Branyan Yard is now finished this marks the end of track laying for the point to point line of the Uppen Down Railway.
The benchwork are made from racking that I had and some I salvaged from a workshop that was being remodeled.
On one side is a wharf complex with coal, gravel, timber loading facilities to handle the raw materials and some manufactured goods produced in the Kepnock Valley. These are loaded onto river barges for transport down river to the port at the mouth and loading onto ships. This all happens out of sight at another assumed part of the Kepnock Valley.
On the other side there is a Good Shed complex for the temporary storage for the manufactured goods prior to their being loaded onto the barges.
At one end there is a turntable used to turn locos around so that they can head back the way they have come without running in reverse. A run around track down the side behind the goods shed allows locos to move from the turntable back to the yard throat after they have been turned A turntable was decided upon because it was really the only option when compared to using either using a Balloon Loop or a Wye.
The "Wharf" lines are treated as a separate district for operational purposes with an Ethanol loading facility forcing closure during loading mostly due to a fire hazard with steam locos.
The yard "Throat" consists of 3 sets of points that are 3D printed, at the ends of the "Wharf" lines there are 3D printed buffers, it is here that the Ethanol storage tank will be located.
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| Branyan Yard from the Throat end |
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Branyan Yard from Turntable end. Run around on the right
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