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when you start doing passenger service, your rescue team might need a poolcatcher or fishnet.
Seaport & Beachtown Coastal Railway Co. Ltd.
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playmofire
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Thank you whatlep and Mr Spock and I'll consider the fishing net, Korm, but that's maybe too late and a retaining wall would be better!
Anyway, more pictures with some photos of the Pond End passing loop. As I said earlier, because of the length of the wall the loop will only take the loco and two carriages or two trucks, and even then it is a tight squeeze and exact positioning/timing is crucial when trains are passing. The only way around the problem is to mount the track on a wide board which would allow a straight to be inserted immediately after the point and then follow this with a curve another straight or straights before a curve and a straight connecting to the exit point. However, here's the passing loop as it is:
There is another problem with the passing loop which is the result of Playmobil only offering one length of straight track, unlike specialist firms such as LGB and Piko. There is room on the passing loop for two and about a half lengths of track. This means that there is a gap to fill of about 15cm and a straight length is about 30cm and the only way to fill the gap is with the 11x20mm long extender pieces and the effect doesn't look well, even after splitting them into smaller groups. Here's an illustration:
Finally in this post, some more rolling stock photos. First, one showing we do goods as well as passenger traffic and then a couple showing the loco with a couple of LGB summer coaches for the tourists wanting to experience the dramatic moorland and sea views.
Anyway, more pictures with some photos of the Pond End passing loop. As I said earlier, because of the length of the wall the loop will only take the loco and two carriages or two trucks, and even then it is a tight squeeze and exact positioning/timing is crucial when trains are passing. The only way around the problem is to mount the track on a wide board which would allow a straight to be inserted immediately after the point and then follow this with a curve another straight or straights before a curve and a straight connecting to the exit point. However, here's the passing loop as it is:
There is another problem with the passing loop which is the result of Playmobil only offering one length of straight track, unlike specialist firms such as LGB and Piko. There is room on the passing loop for two and about a half lengths of track. This means that there is a gap to fill of about 15cm and a straight length is about 30cm and the only way to fill the gap is with the 11x20mm long extender pieces and the effect doesn't look well, even after splitting them into smaller groups. Here's an illustration:
Finally in this post, some more rolling stock photos. First, one showing we do goods as well as passenger traffic and then a couple showing the loco with a couple of LGB summer coaches for the tourists wanting to experience the dramatic moorland and sea views.