IMO a steam/diesel "island" between 2 electric railways wouldn't happen: while the BB

Hi Dutch Master,

Many thanks for your comments. They are very appreciated. Allow me to explain further why I have arranged things in the way that I have.

It's unlikely scenario, the original RhB line onwards from Scuol/Tarasp was meant to continue all the way to Landeck... However, this is where another bit of reality sets in: I have a large selection of OBB, ZB and other HOe rolling stock that I have collected over the last 8 years and I am determined I'm going to use it! Even with this largish trackplan I have more than enough rolling stock...

I might make passive provision for overhead wiring, but as I currently don't have any of the Mariazeller electrics its not really a priority... Although my local train shop has one in stock... Danger! Danger!

The reason for choosing a different town as the interchange between the two railways is that there is no way I can squash even a reduced version of Scuol into the space available. I have even demoted the cross-border line into the secondary branch so that I can make the interchange station as small as possible. I might need to find a different place to Nauders though... Maybe a side valley might be needed...

A second consideration was that I would like to be able to run it single handedly, hence the "mainline" on both sides ending at a station built into a reverse loop, this reduces the amount of shunting required. The stub track you can see in the reverse loops allows me to run push-pull workings more realistically.

The fiddle yard at the bottom of both sides will also be a reverse loop (with some stubs for push-pull workings).... They will have more than just a simple passing loops (5 loops planned on the HOe side and two stubs).

You can be assured that there will be plenty of tunnels, turns and twists, bridges and fun and games! I love rabbit warren layouts...

There's a faller kit (well two actually) that makes a Wiesner viaduct look-alike (close enough for me), so that's likely to put in an appearance somewhere. Perhaps in a Landwasser viaduct setting: Straight into the side of the mountain!

I notice that Tarasp has a castle, and Scuol has ski lifts, so both of those are on the list as well....