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Ayr Model Railway Group
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Kirkcudbe (O
Gauge)
Also known as "Kirkcouldbe"
Description Operation Track Plan & Exhibition Space Requirements
.This layout is based on Kirkcudbright station before the Beeching cuts with some normal layout compression/allowances for space. With the demise of "Garnock" this layout will replace it on the exhibition circuit.
The track plan is basically as Kirkcubright station with an extra loop for shunting in the yard. All the track has been hand built by our members.
The station buildings are replica's of the original buildings, reproduced from plans/photo's by our Ian Wallace, who has seems to able to produce that building at the nod for plans old black & white photo's with any problems
First, we have 2 shots of the main station platforms from 2 different
era's,
On the left, with the original layout with a shed over the platform at
the station buildings and on the right, later on after the platform shed
roof had been removed.
Here are 2 views of the front of the station building
on now a couple of views of the platform from the track level
Here are some pictures taken at a show last year showing the layout in a more finished form.
This is fiddle yard-to-terminal layout, intended for 2/3 person operation. One handling the main line and/or fiddle yard and the other shunting in the yard.
Track Plan & Exhibition Floor Space Requirements
The layout itself is 24 feet long by 4 feet wide plus a traverser/turntable
fiddle yard which is an extra 6 feet.
Due to the fact that the fiddle yard is also a turntable which is centered
approx. 6in in from the rear edge, this means that the layout requires
approx. 3.5 ft clear space at the rear for the turntable to rotate.
To allow for this and the main boards, the layout requires a minimum depth
of approx. 7ft making the overall space requirements approx. 33ft by 7ft.
as shown below.
It is recommended that there is also a minimum space of 1ft from the layout
to any barriers
Last Updated: 4 January, 2012
