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topic: 2869Track spacing at a terminus
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posted: 13 Apr 2016 16:30

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richard_t
 
Nr. Spalding, South Holland - United Kingdom

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I'm working off a plan of Manchester Central (not all of it, just a bit of it). The plan's original scale was 41.66' to 1" (or 500:1), but the scan isn't great - the Greater Manchester CRO did what they could, as the plans are pretty large, but is has meant that a lot of the lines are quite "fat". Saying that, scaling some dimensions of the plan (like the overall roof), seem to come out ok with published data. Also I have more detailed scans of the triple turnout, and the "special layout", which when scaled correctly overlay quite well on the original plans.

The trouble comes when trying to space the terminal roads. Between each of the platforms are 3 roads, the two platform roads, and a central release road. I'm finding these are all spaced at the 6ft way (actually some are a tad under, but not enough to throw the rest of the alignment out).

Would this have been the case?

TIA

Richard.

posted: 13 Apr 2016 22:15

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Phil O
 
Plymouth - United Kingdom

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Richard

Can I refer you to this masterpiece of plastic civil engineering.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/28293-manchester-central-clc-gn-warehouses-castlefield-viaducts/

Ron has not laid much track yet, but the station is more or less complete and the platforms are in and he will probably be able too give you chapter and verse on any bits that is not already mentioned in his thread.

It will definitely give you something too aspire to. If I remember rightly the platforms are around 2/3rds of the way through the thread.

Phil

posted: 14 Apr 2016 15:01

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richard_t
 
Nr. Spalding, South Holland - United Kingdom

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Hi

Yes I'm aware of Ron's fabulous work; I've even helped supply a few bits of information and photographs to him.

Looking at some old photographs it does look like they where laid to the 6ft way; must have been a bit hairy for any shunters...



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