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pelaw goods loop length 16/11/2020 at 21:56 #133921
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hello using the supplied timetable

6h90 has a runround here when I do it manually the set comes out of the docks goes into pelaw loop , drops the loco, loco runs round but it seems to lock the points on the way back i.e it seems to be overhanging. coming quick behind is a GC HST ECS also wanting the other loop

I had a look in the manual and cant see the loop lengths anyone any ideas ?

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pelaw goods loop length 17/11/2020 at 09:56 #133929
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The information that I have is that the Pelaw Up Goods Loop is 384 metres and the Down Goods Loop is 320 metres

I don't recall where I got these figures from but if they are wrong perhaps someone can give the correct figures.

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pelaw goods loop length 17/11/2020 at 10:03 #133930
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This screenshot gives some the Platform and Loop lengths that I have and that I can't actually see in the manual.
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pelaw goods loop length 17/11/2020 at 10:40 #133931
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Many thanks. 6H90 is 412m long coal for Drax , timetabled into DGL is 320m so the sim is doing what its supposed to. is this what normally happens in real life ?
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pelaw goods loop length 17/11/2020 at 17:54 #133944
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The Drax trains dont use the Pelaw loops these days, they use the Junctions at Boldon from the north and south for access to the coal terminal at Tyne Dock.
I have a 2017 sim timetable ready but I'm waiting for some sim amendments to be made to Tyneside which have been ticketed on Mantis.
Geoff - I know you have a lot on at the moment but can you possibly have a look at them please? Especially the access to Tyne Dock from the Sunderland end, which the sim doesnt alow you to timetable.

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pelaw goods loop length 18/11/2020 at 11:25 #133961
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I’ve been thinking about the Loop lengths which I gave in post #133930 above and the only place that I would have seen them as far as I recall, would have been in the Tyneside manual. I generally copy the Platform and Loop lengths in the manuals and paste them individually into a Word document which I then open for reference when running the related simulation.

If you look at the current manual and click on the ‘Platform, Loop and Siding lengths’ button, the last section is a coloured representation of Newcastle Station Platform Lengths followed by some explanatory text. The Loop Lengths that I gave above appeared below this text.

If they are still relevant, shouldn’t they be added to the manual?

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pelaw goods loop length 19/11/2020 at 17:41 #133979
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Please see attached JPG for "official" Pelaw Loop Lengths


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