations on this simple layout can be amazingly complicated and interesting.
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It consists of a specific track layout a set of initial conditions a defined goal and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations.
More broadly in model railway usage inglenook may refer to a track layout that is based on or resembles the inglenook sidings puzzle.
A inglenook layout has two turnouts consisting of three sidings.
To be a classical wrightian inglenook track 1 should hold five cars and tracks 2 and 3 each hold three cars.
Incorporating an inglenook sidings plan to use the op s exact words into a layout means at least to me including a track arrangement specifically designed to play the inglenook game consisting of three three single ended spurs whose length has been adjusted to allow exactly 3 3 5 cars or 2 2 3 cars.
The switching lead has a capacity of two cars plus the locomotive.