Loading dock

[Bandit Mick]

Hello everyone. A quick question - I have built a small loading dock/platform thingy. Should it have a ramp up to it or can it have a small set of steps? Thank you for your replies.
P.S. Am trying to send some pictures of progress on my layout but having trouble doing this. Will try again.

[Walkingthedog]

I reckon it will need a ramp. Sack barrows are notoriously difficult (but not impossible) to get up steps when fully loaded. Unless it is just a small packages loading dock.

[Bandit Mick]

Thanks WTD.

[Walkingthedog]

Anything to make life more complicated

[Bandit Mick]

You certainly did WTD. Ended up with ramp at one end and steps at the other! Thanks again.

[bulleidboy]

You could have gone with neither ramp or steps. There is a small canopied platform in the yard at Woking Station, where obviously from the state of the platform/canopy, many years ago lorries would back-up to the end of the platform and load whatever? Of course you would then have needed a roadway. Just my two pennyworth

[Bandit Mick]

Thanks for your input BB. The idea of a canopy has got me thinking of this as an addition. Time to get out ruler and pencil. Thanks also for the reference - I’ll have a look at this for inspiration.

[bulleidboy]

If you look on Google maps and follow the line west out of Woking Station, the platform/canopy I referred to is on the left just at the beginning of the aggregate yard. I'm not sure what it was used for originally, it's a bit like the flying boat hangar just outside Wimbledon Station???