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Brunel 200
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:17 pm
by viperskil
I've just been thinking bout wheather UKTS or people supplying it are doing anything for Brunel 200. If not I have an idea for it. How about a patch for Paddington-Penzance with it all 7ft 1/4 and a special set of locos to mark it e.g firefly, north star etc. Only problem is it will take a lot of man hours but as the base template is down on disc surely it won't be very hard to widen the gague and locos (or am I wrong).
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:42 pm
by ianmacmillan
You are wrong.
Might be possible for Brunel 205
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:10 pm
by jbilton
Hi
I was going to say I thought April the 1st has gone............
Cheers
Jon
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:22 am
by pitleyfalley
*Watches the flying pigs go past*
Unfortunatley its not quite that simple, it would require broad gauge track for a start, but would need a complete relay of all of the trackwork, signalling etc etc. Each track segment has its own shape file. *.s. Assuming broad gauge track was avaliable (i believe its being worked upon at the moment) all the broad gauge segments would have different shape files to all the standard gauge sections.
You then have the problem of a broad gauge p-way taking up more space than standard gauge thus requiring movement of platforms and all lineside structures, not to mention yards and such like would take up more room....
To be honest it would be quicker to start a new route..... with buildings and suchlike scaled down to make the normal track look like broad gauge track.
Chris
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:28 pm
by lumpchase
Could you not just make the track appear wider by using narrower sleepers and making the buildings narrower to give the effect?
Or am I talking out of the preverbial?
Tony
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:31 pm
by sddsddean
Strictly speaking Tony, you can't do that. Brunel's broad gauge was laid differently to standard gauge on sleepers. He had a longtitudinal timber running under the complete length of the rail, with 'tie bars' (made of wood) about every 8 feet. This photo almost shows the general layout, though it is mixed gauge.
http://glostransporthistory.softdata.co ... Gpoint.jpg
The rail, of course, had to be a different design and in this photo you can see a section of his 'bridge' rail with the two side flanges which were bolted to the timbers below.
http://www.tannersyardpress.co.uk/image ... _gauge.jpg
Simon
