When deciding on the London terminus for the layout there was really only once choice. The only station that actually appears in the title of one of Agatha Christie’s books. Paddington.

Obviously this ties in well with the Christie books The 4:50 from Paddington and The Plymouth Express as these trains would both depart from the station. We have to use a little more artistic licence for The Orient Express and Le Train Bleu (the trains that appear in Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery on the Blue Train respectivley) as neither train would ever have pulled into Paddington. In fact, Le Train Bleu and The Orient Express, as they appear in the books, would have both terminated at Calais.

The intention is to model just three of the platforms at Paddington.

When the main train shed was built at Paddington it was the largest train shed roof in the world. The main span is 102? 6? with two smaller ones to the north and south. For this layout one of the smaller spans will be modelled.

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