No.12 Templemeads Revisited
Time to inspect progress at the main station. All the
ballasting is complete, just need to get on with some Station canopies.
This is a view of the 'bay' platforms with a Bachmann 22xx
on a branch train.
As originally conceived this was The Terminus for an 'out
and back' layout. In fact an 'out and back'
double track mainline and a single track branch line accessed from both The
Terminus and a junction on the mainline :
The layout was constrained by the flue from the Aga and I
long coveted the space beyond to form a continuous run. After much negotiation a plan was drawn up
and approved and the main terminus platforms were swung to the left using 5 ft
(1.5m) radius curves to allow the lines to just skirt the chimney breast, much
in the same way that Brunel's original Temple Meads station was extended
westwards.
Interestingly as soon as the woodwork and track laying for
the extension was completed, the Aga was converted from oil to electricity and
hence the necessity for a Class 1 flue disappeared. Life is too short so don't even think about
suggesting doing away with the chimney breast.
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