Ben C

Ah, fair point. Should have tried that 1st. As it is I now have a paid up copy of Anyrail. Started working on something last night, will see if I can make it presentable this evening.

Thanks for the replies, some very nice examples and good things to think about. I think I'm going to have to splash out tonight and buy the full version of Anyrail, 50 parts on the free version just isn't cutting it. Will have a playbaround tonight and see if I can come up with something. Thanks again.

This was the sort of thing I was thinking about when I only had an 8x6 area to play with. Blue bits for platforms with the branchline running round the outside and up and over the storage sidings. With 8x8 the idea would be similar but stretching it all out a bit. The blue splodge in the top right would be the main station area. (trying to use paint with a laptop mouse pad isn't going well), the red line at the bottom is where the door is situated (opening outwards) so will need a hinged section here. Ideally the points would want to be moved from that section. Anyone any ideas on how I could maximise the hidden storage roads and also round it all off a bit? It seems very much a square with rounded corners at the minute.

Thanks for the PM. Seems to be a lot of track on it but certainly interesting. I've got a copy of CJF/ Peco '60 plans for small locations so will spend some time flicking through that later today when I've got some free time. Main thing for the moment is I'd like to finish off the boards and get a couple of loops down in the next month. Baby no. 2 is due mid October and chances of getting out to the garage for a good building session will be next to zero. If I've got first loops down then the odd hour for a play or laying a bit more track is more realistic. Big decision for now is whether to make the 4x2 section across the back thats going to join the 2 existing boards flat, or make a dropped section to give the option of a bridge/ viaduct.

Following on from a thread that I started quite some time ago, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/117956-oo-gauge-8x6/ My plans for an 8x6 got put on hold with an impending house move. Having moved house last summer, and spent most of my time since working on the new house, I now have a new 18x9' concrete sectional garage. The front half is needed for storage but the back half has had a studwork frame built with 50mm Kingspan all the way round including floor, then lined with with 9mm OSB board. this gives me an internal size of approx. 8' x 8'4". I have a 2 foot wide board running down each side at the moment (rescued from the old house) so just need to fill in the sections across the front and back, with a lifting section across the door. As mentioned on my previous thread, ideally I'd like a twin track main line with a station capable of holding 4 or perhaps even 5 coach trains. The idea was originally to then have a 3rd platform for a branch that would lead round the outside of the boards to a branch terminus over the storage sidings on the mainline. On the original 8x6' area the gradients would have been too much but in 8x8' I feel it might just be possible. If the gradients still prove too much there is the option of bringing the branch station in front of the main storage sidings, so the branch would only have to rise to approx. 80mm to cross the main lines. Yet another plan would be to have the branch on the inside of the loop so no crossing of the main line would be needed. I would be happy enough if the branch could cope with 2 or 3 coach trains and 5 or 6 wagons on a goods train. ​If anyone has any good ideas or can point me to something similar it would be much appreciated. I'll try to update my last Anyrail effort tomorrow if I can. Cheers, Ben