Not sure if this is the best place to post this but here goes anyway.
i'm starting to build my very first layout and would like to include part of an inclined plane.
I don't intend it to be operatonal as I don't have the room but I would like to model the bottom to indicate the transfer of material from a higher level to a dispatch area on the main layout.
Not quite sure how to go about this so if anyone has any experience of modelling this that would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.
One of the West Midlands Group members, Tim Williams, has recently built several models of Welsh slate inclines, many of them as working models.
I'm not sure if he is a member on here (he is a member of the Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling Online forum) but it might be worth having a look at Tim's own website (https://www.my-place.org.uk/mymodels/) and also making contact through his website as Tim has done a lot of research on the prototypes.
Charlie Insley did one as well many years ago.
Thanks Julian (as ever).
Looks very interesting, just what I needed.
There are several types of incline.
The most common is the type where the actual wagons are attached to the cable, they are usualy double track and use the extra weight in the full wagons going down to pull the empty ones back up.
Next are the platform inclines where the wagons are placed on platforms that are attached to the cable. Again thes are double track etc.
Then there are the 'lift' type where there is a lift cage that carries the wagons. Once again thes are often double track.
All were used in the Welsh quarries.
(There was even an earlier design that was known as a sledgeway that had no rails at all!! The remains if one of these very steep inclines survives near the village of Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Festiniog, but it is a bit hard to spot.)
The best thing to do is use google to search for images of each type and then pick the one youy want to model.
Tim
I appreciate this is an old thread now, but I have a rope-worked incline on my diorama.
It runs from a quayside up to a narrow gauge siding. It's single track, has a weighbridge at the top and generally serves to load and unload visiting canal boats. One of the pulleys is installed for the the rope to run over and I need to install another to take the dedicated wagon around a gentle curve.
One day, I'll get around to making it operational ! In the meantime I can set up a 'dummy' shot if this would assist you ?
Regards,
Dave