Inglenook Sidings
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Inglenook Sidings, created by Alan Wright (1928 - January 2005), is a well-known model railway train shunting puzzle (U.S. English: switching puzzle). It consists of a specific track layout, a set of initial conditions, a defined goal, and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations.
More broadly, in model railway usage inglenook or Inglenook may refer to a track layout (or portion thereof) that is based on or resembles the Inglenook Sidings puzzle.
Details
The track is based on Kilham Sidings, on the Alnwick-Cornhill branch of the North Eastern Railway (NER).[1] The sidings should be able to accommodate 5, 3, and 3 wagons, the leading spur accommodating 3 wagons and the locomotive. For the original version of the puzzle there are 8 wagons in the sidings, the rules being:
- Form a train of 5 wagons selected at random of a specific order from the 8 wagons.[2]
See also
External links
- Model Railways Shunting Puzzles - Inglenook Sidings - A full description of the puzzle.
- Razorback Railway The Razorback Shunt layout and its associated scenarios for Trainz Railway Simulator 2004 (TRS2004) includes Inglenook Sidings amongst other puzzles.
- TaFWeb - Inglenook Sidings - includes a downloadable Inglewood Sidings layout for Trainz.
- Riverside Yard - An online JavaScript based Inglenook (site contains a timesaver version as well).
References
- ↑ INGLENOOK SIDINGS Shunting puzzles, Adrian Wymann, wymann.info
- ↑ INGLENOOK SIDINGS - RULES & OPERATION Shunting puzzles, Adrian Wymann, wymann.info