SCARBOROUGH

This simulation is based on the track layout in the Scarborough area between 1948 and 1967.

The station at Scarborough Central was built in several stages.  The original station had only Platforms 2, 3 and 4.  Plaform 1 was added, then Platforms 5 to 9 were added.  The final stage was to add Platform 1A for the Whitby line trains, which was completed in 1934.
Londesborough Road station was brought into us in 1908, originally as  the 'Excursion Station', but the name was changed in 1933.

The Loco Shed was originally a 2-Road shed on the site of Londesborough Road station and was closed in 1882 after the Roundhouse was built in 1881. This was a 14-road shed incorporating a 44ft 8in Turntable.  An additional 8-Road straight shed was added in 1888 to cater for the increased traffic and also for the expected larger engines.  This shed ultimately had a 68ft turntable (as shown) and could turn most engines.

In 1959, the half of the shed containing Roads 5 to 8 was demolished due to damage by subsidence, but the tracks were retained for holding or storing engines.  The Roundhouse was latterly used for storing smaller engines as the turntable was not large enough to turn tender engines other than 0-6-0 classes J21 and J25.


Opening Screen

The opening screen was taken at Scarborough on a Summer Saturday in August 1950 by my father.  It shows Ivatt 2-6-0 43052, newly built and allocated to Scarborough shunting coaches in the Goods Yard opposite the end of Platform 1.


Electrification

None of the lines are electrified.


Special Working Instructions

Propelling of ECS between the Carriage Sidings and Station or vice-versa was only permitted by Scarborough Shunting crews due to the curvature and restricted vision.  Usually, the Station Pilot was used for these duties, but occasionally the Shunters took over the incoming engine, particularly at busy times.
  Whitby line trains were permitted to reverse into and out of Platform 1A, but only if the train was not more than two coaches.  However, if longer trains were used, a 'Pilot Shunter' would board the train to direct the Driver.  The Working Timetable gave allowances for the train to be run round in the Middle Line at Londesborough Road for trains booked to have more than two coaches, or not booked for a Pilot Shunter.


Stopping Places

Locations which can have timetable entries are defined as Stopping places or Timing places.
Trains cannot be tabled to stop at timing places.
Details, together with the Timetable Code are shown below.

Scarborough Station, all Platforms ... No Code
Londesborough Road Platforms . ... ... L
Middle Line .. ... ... ... ... ... ... M
Gallows Close  ... ... ... ... ... ... G
Turntable Lines (outside Turntable) .. T
Coal Stage ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C
Coal Sidings . ... ... ... ... ... ... c
Loco Shed (Shed 1 to 8 and Shunt Neck) D
Up Sidings (Nos 1 to 3) .. ... ... ... U
Seamer Station ... ... ... ... ... ... S
Seamer Sidings ... ... ... ... ... ... s

Note that all are stopping places and have "Train Ready to Start" Indicators.


Signal Boxes

All signalling in the area consisted of semaphore signals and mechanically operated points controlled from a number of independent Signalboxes.  For the purpose of this simulation, the signals have all been shown as multi-aspect colour light signals, or position-light Ground Shunt signals.

Signals and points have been numbered with prefixes for signals and suffixes for points representing the control area of the individual Signalboxes as follows.

Scarborough ... S
Gallows Close . G
Falsgrave ..... F
Washbeck ...... W
Loco Shed ..... L
Gasworks .. ... A
Seamer East ... E
Seamer West ... J
The Loco Shed was unsignalled, but must be signalled for simulation purposes


Platform and Siding Lengths

The length of each platform or Siding is shown below.  This is indicated in Number of Coach lengths.  The number of coaches on a particular train is reduced by the number of locomotives required in the platform concurrently.  Note that for Freight Trains, 3 Wagons = 1 coach length.

Scarborough

Platform 1 ... ... 18
Platform 1A .. ...  6
Platform 2 ... ... 15
Platform 3 ... ... 11
Platform 4 ... ... 11
Platform 5 ... ... 10
Platform 6 ... ...  9
Platform 7 ... ...  9
Platform 8 ... ...  9
Platform 9 ... ...  9

Londesbrough Road

Platform 1 ... ... 14
Platform 2 ... ... 14 (full length)
           ... ... 11 (between signals W15 and W13)
Middle Road .. ... 14 (between signals F97 and W10)
            .. ...  5 (between signals F97 and W9)
            .. ...  6 (between signals W41 and W10)
Up Siding 1 .. ... 15
Up Siding 2 .. ... 11
Up Siding 3 .. ... 11

Seamer
Platform 1 ... ...  6 but longer trains can be handled
Platform 2 ... ...  8 but longer trains can be handled
Platform 3 ... ...  8 but longer trains can be handled


Train Reporting Numbers

The Train Reporting Numbers use a four-character code.
The first character is numeric 0 to 9 and indicates the Class of the train.
The second character is alphabetic A to Z and indicates the destination area or route of the train.
The last two characters are numeric 00 to 99 and are allocated to distinguish individual trains.

As the codes varied over time, the specific references are shown in the Timetable Notes.


Acknowledgements

This simulation was developed by Peter Dean using the PC-Rail Development software supplied and supported by John Dennis, proprietor of PC-Rail.

Testing of the operation was carried out by the PC-Rail testing team, with thanks to the many members for their invaluable assistance.


