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Connaught Module
Normand Levert This web page
was last updated on August 26th, 2008.
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 Module Type: Transition Modules from Free-mo to Conventional Features: A transfer station. From an operations point of view, a very clever way to go from double-track conventional modules to single-track Free-mo.The Name: While Connaught is a well known names in the Ottawa area, the facilities are entirely fictional - the result of Norm's creative imagination.The Challenge: The module is part of a 2-foot matching pair with Orleans that allow us to smoothly go from double-track conventional modules to a whole bunch of single-track Free-mo's and back into double-track conventional at the other end. Because the double-track disappears, getting traffic from Connaught through a lengthy single track to Orleans presents some interesting challenges to our dispatchers. At the same time, switching the industry on the module adds to the traffic load.; If trains aren't dispatched right, we can get some large traffic jams - not very good for business, but a lot of fun in running the trains. The Details: The module is built on a 2" styrofoam deck held in place by a 4" module frame. At the same time we go from double track conventional to single-track Free-mo, we smoothly shift the main line at one end of each module by 22½°. This helps take the "straight line" out of the layout. |