Anyrail Track Plans for Newton Abbot
This page shows the track plans for different components of my Dawlish, Newton Abbot and Kingswear model railway in OO gauge. They have been developed in Anyrail. To get a driver’s eye view of the layout end to end, view my “A tour of Dawlish in OO” post.
The first diagram shows the main fiddleyard at the bottom. Trains from Paddington and the North exit to the bottom right, proceed around the top and then enter bottom left onto the seawall and on to Dawlish. Trains can then circulate as many times as required until they exit at the junction which is about 5 feet in from the right and 3 feet up from the bottom towards Newton Abbot.
The second diagram shows Newton Abbot and Aller Junction. Trains from Dawlish enter from the bottom right as detailed above; proceeding right to left, trains exit via Aller Junction. A difference from the real line is that the Torbay branch is to the right and Plymouth / Penzance to the left. Note also that Moretonhampstead trains enter from the right j to the right of the number 16 – either accessing the bay platform to the top right or any of the top 4 throujgh lines. In my version of Newton Abbot, Southern trains from Exeter via Crediton also access Newton Abbot via this line.
Finally, the Torbay and Kingswear sections. This entered via Aller Junction (running under Kingswear). Currently (as of April 2nd 2024) the layout terminates at the Torbay fiddleyard – Kingswear will be built upon completion of more of the scenic work around Newton Abbot.
HST and IET at Dawlish in OO
This video shows four views of an Arriva Cross Country HST and First Great Western IET passing at Dawlish in OO. The video was recorded as part of testing a new timetable for Dawlish in OO, based upon the real published timetable for May > December 2023. Watch this...
17,000 views of Tour of my Dawlish Model Railway
According to YouTube, 17,315 people have viewed "A Tour of my Dawlish Model Railway" as of 28th March 2024. I'm not sure what I did to suddenly attract so many viewers, but thanks to all those who posted nice comments. These comments included: "I must say, very nice,...
First model railway track plan added
I've added my first model railway track plan to the Track Plans section of the website - Dawlish Warren. To see more information about this practical, fun to operate design, click here.
A tour of Dawlish in OO
Here you can take a tour of Dawlish in OO with a driver's eye view. This was filmed by putting a GoPro camera on a wagon in front of the loco. We start in the main fiddleyard (as if coming from Paddington) and proceed around the back of Newton Abbot, before emerging...
Site under construction
Please bear with me whilst I get this site up and running. Eventually you will be able to see: A full description of Dawlish in OO along with track plans A Dawlish in OO webcam showing trains running live Track plans for a range of other stations