Flying Pig

There are still routes with absolute block sections controlled by semaphore mixed with track circuit block and colour lights. So if the colour light is placed where I suggested - as a section signal reading into an area of colour light signalling - I think it should be fine. Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong!

Since it's a more modern-looking signal, I'd be inclined to swap it for one of the semaphores on the main lines, probably the one shown on the outer track ahead of the passenger train. Then use the freed up semaphore on the inner track to protect the siding points, probably just in front of the loco. I'm guessing there's a semaphore on the inner track, behind the camera? Exit from the sidings would be controlled by a ground disc, which are very small in N and could be left out, though I see West Hill Wagon Works do a pack.

By that logic a Class 27/2 is halfway between a Class 24 and a Class 31, and two of them make a Deltic.

Along with a starting signal, so presumably that was at least intended to be the case. Lever 8 on the signal diagram seems to be quite busy. In model terms, not having to shunt the carriages to the westbound platform reduces play value a bit, but it avoids a movement that would intrude on the fiddle yard. Just as a mad thought - does anyone feel like replanning this with the whole station spun 180 degrees and the sidings at the front?

Actually, it appears to be a goods loop as posted in the OP, but the 25" OS sheet from 1915 shows no facing connection, just a very long headshunt/siding (with some sort of industry at the western end). Note that it is connected to the eastbound running line within the double track section, thus avoiding a facing point. Was it later converted to a loop? Even if so I would be inclined to leave out the left hand crossover and extend it offscene so it doesn't look so cramped. There is already a loading bank behind the eastbound platform (visible on the photo and included in the plan), so I would be strongly against the addition of a bay. Trains can terminate and run round here if you want (maybe some peak trains ran beyond Guildford to Cranleigh?). If they returned as service trains they would probably need to cross to the other platform before departing, but that just adds to the fun. I would be very tempted to indulge in my favourite planning trick and concentrate on the west end of the station, ending the scene at or even before the platform ends at the other end of the station (obviously the points would need to be included but not necessarily on scene. This would allow more space for the goods yard, which really looks rather constrained as is, even though at the cost of some scenic modelling.

Brings back memories of Wallsea (January 1977 Railway Modeller).

The scenery's a bit meh, but the track and trains are fantastic. A pity to eat them, but presumably needs must. I fortunately don't have pictures of the nice blue grey Triang RMB I repainted into LMS livery using almost but not quite entirely the wrong shade of Humbrol gloss.

A Triang EM2 bogie would be even closer :)

An actual rtr one in the 1980s would probably have had the grills in the right place (Lima were quite good at grills) but whether the overall shape would have been as convincing is another matter (I know yours isn't quite right either). There were some very approximate rtr diesels in those days, and long after. I do think your model needs its nostrils though.

Very much this and it goes for deciding how long your trains should be as well.

Do you really need to have the goods and passenger share the station? Surely there's time to run the goods between passenger services on a tiny wee branch like this?

Hasn't this one been done twice in recent years?

If you search the forum for mixed highland oil, you'll find some references to these trains, which were a feature of the West Highland Line. They apparently conveyed diesel which is presumably why there are two colours of tank wagon in that photo. A further search will uncover info on Class A and Class B tanks, liveries and the carriage of diesel.

A still from the unboxing video.

Well, Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (operating as...) would clearly have the reader continue to believe that they are technically entitled, even if Natural Justice would conclude that they didn't deserve.

Looks like there's a business opportunity here. Slightly miffed that your model railway been copied without your permission? ItsMyTrainsetClaims will get you the compensation you don't deserve but feel entitled to...

Or Victoria to Seagoon (a thinly disguised Bexhill-on-Sea).

As most layouts don't go to exhibitions, don't get published in the press and don't even have social media accounts, what the owner calls them is the owner's business. And if they want to copy another layout, then fine - designing a layout isn't everyone's favourite part of the hobby.

Parkside underframes were never their strong point and some of them really aren't very good. Rtr now comfortably outclasses them, which is a complete reversal of the situation when I was a lad building Ratio and Slaters wagons. I think this is a pity, as plastic wagons are a simple route into model building and easy to detail and modify.

Once or twice 😁

Not a Swiss railways expert but have watched a lot of cab videos. When there is a group signal doesn't it show a diferent aspect for each road? There is a sign by each line with the number of the aspect that applies to it.

I'm a bit less keen on this one. The problem is you don't really have space for double junctions, so the hidden sidings are isolated from the inner circuit. This means that trains departing the terminus on the correct line can't ever reach them which rather negates the advantage of having double track. Perhaps single the loop somewhere on the right and hide that part of it? Not sure about the station. The through platforms will hold longer trains, but on the other hand, the bays look very short and there's no runround for any of the platforms.

Not Pochards (diving ducks) but Wigeons, which spend a lot of time ashore eating grass, but will relocate to the water if disturbed. They have a characteristic "wheeoo" call which is very evocative of a grazing marsh in winter. I had my usual New Year trip to the Lower Derwent Valley in January after visiting family, but the water was so high everywhere that the birds had moved well downstream below Bubwith bridge and were mostly out of sight. A pity as the view from the hides at North Duffield is often quite spectacular.

Honestly, I'd leave the bridge out as it really dominates the scene and looks excessive for access to such a small patch of land. The near end is clearly intended to sit against and embankment and looks quite wrong in its current location. There doesn't seem to be room between the ramp and the adjacent fence to operate a vehicle anyway. If you want to leave the land around the railway as modelled, access via adjacent fields is fine - just make sure there are gates in any fence or hedge to allow it. You could model a farm track, or if the fields are also pasture the animals could just be herded across them. Ground around gateways would be as described by @34theletterbetweenB&D.

This plan doesn't seem to have gone down well with the team here. However, if I am interpreting @penguin_sam correctly, it seems to be cunningly designed for maximum flexibilty of running. A train can leave the terminus and run directly to the hidden sidings, or return to the station via the right hand return loop. On returning to the station it can terminate or use the left hand return loop to reach the hidden sidings or follow the return loop all the way to the station throat and effectively start its journey again. There is also scope for continuous running either in a figure of eight or round the circuit formed by the hidden sidings. I don't agree that it is completely unrailwaylike, though it would look better if the right hand loop could be double track in both directions. But as there really isn't space for that, single line running will have to be accepted. If using it in its current form, I would tweak it in a few places. I would rearrange the central junction as indicated below with a single slip above the yellow spot and the double slip changed for a single. I'd probably also dump the short siding indicated by the red spot and extend the platform onto a rearranged curve for the left hand loop (echoes of Hotel Curve). The main platforms would benefit from a removable extension (assuming they don't butt up against a wall) as they are quite tight for length. And there's obviously scope for goods inside the left hand loop.