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| Goods Loops 18/11/2017 at 12:33 #103017 | |
Giantray
330 posts |
I notice that all the Platform lengths are given in Wiki Manuals. Other lines and loops that would be nice to know the lengths of are: Down Goods at Longsight Up & Down Goods at Longsight Run Round Siding at Longsight Dep/Rec Line at Longsight Engine Siding outside Man Picc. Holding Sdg at Man Picc. Rev Sdg at Trafford Park east Jn DPL at Burnden Jn UPL at Burnden Jn Down Sdgs at Burnden Jn Up Sdgs 1 & 2 at Salford Crescent Up Sdgs at Agecroft South Jn Down Sdgs at Ordsall Lane Jn. Retired Professional Railwayman (1981-2023); Pway & S&T (1981-88); Former Signalman/Signaller/ Signalling Trainer (1989-2023) [AB, TCB, Mechanical, NX, WestCad, Hitachi SARS]; Railway Historian (esp.SER, LCDR); Member of The Permanent Way Institution.. Log in to reply |
| Goods Loops 18/11/2017 at 18:54 #103032 | |
Danny252
1461 posts |
Mostly measured from satellite imagery, so perhaps remove 20m from most to account for stopping short of signals: Standage behind 285 (Heald Green): approx. 360m Longsight DGL (56 to 62) and RR siding: 350m Longsight DGL (62 to 81): 270m Longsight DGL (56 to 81): 630m Longsight DGL (94 to 301): 270m Longsight Dep/Rec (55 to 71): 250m Longsight UGDL (59 to 73): 200m Longsight UGDL (88 to 303): 350m Mayfield GL: 127m, quoted as "5-car maximum" Up/Down Slow (332 to 347 and 334 to 349): 170m Up/Down Fast and Up/Down East (320 to 340, 322 to 341/342, 324 to 343/344, 326 to 345/346): 280m Engine Siding: 140m Holding Siding: 150m? Not electrified. Trafford Park Reversing Line: The sectional appendix quotes 222m, but you'd be about 4 car lengths in the dirt if you tried that. Actual length is about 150m, and it's been that length since at least 2000. Salford Crescent Sidings: 110m Brindle Heath Up Loop: 580m Burnden Jn DPL: 806m Burnden Jn UPL: 679m Other sidings you mentioned have more complex layouts, where no single "length" is necessarily applicable. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Giantray |
| Goods Loops 18/11/2017 at 19:17 #103034 | |
Steamer
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Giantray in post 103017 said:Down Sdgs at Burnden JnThe run-round loop within these sidings was at least 1/4 of a mile long, and there was around 1/4 of a mile of extra siding space. Quote: Up Sdgs at Agecroft South JnMain siding is about 600m long, with a discharge point for the stone wagons about halfway along. There's a short cripple siding about 100m (facing point for trains entering the siding), and a 60m headshunt (which diverges before the exit signal). Quote: Down Sdgs at Ordsall Lane Jn.Main siding a good 740m long. These three are entry/exit points anyway, so not critical for SimSig purposes. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |