Bredon / Talyllyn inspired 6' x 4' family layout

Ideally you would have installed isolated sections in the places that you want to park trains and feed these through on-off switch.  I guess the question is how easy it would be to add a few insulated rail joiners at this point in time?

If you had a passenger train between 8 and 6 then it is unlikely a freight would precede it and therefore your first scenario seems void in real world situation. To shunt freight out in front would be improbable. More likely a head shunt (siding in the opposite direction at the entrance to a fan of sidings) for the sidings created by 2 through 4 would be provided with a LH? connection creating a line parallel to the track 6 to 11.

 

Sidings in the bottom right could work well and add interest in the opposite direction main running line.

Nothing is permanent yet and modifications can still be made. I think I'm sold on the additional siding on the bottom right and someway of isolating the bottom siding so that a train can be parked there and another change from the Track 2 to 1 via the middle route. Jury is still out on modifying the station area. 

 

Signals and uncoupling are my next targets to get right before really hard-wiring everything 

Edited January 2, 2020 by metijg

I think i have the answers to the problems that i have invented..!!

• Separate points 9 to individual control so that the middle and bottom lines can be isolated / electrified independently 
•  Add an extra siding next to points 10, which can be electrified by opening the newly separated points 9
•  Add an insulator after points 8 so that the section next to it is only electrified through points 6, plus add a feed at points 6