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SPECIALIST JOINERY

Space and money are usually the limiting factors in the design of a model railway. Unfortunately we cannot help you with the money side of things, however specialist joinery can make more of the space you have. Professional Layout Services have been asked to make many items of specialist joinery with the two most common requests being spirals and traversers.

SPIRALS

Spirals are the most efficient space saving way of forming gradients where a large climb or fall in the track level is required. Often used to access hidden storage sidings beneath the normal layout level, or as a way of making a train disappear and then emerge in a different place, on a different level and usually going in the opposite direction. A spiral can accommodate several tracks and in the case of the image shown, this twin track spiral has both an up and a down track to access hidden siding loops. We offer to design and manufacture your spirals, supplying them as a self assembly kit, or we offer a full installation service. Our spirals are fully adjustable allowing fine adjustment of each layer.

TRAVERSERS

Traversers operate like a sliding shelf and are usually used on small end to end layouts to allow for the selection of trains and locomotives in the minimum space. It is however possible to manufacture traversers as sliding fiddle yards to allow the selection of full trains. Traversers are an alternative to forming terminus sidings using turnouts which take up a great deal of space. The image shown is 28 inch traverser from a small end to end layout. To create three twenty eight inch sidings using turnouts would increase the layout length by at least twelve inches even when using a space saving three way turnout. When space is at a premium a traverser could make the difference!

CARRIER FRAMES

Where a large single board layout needs to be moved around, or where a specific board may need to be moved for access we make a carrier frame on castors. Ideal for use in garages and large sheds, or on small children's layouts in a room for cleaning.

We are please to estimate on any model railway joinery that you may require. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

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