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Prototype inspirations for
Inglenook Sidings layouts
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CANADA
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY
BAYERS LAKE YARD, HALIFAX
(Nova Scotia)
This portrait of Bayers Lake Yard
is based on material kindly provided by James Jones.
All photographs on this page are (c) James Jones and may
not be reproduced without prior consent of the copyright
holder.
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| Bayers Lake Business
Park,
close to downtown Halifax, was developed in the mid 1980s
and has grown ever since. It is over 580 acres (236
hectares) in size and one of the major concentrations of
light industrial and commercial activity in Greater
Halifax. Warehouse retail “superstores” are
especially present, but there have also been major
warehousing, trucking, distribution, and manufacturing
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| Canadian National Railway provides direct rail
service and a common user facility within the Park, the
track layout of which is a perfect prototype example for
an Inglenook Sidings (marked in red). |
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The three tracks are split by
the main line with two going to the right to an
unloading ramp and the third going to a lumber
wharehouse, with another spur diverging from this
track further on. This branch - a 7 mile stub -
is, in fact, all that remains of the old Halifax
and Southwestern which ran from Halifax to
Yarmouth. The Inglenook track arrangement becomes
even clearer in this view, taken from the highway
overpass.
The
highway overpass (seen in the view below) is
another prototype example for a common layout
feature - the fiddle yard exit.
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Activity in the yard is
limited, but despite the rather basic facilities
there are many features which would make great
modelling details. Freight car types include
gondolas, boxcars and even a bulk head lumber
car. 
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Page created: 07/NOV/2005
Last revised: 18/SEP/2013
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