The new layout has a working name "Fen Drayton". The real Fen Drayton is a few miles East of St Ives; there was never actually a station there, though I think there was a proposal.

The proposed layout is a double track through station. It uses the 'bitsa" station approach, so that the bulk of the platforms at the St Ives end of the station are offstage, and part of the lay-bys and the entrance to the goods yard at the Cambridge end are also off stage. I propose using a cassette fiddle yard at the Cambridge end, which will give access to the lay-bys and goods yard, and a sector plate at the St Ives end.

The main buildings will be:

Station building: Histon

Signal Box: St Ives

Goods shed: Something generic GE, the main shed being wood, with brick built offices at one end, based on Histon.

The design needs some more tweaking for visual effect. At the St Ives end, the exit from the scenic section is disguised by the station. At the Cambridge end, the exit is disguised by a stand of small trees or large bushes. I'm not sure about this. I'm reluctant to use another building as I want to keep the numbers of buildings down in order to maintain an open effect, so I'm looking for a suitable scenic feature.

At this stage I was going to post a trackplan Unfortunately, computer problems at this end mean I can't get the plan in a suitable form for posting, so please bear with me while I sort this out - hopefully only a few days.