<P>Hi Narroman - <BR><BR>I think it's always good to choose a fictional location - so long as the station layout is based on a prototype. My reasoning is that the 'professionals' have done all the thinking with regard to trackplan/operational movements etc. It also forestalls the rivet-counting nitpickers who take great delight in pointing oput that 'the yard gate is inaccurate for the period depicted as it has five bars - this is only accurate for the gate after 31 jan 1931 when it was replaced'!<IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt= src="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif"> <BR><BR>I'm currently working on an EM layout where the terminus will be 'Ambridge' - but the station layout will be pure Abingdon!</P>