Photo showing progress as of tonight on the hidden loops (using Peco Streamline for expedience's sake). The tracks leading off to the right are the return loops representing the Sandown and Ryde lines. Each will hold two trains of the maximum length I have planned for (the equivalent of loco, four full length carriages and a 4 wheeled van). All trains will travel clockwise around the loops, with entry being controlled by a pair of crossovers allowing entry and access from either line out of Newport. They are controlled by IRDOTS which will give an indication of occupation and will shuffle the trains to the front automatically when the line is clear. On the left is a continuous run in the middle and either side of it, again using IRDOT detectors are one down and one up loop which will hold freight trains to and from Medina Wharf. I hope also to represent the clay flow from Shide Quarry to the Medina Cement Works. Both of these will be effective with full trains travelling in one direction and empty in the other. Ideally I would have had more sidings, but Cowes Station must fit in front of this little lot so it was a question of cutting the cloth to fit. Much of this is now wired and tested, at least as individual boards but it will be some weeks before the whole thing is wired, connected and connected to the control panel which will be attached to the Newport Viaduct Board (behind the camera in this shot).

Chris