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SK when asked said it would be nice.

yep on way 🙂 Have 2 mk 1 composites; superb.

My 3mm layout uses cassettes. Never again. For a home layout I want sit down in comfort and operate at a distance, not leap around shuffling things. And I doubt the much less space; for the storage it provides this plan is pretty efficient.

Locos; can't have too much space for them 🙂 Think A1/A3/A4; Duchess, Black 5; shunters etc etc

Like it. Could you squeeze in some loco spurs, say around B?

Fiddle yard - Option 2 A typical cassette storage scheme; I've shown one cassette which will comfortably take 5 coaches, and one fpr a loco. Advantages; very flexible. Disadvantages; a lot of work shuffling cassettes. Length is 150 cm, giving a layout length of 372 cm. Could use option 1x to turn it round the corner, giving an L shaped layout of 277 cm by 205 cm.

Fine with that. Me, I've no problem with departure only platforms; the prototype had them. On plan B I'd use the bottom platform mainly for arrivals, and the middle two for both. Whatever, it seems that 222 cm is a reasonable estimate for this sort of layout, and the question moves to offstage options.

Exactly.

Question of space. This matches Hornby's vcurrent limited offering.

Return loop is to turn trains/locos. Holding trains is just a possibility.

Reckon adding flexibility is no bad thing; it's up to you how you use it. Me, I'd base it in the 1950s, and be influenced by what Hornby actually produces. A rake or two of mk 1 coaches is a must, but what about parcels, sleepers, excursions? The exttra platform and siding could be used for such stuff.

Wonder if Chadwick used the #6 curve by mistake ... 😁

The Hornby track I've bought so far is fine.

To clarify, the loco parking/servicing area is intended for station shunters only, mainline locos heading offstage. Norm would probably be Express arrives, loco detaches Shunter attaches, pulls coaches to offstage carriage sidings (headshunt or loop) for servicing Train loco heads offstage

Majorbrough -- Plan B Plan A is neat, but a bit constrained. Happily it can be expanded at very liittle cost. At the top I've converted the loco spur to an extra platform road; it is departure only, and at times might get used for special services such as parcels and sleepers. There's a carriage siding added at the bottom and I've suggested a loco servicing facility bottom right. Length remains 222 cm; width increases to 32 cm.

More of a headshunt.

Fiddle yard - Option 1 Extension This allows the fiddle yard to be taken around the corner to maybe give a more convenient footprint for the layout, using #3 and #4 curves. It is 55 cm by 55 cm, giving a 277 by 170 cm L shaped layout.

See Plan B... 😉

3mm Society.

2 if the electronics permit it. locos; think A1/A3/A4s lined up.

This was produced as part of an exercise to get a feel for the space required for TT-120. It is now the subject of a thread Majorbrough on the TT Scale forum.

` Fiddle yard - Option 1 I've followed CJF's suggestion in providing a simple return loop for the off-stage part of the layout, using #3 curves. I've added 4 spurs for locos and a carriage siding inside the loop. The board is 115 cm long, giving a total layout length as drawn of 337 cm; the minimal 4 coach version would be 296.5 cm. Width rises to 80 cm for the loop.

yep! Was thinking of a joint Midland / GC terminus for handling long distance traffic.

Majorbrough - Plan A Here I aimed to get close to CJF's original plan, apart from longer platforms which can comfortably handle 5 typical coaches plus loco. The station board is 107 cm long; you can shorten it by 8.3 cm by leaving out the right hand half straight in each platform road and still cater for 5 coaches. and shorten it by a further 16.6 cm if you're ok with 4 coaches. The other board is 115 cm long but could be reduced by 16.6 cm by omitting the 2 straights at the right hand end. Hornby points and #6 curves do well here. So, as drawn the boards total 222 cm, but could be reduced to 180.5 cm with 4 coach trains. Widths are 23 cm minimum.

How much space does TT scale require? I took C.J.Freezer's classic design for a cramped inner city commuter terminus, Minories, together with the new Hornby sectional track, to see how it worked out. I opted for a mainline only rather than commuter terminus, in line with Hornby's current offerings, and named it Majorbrough, situated somewhere in the north east Midlands. I've concentrated on track, rather than scenics or electrics.