Apr 30, 2019 · I tried building a Barry slip many years ago, but I couldn't get my head around the wiring and gave up. Now, with DCC, this is a perfect situation to use a Frog Juicer or similar, …

Nov 28, 2014 · If you are looking for something a bit different but not too difficult to build, how about a "Barry Slip"? Two turnouts of the same hand, reversed and overlapped. They are …

Apr 30, 2019 · First, my two Barry slips are in a fiddle yard, and the 'kick back' turnout in the Barry slip is to enable me to have all the pointwork at one end of the fiddle yard on a 4 foot long …

On a 1:6 Barry slip, change to A switches rather than B. On each one, you may want to increase the crossing entry straight ( action > mouse actions: control/real > adjust V-crossing entry …

In the Barry picture - I wonder what the JL stands for - and surely the PT is not Port Talbot (Railway) as the wagons are at Barry. So to build one of these I assume you start with plans …

Feb 26, 2022 · A double slip is much shorter overall than having two points back to back for the same function. So when you need to dig tunnels to accommodate them, or have other space …

I've built a few turnouts before but the most complex to date was a Barry slip. I've now started on a double slip (or double compound in GWR speak) and have the outer slip rails and vees in …

Feb 26, 2022 · A double slip allows trains on one track to switch to the track crossing at the diamond. Because of the amount of extra metalwork involved (point blades and curved rails), a …

A "Barry Slip" at Beverley 1980. The only one I have seen, and as the name suggests, I understand the concept originated with the Barry Rly. Knowing what I know now, I would have …

Mar 31, 2008 · I found out at a show after describing it to a visitor, he explained that it was called a Barry slip and used by the Barry railway in the Welsh valleys where the good yards were …