paratom
Western Thunderer
I am at the planning stages of doing a track plan in Templot for Matlock Bath Station but I am a bit perplexed by the sidings into the quarry yard and how they were worked. If you look at the map diagram I have posted I can’t see how you could possibly shunt a load of wagons into the two roads 1 & 2 unless you already had a loco in the yard and pick up a wagons one at a time from the end of road 3. This to me would seem like a very laborious move as you would have to shunt the loco with the wagons on road 3 backwards and forwards uncoupling each wagon so that the loco in road 1 or 2 could pick up the wagons. If you wanted roads 1 & 2 to be occupied by wagons you would need two locos in the quarry yard. Maybe someone could kindly explain to me how wagons were shunted in the quarry yard. Maybe shunting horses were used. I look forward to your replies.
Thomas
Thomas
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