06-14-2012, 09:10 PM
Rob:
Old Hornby Dublo books show the turntable going to a straight engine shed, with curves in the tracks to make them all parallel.
Other than that, British roundhouses with a turntable outside are scarce (but not unknown). The common version is a straight engine shed fed by switches with a separate turntable purely for tuning locos (and single-ended observation cars). Roundhouses with turntables tended to have the turntable inside, like York museum. I'll see what other examples I have.
The engine shed in the Thomas TV show is very unusual.
Old Hornby Dublo books show the turntable going to a straight engine shed, with curves in the tracks to make them all parallel.
Other than that, British roundhouses with a turntable outside are scarce (but not unknown). The common version is a straight engine shed fed by switches with a separate turntable purely for tuning locos (and single-ended observation cars). Roundhouses with turntables tended to have the turntable inside, like York museum. I'll see what other examples I have.
The engine shed in the Thomas TV show is very unusual.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.