The Inglenook Shunting Puzzle - On The Modular Model Railway

I take on the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle on the Modular Model Railway.

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Last year I made a video where I attempted to solve the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle on my smaller layout Pickwick Yard. Well as this simple game has a huge amount of possible combinations and puzzles to solve I figured I'd have another go at it, this time on the Modular Model Railway.

The Inglenook Shunting Puzzle is a great game you can play on your model railway, especially if you're the sort of person who prefers shunting over watching trains run round in a circle. If like me though, you get a bit bored aimlessly shuffling wagons back and forth then the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle is a great way to add a bit of realism and purpose to your model railway running session.

The aim of the game is to make up a freight train of 5 wagons in a specific order out of a possible 8 wagons. These 8 wagons are spread out over 3 sidings, 2 of which are long enough to hold 3 wagons and the final siding being able to hold 5 wagons. To move your loco between sidings you also have a headshunt (Platform 2 of the station in my case!) and in this you're allowed to have 3 wagons plus your loco. You then have to use the loco to shunt the wagons into the correct order while adhering to these rules before you can dispatch the train.

While some people build layouts specifically to fit the rules of the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle you can also play it on an existing layout using honour rules just like I am here. So if you want to add a bit of variety into your own model railway running sessions, why not have a go at the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle yourself. If you do, let me know how you get on... good luck!

More info on the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle: http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzle...

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:45 - The Rules
02:36 - Wagon 1
05:04 - Wagons 2&3
06:50 - Wagon 4
09:32 - Wagon 5
13:34 - Adding A Brakevan
14:57 - The Completed Train

Thanks for watching!