I’ve long been a fan of “limited space” type layouts, dioramas etc., and as such BRM’s cakebox challenge seemed right up my street. But on a similar sort of theme, I previously came up with Clark’s Yard (so-called because it is built inside an old Clark’s shoebox), in an attempt to see how far I could push the “limited space” concept. The layout is fictitious, and in common with most of my other past/present layouts, follows my favourite theme of BR industrial operation, and features a private siding serving a factory and warehouse, also a small goods/coal yard. Track is from the Peco range, mounted on a wooden sub-base, which fits inside the box, this arrangement being necessary to facilitate the coal drops, while the track plan is in fact rather similar to the Inglenook Sidings configuration, and incorporates a small fiddle extension to the right, which makes the layout completely self-contained. The electrics are about as basic as you can get, with a single track power feed the sole electrical connection on the entire layout, most of the buildings and other structures are scratch built from the usual materials, i.e. balsa wood/plastic sheet/brick & stone sheet/paper, the only two exceptions are the small garage, which is a Hornby Lyddle End product, while the small row of terraced houses is from the Metcalfe range of kits. Others details such as cars, people etc., are from the Modelscene, Peco, and other contemporary ranges. Clark’s Yard took about a month to build, measures just over 1’ x 8”, and is this very compact and portable, and I hope that it may just serve as a source of inspiration for the railway modeller who is really space-starved, while a layout of similar size to “CY” may also make a good table-top “toy” for the business executive, either in the office, or possibly while travelling on a long distance train journey!