Bala Junction and Trevor

Bala Junction and Trevor
This layout is a privately owned layout and is fixed IE not built to go to shows depicting the last years of operations on the line
Bala Junction railway station was on the Ruabon to Barmouth line in southern Gwynedd, Wales. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965.
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[@andrewmerriman7133]

I was impressed with the Bala Junction layout it is almost spot on,if it is any help to the builder The Branch Loop (nearest the Signal Box) had Trap Points at Both ends. The interlocking was arranged so that one or the other Trap Points was always open meaning it was not possible to run a train non stop through the Branch Loop, a train had to stop at the exit end while the points were changed behind it before the points in front of the locomotive could be reversed enabling the train to leave the Branch Loop. Therefore the Branch Loop could not be used for Passenger trains, the two Trap Points did not have a Facing Point Locks .

[@patstrainsuk1]

@@andrewmerriman7133 Thank you for taking the time to respond I have passed this information on to the layout builder

[@StajBrickhead69]

It's really nice to see how Geoff is progressing with his latest Welsh adventure, by the looks it will be even better than his Barmouth Junction layout.

[@patstrainsuk1]

@@StajBrickhead69 I agree the amount of work done in just a year is fantastic 👍