Stu D'Nutz, thanks for your comment. You are correct, according to Alan Wright's original rules for the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle, one starts with five cars on the mainline and three cars in the sidings. And, you are correct that the original rules dictated a five car train on the mainline at the end of the puzzle. But, Alan Wright himself, and many, many others since, have opened the Inglenook up to modifications to suit the modeler's desires. Look closely and you'll see I still used 8 cars, excluding the caboose, but I modified the mainline car count to suit my pleasure. I still permitted only three cars at a time beyond the uncoupling magnets. That is the beauty of the Inglenook concept, it serves as a basis for operational modeling in small places.
Anyone who has actually built an Inglenook will know that there is a vast difference between ALLOWING three vehicles on a siding and making it impossible to get more than three. This layout does'nt conform to the rules and is much easier than the correct version. It's your layout, you can do what you like, but don't call it Inglenook.
Dave, I appreciate your feed back. I did have to make some concessions due to length of the cars in the different gauges. But, in my defense, I can severely limit the siding size to the regulation length by placing end bumpers on the tracks at the correct lengths for the specific gauge if I want to strictly adhere to the Inglenook rules. Thanks for watching the video. Dave
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Stu D'Nutz, thanks for your comment. You are correct, according to Alan Wright's original rules for the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle, one starts with five cars on the mainline and three cars in the sidings. And, you are correct that the original rules dictated a five car train on the mainline at the end of the puzzle. But, Alan Wright himself, and many, many others since, have opened the Inglenook up to modifications to suit the modeler's desires. Look closely and you'll see I still used 8 cars, excluding the caboose, but I modified the mainline car count to suit my pleasure. I still permitted only three cars at a time beyond the uncoupling magnets. That is the beauty of the Inglenook concept, it serves as a basis for operational modeling in small places.
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Anyone who has actually built an Inglenook will know that there is a vast difference between ALLOWING three vehicles on a siding and making it impossible to get more than three. This layout does'nt conform to the rules and is much easier than the correct version. It's your layout, you can do what you like, but don't call it Inglenook.
Dave, I appreciate your feed back. I did have to make some concessions due to length of the cars in the different gauges. But, in my defense, I can severely limit the siding size to the regulation length by placing end bumpers on the tracks at the correct lengths for the specific gauge if I want to strictly adhere to the Inglenook rules. Thanks for watching the video. Dave