Nelevation - an automatic smart fiddle yard

[Papyrus]

  (where is the 'drooling' smiley when you need it?)


Regards, Allan.....

You mean this one...? 

Second row, above 'NGF rules'! 

Chris

[bridgiesimon]

depending on cost, I think this venture may well be very successful, a very interesting and useful looking product.

Look forward to seeing it at TINGS

Simon

[MalcolmInN]

I found this on you tube just now maybe makes it a little clearer.

great find. 
A mighty machine indeed, very impressive.

[Zogbert Splod]

  (where is the 'drooling' smiley when you need it?)


Regards, Allan.....

You mean this one...? 

Oh yeah!  Silly me, I thought that was the 'chunder smiley'...
But I know this one ->

[Ditape]

 

I think I can find space for one possibly two of those if the price is right.

[Ian Morton]

I found this on you tube just now maybe makes it a little clearer.


www.youtu.be/kAPD5bakW5o

Looks like it is straight out of Thunderbirds!

Want one!

[Newportnobby]

Fascinating to think I can do away with the 4 road fiddle yards on each oval and have a Nelevation which gives more roads, takes up less space and saves so many points/motors/wiring etc.
I'd like to read/see lots more about how it's wired to the exit tracks, how heavy it is etc and then see if a second mortgage is required

[MikeDunn]

I knew I'd seen something on these lines somewhere ...  A system (albeit for OO, but so what) was discussed on MRF back in 2011 where a book called "Mainlines in Modest Spaces" by Rice is mentioned, specifically page 35 dealing with this stuff, and this one in RMWeb (again 2011) that refers to this page from 2008 on the building of it; there is also  this web page dating back to 2002 and refers to an up-&-coming article in Model Railway Journal ... so there is plenty of prior knowledge on how to build these out there.

[G_N_E_R]

This looks incredible! If the cost is right I shall invest but it would need to be extended just a bit for me  Looks like that will be "order able" would solve the whole fiddle yard question 

[GrahamB]

I found this on you tube just now maybe makes it a little clearer.


www.youtu.be/kAPD5bakW5o

Looks like it is straight out of Thunderbirds!

Want one!

The link doesn't appear to work anymore.

[MalcolmInN]

Wish I had enough room to justify getting one. 

Just remove the rest of your layout, with an infernal machine like that who would need anything more to play with !
(emoticon for joke flag waving, before I get into any more bovver )

----- cut and discard here ---
I cant help it - I'm having great trouble getting a song we used to sing (as engineering students) out of my head , ,
"An engineer told me before he died
, ,
of a monster machine , , , "

(I've changed the lyric there slightly as this is a family forum ! So - caveat - dont google that if you are of a nervous disposiution, there are a lot of un-funny versions out there )

The link doesn't appear to work anymore.

Oh! same here, that's a shame.
oh well, all will be revealed in due course I suppose,
what shall we talk about now ?

[Ben A]

Hi all,

I just clicked on the "full screen" icon in the video and it worked perfectly.

This is the web address that was at the top of the screen:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAPD5bakW5o#t=13

cheers

Ben A.

[MalcolmInN]

Yes, working again now.

Odd, didnt notice this till Ben found it again,
this is the failure notice I got previously :
'www.youtu.be' does not exist or is not available.
and
http://www.youtube.com is the, now, correct url
Why would the " . " move like that ! One of life's little mysteries !

Edit,
Another attempt at humour :
I hope he is careful not to introduce a twist into the suspension, else a Mobius surface may result and 1 or more trains may vanish into another dimension

[Caz]

Great video, explains it all and the updated website is a 1000 times better, my credit card is starting to scream.   

[GrahamB]

Thanks for the corrected link.

Hmmmmm. Lots of thoughts going through my head. Credit card gone into hiding.