I Found A New Model Railway Shunting Challenge... Can I Beat It?

That Model Railway Guy

Published on Sunday 19 July 2026 by That Model Railway Guy

I'm finally trying out the Timesaver Shunting Puzzle on my new model railway... but am I prepared to take on the challenge?

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I've long been a fan of the Inglenook Shunting Puzzle but for some reason I've never tried out the Timesaver Challenge... until now! The model railway I'm building for The Build Along Model Railway is almost exactly the setup needed for the Timesaver so I finally got to try it and boy did it test me.

The aim of the game is simple, you have 5 wagons, 1 loco and 5 locations around the layout. Each of your wagons has to be shunted to its designated siding but like the Inglenook puzzle, every section of track has limits on how many vehicles can fit. Despite being a challenge the Timesaver puzzle was actually great fun to try out - see how I got on and maybe give it a go yourself!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:00 - Rules
00:00 - Timesaver Puzzle (Part 1)
00:00 - Specialist Aggregates
00:00 - Timesaver Puzzle (Part 2)

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