{"id":1248,"date":"2026-08-20T16:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:28:32","slug":"loft-layout-starting-on-the-track-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/?p=1248","title":{"rendered":"Loft Layout – Starting on the Track Planning."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First the ‘Usual’ appologies for lack of updates.. Been trying to get my head around how I am going to wire the layout.
.. The ‘End Game’ is going to be DCC – but would like the ability to run DC in a small way – whilst I convert by rather large loco fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More of this to follow…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the mean time I am thinking about having the twin track line divide into 2 passing lines and 2 for station\/passenger use.
.. I first saw this at Hereford Station
It means more trains can be in use as I’m not planning on a complex fiddle yard – at best the fiddle yard will mirror the station layout with a loop for each main line.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literally just playing with\/getting used to – the Peco Bullhead track – with newly cut (not glued yet) cork track underlay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also great to finally get the ArtDeco Station out of its boxes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First the ‘Usual’ appologies for lack of updates.. Been trying to get my head around how I am going to wire the layout… The ‘End Game’ is going to be DCC – but would like the ability to run DC in a small way – whilst I convert by rather large loco fleet. More of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whatsnew","category-workinprogress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burtoncrumpnold.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}