Inglenook Sidings Puzzle

The inglenook south shunting puzzle layout features a hidden siding.

Inglenook sidings puzzle.

This feature is not available right now. The most salient feature of inglenook sidings the classic british shunting puzzle par excellence is its sheer simplicity in terms of track layout. They are written in javascript which means that they will run when the pages are opened no downloads or such are required. Please try again later.

The hidden siding or storage area is located towards the back of the layout behind the head shunt. Shunting puzzle culm valley model railway club this layout is based on the design called inglenook sidings which combines a seemingly simple layout with a clever design in problem solving. The switching lead has a capacity of two cars plus the locomotive. On a 3 2 2 inglenook layout the longest siding has a capacity of three cars.

Inch for inch a switching layout built on a small bookshelf provides more action than perhaps any other form of model railroading. If space is available north american prototype modellers might prefer to opt for more common motive power such as the gp7 9. The hidden siding measures two feet in length so it can accommodate a two carriage multiple unit the longest being the class 15x or 17x traction. Inglenook sidings created by alan wright 1928 january 2005 is a model railway train shunting puzzle us.

December 12 2013 by carl arendt. A inglenook layout has two turnouts consisting of three sidings. Inglenook sidings concept calls for as small a layout as possible. It consists of a specific track layout a set of initial conditions a defined goal and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations.

These pages allow you to operate a version of each of my two layouts the skowhegan athens and riverside yard on screen. The other two sidings has a capacity of two cars apiece. This shunting puzzle layout is just 45x7 inches in size but using the.