Nelevation - an automatic smart fiddle yard

Started by Caz, September 06, 2015, 04:21:45 PM

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StormyOutlook

If Caz hadn't shared her discovery, this is a product in the making that I likely would never have seen or heard of, but it is something I would gladly put my hand in my pocket to show commitment to.  I appreciate that's not an ask of anyone specifically in this thread, but it is something I'd like to see succeed and something I'd love to own.

SD35

This device has been taking up an unusually high percentage of my mental processing time since heading back north from Leamington on Sunday.  I was more than happy to express serious interest and would gladly have taken one away with me there and then! 

It couldn't have come at a better time with Kirkholme having just been dismantled for its move to a new home.  It was going to have another six inch board added during rebuild along the whole length at the back to cater for another five storage lines and two more lines in the current gap to the backscene.  However, this has presented a new opportunity to both save space and add a greater number of new roads.  My only concern was the length being too short for some of the fixed rakes I like to run but after a rough scribble in xtrkcad I came up with a potential solution:

Current storage yard:



Revised storage yard containing Nelevtionizer in same footprint from backscene to back of baseboard:



This would allow at least three long storage roads in both up and down directions for, say, a couple of 86 + 9xMk3 rakes, 2x20 plus twenty odd HAAs, etc, plus a bypass line in each direction if there's room.  About 85% of the rakes I have or plan to acquire (worked out on a spreadsheet while I really should have been doing some real work) would happily fit well within the 1400mm Nelevator.  One of the Nelelvator lines would be bidirectional to turn back units for the bays.

Two bits have been chomped through already.

It's refreshing to see such innovation from these guys and with the similar well thought out developments and efforts from the gents at Revolution and DJM these are heady N gauge days indeed.

Railwaygun

#122
Im surprised noone has called it the Nelevator?

Here is a scan of the leaflet i picked up at TINGS for info (no other pics posted yet)

[smg id=29376 type=preview align=center caption="Nelevator 4"]

[smg id=29377 type=preview align=center caption="Nelevator 3"]

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Quote from: Railwaygun on September 15, 2015, 07:54:51 PM
Im surprised noone has called it the Nelevator?

Here is a scan of the leaflet i picked up at TINGS for info (no other pics posted yet)

[smg id=29376 type=preview align=center caption="Nelevator 4"]

[smg id=29377 type=preview align=center caption="Nelevator 3"]

Go to the Nelevation website there are videos there.
Another house move despite "never again" has given me a second floor layout so Geominster Mainline & Heritage Line will be modified and enlarged with siding storage.

My Facebook Diary is Geominster if anyone wants to view it please ask, it is a private group requiring acceptance, thanks.

This then is my third version modified which has been improved from previous efforts and lessons learned.

Geominster was my first project which has now been dismantled. Having learnt so much from  previous Geominster projects this is the latest one.

Latest Youtube video is here.

https://youtu.be/x50gYil5tAs

http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=30850.0

georgehgv

Quote from: SD35 on September 15, 2015, 07:49:41 PM
This device has been taking up an unusually high percentage of my mental processing time since heading back north from Leamington on Sunday.  I was more than happy to express serious interest and would gladly have taken one away with me there and then! 

It couldn't have come at a better time with Kirkholme having just been dismantled for its move to a new home.  It was going to have another six inch board added during rebuild along the whole length at the back to cater for another five storage lines and two more lines in the current gap to the backscene.  However, this has presented a new opportunity to both save space and add a greater number of new roads.  My only concern was the length being too short for some of the fixed rakes I like to run but after a rough scribble in xtrkcad I came up with a potential solution:

Current storage yard:



Revised storage yard containing Nelevtionizer in same footprint from backscene to back of baseboard:



This would allow at least three long storage roads in both up and down directions for, say, a couple of 86 + 9xMk3 rakes, 2x20 plus twenty odd HAAs, etc, plus a bypass line in each direction if there's room.  About 85% of the rakes I have or plan to acquire (worked out on a spreadsheet while I really should have been doing some real work) would happily fit well within the 1400mm Nelevator.  One of the Nelelvator lines would be bidirectional to turn back units for the bays.

Two bits have been chomped through already.

It's refreshing to see such innovation from these guys and with the similar well thought out developments and efforts from the gents at Revolution and DJM these are heady N gauge days indeed.

The Nelevation is available in two sizes NONE are 1400mm as that was a one off prototype.

Best not plan too much for the 1400mm in that case.

Contact Nelevation directly  for proposed dimensions available.
Another house move despite "never again" has given me a second floor layout so Geominster Mainline & Heritage Line will be modified and enlarged with siding storage.

My Facebook Diary is Geominster if anyone wants to view it please ask, it is a private group requiring acceptance, thanks.

This then is my third version modified which has been improved from previous efforts and lessons learned.

Geominster was my first project which has now been dismantled. Having learnt so much from  previous Geominster projects this is the latest one.

Latest Youtube video is here.

https://youtu.be/x50gYil5tAs

http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=30850.0

SD35

Quote from: georgehgv on September 15, 2015, 08:13:22 PM

The Nelevation is available in two sizes NONE are 1400mm as that was a one off prototype.

Best not plan too much for the 1400mm in that case.

Contact Nelevation directly  for proposed dimensions available.

Magic!  If longer ones are proposed I could use one for the up yard and one for the down yard.  :D

georgehgv

Quote from: SD35 on September 15, 2015, 08:19:13 PM
Quote from: georgehgv on September 15, 2015, 08:13:22 PM

The Nelevation is available in two sizes NONE are 1400mm as that was a one off prototype.

Best not plan too much for the 1400mm in that case.

Contact Nelevation directly  for proposed dimensions available.

Magic!  If longer ones are proposed I could use one for the up yard and one for the down yard.  :D

My information suggests 1000mm and 2000mm versions will proceed.
Another house move despite "never again" has given me a second floor layout so Geominster Mainline & Heritage Line will be modified and enlarged with siding storage.

My Facebook Diary is Geominster if anyone wants to view it please ask, it is a private group requiring acceptance, thanks.

This then is my third version modified which has been improved from previous efforts and lessons learned.

Geominster was my first project which has now been dismantled. Having learnt so much from  previous Geominster projects this is the latest one.

Latest Youtube video is here.

https://youtu.be/x50gYil5tAs

http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=30850.0

sparky

This is a hugely interesting bit of kit...my only issue with it is that I don't want  my rakes stored behind my back scene board to be in my eye line and visible..I suppose you could cover the unit front but I like the illusion of an unseen train arriving in the scenic area.

MJKERR

Quote from: Railwaygun on September 15, 2015, 07:54:51 PMIm surprised noone has called it the Nelevator?
You need to read each reply, why call it what we already know what it is called...
The brand is Nelevator, but it has come to be known as the Nelevator

Reply #69
Quote from: Zogbert Splod on September 10, 2015, 04:54:11 PM'Nelevator' is easier to vocalise than 'Nlift' would be - OK, Nelevation it is then.

Reply #82
Quote from: Ben A on September 10, 2015, 09:55:48 PMI am not sure about why the height is an issue - the Nelevator would have your layout's name printed on, and is intended to display the trains at the same time

Reply #85
Quote from: Ben A on September 11, 2015, 07:51:51 AMThe Nelevator has to sit both above and below baseboard level

leachsprite4

 :heart2: :laugh3: :claphappy: :laughabovepost: :D :bounce:  :drool: were my thoughts on seeing Nelevation!

Then a sinking feeling hit home I have deigned my layout in a shed and don't leave stock there, which would mean transporting this lovely bit of kit back and for to my shed each time.

I am waiting to see the first production batch with interest though as I have two options for location and I am still tempted.

Graham

georgehgv

Quote from: mjkerr on September 15, 2015, 08:53:00 PM
Quote from: Railwaygun on September 15, 2015, 07:54:51 PMIm surprised noone has called it the Nelevator?
You need to read each reply, why call it what we already know what it is called...
The brand is Nelevator, but it has come to be known as the Nelevator

Reply #69
Quote from: Zogbert Splod on September 10, 2015, 04:54:11 PM'Nelevator' is easier to vocalise than 'Nlift' would be - OK, Nelevation it is then.

Reply #82
Quote from: Ben A on September 10, 2015, 09:55:48 PMI am not sure about why the height is an issue - the Nelevator would have your layout's name printed on, and is intended to display the trains at the same time

Reply #85
Quote from: Ben A on September 11, 2015, 07:51:51 AMThe Nelevator has to sit both above and below baseboard level

:sorrysign:

Actually it is called NELEVATiON.

Should be fairly obvious from the thread Title really.

Another house move despite "never again" has given me a second floor layout so Geominster Mainline & Heritage Line will be modified and enlarged with siding storage.

My Facebook Diary is Geominster if anyone wants to view it please ask, it is a private group requiring acceptance, thanks.

This then is my third version modified which has been improved from previous efforts and lessons learned.

Geominster was my first project which has now been dismantled. Having learnt so much from  previous Geominster projects this is the latest one.

Latest Youtube video is here.

https://youtu.be/x50gYil5tAs

http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=30850.0

Sprintex

Prefer to see a traditional fiddle yard with a fan of points and long tracks full of trains, more akin to a proper train yard, not something that (to me) resembles a chicken rotisserie :D


Paul

georgehgv

#132
Quote from: Sprintex on September 15, 2015, 09:00:49 PM
Prefer to see a traditional fiddle yard with a fan of points and long tracks full of trains, more akin to a proper train yard, not something that (to me) resembles a chicken rotisserie :D


Paul

Blimey Paul must be very long thin chickens up your way?  :smiley-laughing:

Do they do home delivery thro the letter box? :confused1:
Another house move despite "never again" has given me a second floor layout so Geominster Mainline & Heritage Line will be modified and enlarged with siding storage.

My Facebook Diary is Geominster if anyone wants to view it please ask, it is a private group requiring acceptance, thanks.

This then is my third version modified which has been improved from previous efforts and lessons learned.

Geominster was my first project which has now been dismantled. Having learnt so much from  previous Geominster projects this is the latest one.

Latest Youtube video is here.

https://youtu.be/x50gYil5tAs

http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=30850.0

Sprintex

Quote from: georgehgv on September 15, 2015, 09:04:40 PM
Quote from: Sprintex on September 15, 2015, 09:00:49 PM
Prefer to see a traditional fiddle yard with a fan of points and long tracks full of trains, more akin to a proper train yard, not something that (to me) resembles a chicken rotisserie :D


Paul

Blimey Paul must be very long thin chickens up your way?  :smiley-laughing:

Do they do home delivery thro the letter box? :confused1:

They only just fit through the letterbox George, and on occasion they get stuck in which case I have to 'pullet' :D (badoom-tish - I thang you)


Paul

MJKERR

Quote from: georgehgv on September 15, 2015, 08:57:11 PMActually it is called NELEVATiON
Perhaps you should re-read the website...
The Nelevator from Nelevation

The brand name and product name appear to have been settled upon now

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