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Leeds Northwest

Official Files

Title	Version	Released
Simulation (Payware)	1.7	27/11/2021
15/10/2009 WTT (Midnight and 0445 Start included)	5.0	16/04/2021

Additional user-written timetables are available to download here .

Introduction

Leeds Northwest is one of the York IECC suite of simulations and covers from Armley Jn through to Skipton (and on towards Hellifield) including the Ilkley and Bradford Forster Square branches. The whole area is fitted with Automatic Route Setting , allowing it to be controlled by one signaller, as per the real panel.

Start-Up Options

Scenarios

Beginner

No delays or equipment failures.

Average Day

Some minor delays, and a small chance of equipment failures.

Leaf fall

It's autumn, and poor railhead conditions mean that trains are accelerating slower and braking earlier, causing numerous delays. There's also a higher chance of equipment failures.

Other Options

ARS enabled: Selected by default- untick to disable ARS.

Level Crossings

Normal	Level crossings are simulated in the usual way
No penalty	You will still need to raise and lower level crossings, however you won't be penalised if the barriers are left down for an excessive amount of time.
No Crossings	Crossings are completely disabled

Crossley Evans

Crossley secured	Crossley Evans siding is secured on simulation start-up
Crossley Free	The points are not remaindered at the start of the simulation, it is down to the user to do so, failure to do so will incur a penalty.

Operating Notes

ARS

As per the real IECC, full ARS is provided. While ARS can run most of the simulation without intervention, you will need to set manual routes into sidings, and may have to step in if trains are delayed.

Electrification

Standard 25kV overhead electrification is provided between Armley Jn and Skipton, including the branches to Ilkley and Bradford Forster Square. The lines to Hellifield beyond Skiption Station North Jn are not electrified, and the Rylstone branch is also not electrified.

Skipton Carriage Sidings are electrified; all other sidings are not electrified.

Permissive working

Permissive working is authorised in all platforms at Bradford Forster Square, Iilkley and Skipton.

Shipley

A train from Bradford Forster Square formed of Mark IV stock cannot be fully platformed in platform 3 unless the route is set from 3966 to 3934 signal. These trains are indicated using the platform code 3X.

Crossley Evans

Crossley Evans MUST be advised of the approach of a train bound for the siding and it MUST NOT be allowed to pass Kirkstall Loops until acceptance has been agreed.

5123 points in the sidings must be placed and maintained in the Normal position with reminders applied except when a train requires to enter or leave the siding. Failure to do so will incur a penalty.

Skipton

Trains from London King's Cross will normally terminate in platform 2 at Skipton, in order to accommodate all the passenger carrying vehicles in the platform signal 4031 signal MUST NOT be cleared until the route has been set from 4033 signal (Platform 2) to the Up Shipley Main Limit of Shunt (4555). This will allow the train to draw past 4033 signal and stop in the correct place. These trains are indicated using the platform code 2X.

In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to terminate these trains in platform 4 at Skipton. Again 4031 signal MUST NOT be cleared until a route is set from 4037 signal.

Broughton Road CS

Broughton Road Carriage Sidings consists of 4 sidings (1, 2A, 2B, and 3), however, the signaller only sees three on the panel (1,2, and 3). Siding 2 is split into two by hand points operated by the shunter, however, for the benefit of the sim the hand points are operated by a signaller using the button next to the sidings. The train will stop at the stop board at the sidings end of No.2 siding and the driver will ring in before heading into siding 2A or 2B.

Sidings 1 and 3 are split into two sections with stop boards half way along. Trains going into the sidings will stop at the stop board before proceeding, whilst trains coming out from the far end of the siding will stop and ask permission before continuing up to the shunt signal.

Auto Plated Signals

Some signals are plated on the ground as auto signals, however, on the workstation they are controlled signals that are left in auto.

Rylstone branch

The branch line from Skipton to Rylstone is One Train Working , as a result once a train goes onto the branch towards Rylstone, nothing else can enter the branch until that train has come back.

Level Crossings

Name	Type	Located Between	Letter
Cemetry UWC	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	K
Cononley	CCTV	Shipley & Skipton	-
Eastburn UWC	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	I
Gotts UWC	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	L
Kildwick	CCTV	Shipley & Skipton	-
Marshalls UWC	TEL	Skipton & Hellifield	C
Niphany UWC	TEL	Skipton & Hellifield	B
Petty's No.1	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	D
Raws UWC	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	H
Shady Lane	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	E
Sun Lane UWC	TEL	Ilkley Branch	N
Thompson's UWC	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	J
Unnamed UWC	TEL	Skipton & Hellifield	A
Whitehouse UWC	TEL	Shipley & Skipton	M

Multiplayer & Chaining

Multiplay clients can join the simulation, however there is only one workstation.

The simulation chains at the following locations:

Simulation	Location
Leeds East/West	Armley Jn

Acknowledgments

Simulation by: Noel Young ('Noisynoel')

15/10/2009 WTT by: Paul Biddle ('Officer Dibble')

Reference Section

Signal Number Plan

Leeds North West Signal Number Plan

This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer you can get a free download of the latest version from the Adobe website . Use the built-in Find function (Ctrl+F) to locate signal numbers.

Signal Box Prefix Codes

Code	Box
H	Hellifield*

*Fringe box, signals not controlled in this simulation

Non-prefixed signals are controlled by York IECC, and plated 'L' on the ground.

Platform & Siding Lengths

Platform Lengths

Location	Platform	Length (m)
Baildon	All	102
Ben Rhydding	Up	99
:::	Down	99
Bingley	Up	111
:::	Down	111
Bradford Forster Sq	1	273
:::	2	266
:::	3	101
Burley-in-Wharfdale	Up	98
:::	Down	98
Cononley	Up	116.5
:::	Down	95.6
Crossflats	Up	102
:::	Down	102
Gargrave	Up	92.3
:::	Down	88.8
Guiseley	Up	119.8
:::	Down	109.3
Keighley	Up	225
:::	Down	202
Ilkley	1	199
:::	2	199
Menston	Up	98
:::	Down	98
Saltaire	Up	102
:::	Down	102
Shipley	1	102
:::	2 (Down)	106.2
:::	2 (Up)	115.2
:::	3 (Down)	240.7
:::	3 (Up)	215.7
:::	4	98
:::	5	98
Skipton	1	99
:::	2 (Down)	197.5
:::	2 (Up)	200.5
:::	3 (Down)	183.6
:::	3 (Up)	155
:::	4 (Down)	154.2
:::	4 (Up)	182.2
Steeton & Silsden	Up	102
:::	Up	102

Siding Lenths

Location	Siding	Length (m)
Skipton CS	1	329
:::	2	51
:::	2A	183
:::	2B	183
:::	3	277

Line Speeds

Line speeds across the area are as follows:

Up Shipley Main

Speed	Between
80	Armley Jn & Country side of Kirkstall Loops
90	Country side of Kirkstall Loops & Thackerley Tunnel
75	Thackerley Tunnel & London side of Dockfield Jn
65	London side of Dockfield Jn & Shipley
30	Shipley platforms
65	Shipley & Saltaire
90	saltaire & Bingley
80 to 90 to 85	Bingley & Keighley
60 to 90 to 60	Keighley to Skipton
45	Skipton platforms
60	Skipton - Hellifield

Down Shipley Main

Speed	Between
60	Hellifield - Skipton
45	Skipton platforms
60 to 90 to 60	Skipton & Keighley
85 to 90 to 80	Keighley & Bingley
90	Bingley & Saltaire
65	Saltaire & Shipley
30	Shipley platforms
65	Shipley & Thackerley Tunnel
75	Through Thackerley Tunnel
90	Thackerley Tunnel & London side of Apperley Jn
80	London side of Apperley Jn & Armley Jn

Up Ilkley

Speed	Between
55	Ilkley & London side of Ben Rhydding
60	London side of ben Rhydding & London Side of Guiseley
50	London side of Guiseley & Esholt Jn
75	Esholt Jn & Apperley Jn

Down Ilkley

Speed	Between
75	Apperley Jn & Esholt Jn
50	Esholt Jn & Guisley
60	Guisley & Menston
70	Benston & Ben Rhydding
50	ben Rhydding & Ilkley

Baildon Single Line (Up Direction)

Speed	Between
60	Esholt Jn & Baildon
50	Baildon & Dockfield Jn

Baildon Single Line (Down Direction)

Speed	Between
50	Dockfield Jn & Baildon Tunnel
60	Baildon Tunnel & Esholt Jn

Kirkstall Loops

Speed	Lines
25	Up & Down Kirkstall Loops

Bradford Forster Square Branch

Speed	Lines
50	Up & Down Forster Square

Gradients

The Up & Down Shipley Main has no significant gradients whilst the Forster Square Branch is a 1 in 166 climb from Shipley through to its terminus at Forster Square. The Baildon single line rises from Dockfield Junction through to Esholt Junction with the biggest and longest climb being 1 in 102 either side of the tunnel. The Ilkley Branch is quite step and a contrast to the main line as it climbs all the way from Apperley Jn at around 1 in 60 until just after Guiseley where it starts dropping again but less steeply.

Timetabling Details

These notes apply to those writing timetables for the simulation. They may be of interest but are not required if you are simply running the simulation.

Mandatory Timing Points

Trains must be timed at the following locations:

Shipley Main

• Armely Jn
• Apperley Jn
• Dockfield Jn

• Keighley
• Skipton
• Hellifield

Bradford

• Shipley
• Bradford Forster Square

Ilkley

• Guiseley
• Burley-in-Wharfdale
• Ilkley

Rylstone Branch

Trains to Rylstone MUST have a next working (or be timetabled back out) as the location is contained within the sim

Shunt locations

The sim has been designed to allow all feasible shunt movements with most shunt movements being shown in the timetable as the location followed by the signal number.

Splash Screens

Splash01	A Northern class 333 stands in platform 2 at Skipton
Splash02	Signals 4036 and 4038 at the south end of Skipton platforms 3 & 4
Splash03	Signals 4032 and 4034 at the south end of Skipton platforms 1 & 2
Splash04	Signal 4033 at the north end of Skipton platform 1
Splash05	The north end of Skipton station, looking towards the carriage sidings.
Splash06	Skipton station
Splash07	Shipley platforms 1 and 2, looking towards Shipley East Junction. A 333 is departing with a service to Leeds.
Splash08	Shipley station buildings, which sit at the centre of the triangle. Platform 3 is in the background.
Splash09	Signal 3965, at the south end of Shipley platform 5.
Splash10	A class 333 stands in Shipley platform 5, working a Skipton service.
Splash11	A class 333 approaches Shipley from Bradford.
Splash12	A sign marking the stopping point for loco-hauled services at Skipton.
Splash13	Signal 4035 at the north end of Skipton P3.
Splash14	A close-up view of Signal 4033 at the north end of Skipton platform 1
Splash15	Broughton Road CS at Skipton, with the main lines on the left.

Version History

Version History

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Last edited by Steamer on 27/11/2021 at 22:17