greglikestrains

Hi i'm in the planning stages of my layout and this is the track plan I have developed You can read my main thread for an introduction: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136612-single-track-terminus-based-within-the-chilterns/&do=findComment&comment=3266423 The biggest problem I have is my fiddle yard and how to break it off. As you can see I want to hide the dashed track but keep the siding in front. The goal is to not make it a secret that the train has disappeared, I want to make it appear as if it is just underground at that point en route. They layout is set in the suburbs so there is a lot to play with when it comes to options. The siding is exposed so my whole baseboard isn't wasted or just half of it is houses, I want the track to stretch across to add another element for wagons to sit in. My first plan is to put a residential street or gardens above the fiddle yard with a retaining wall leading down to the siding, a road bridge would be the opening for the trains to pass: My only problem with this plan is how do I make the transition from bridge to retaining wall? Many thanks, Greg

I'm planning a small shelf layout and could do with your help please. I'm working with around 7'*7" and I want to run my 3 car Class 168 on this layout and shorter trains. I got inspired by Aylesbury Vale Parkway and the Aylesbury to Princes Risborough branch along with Avallon station in France. I'm going to try and keep the scenery dynamic and keep the layout small so it can all be well modelled. The plan is to have it on an embankment enabling roads and canals to pass underneath. The scenic break is going to be half way so the Class 168 can shuttle in and out but a siding will be on the other side on display for freight to sit. Here are some track plans in which the station is on the left with the siding on the right but this is where I could do with some help. Currently favouring the bottom one however the top ones have a freight bypass but this may takeaway from my single track appearance. Will the track plan be realistic and what changes would you make? How would I create a scenic break? - Currently thinking of an A-road girder bridge. How will I hide the fiddle yard? - a factory or some sort of building but I don't want trains to vanish when they should be going through the bridge and returning the other side The aesthetic i'm looking for is nicely summed up in this photo: http://www.hondawanderer.com/165036_165027_165015_Little_Kimble_2017.htm - not my photo Thanks

Great looking layout, thanks for sharing the dimensions of the DMU's I have been constructing a similar layout my self and chosen to model a contemporary setting. I am planning to purchase a class 153 but have not enough room for a 2 car DMU, maybe a class 150. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/119009-41-00-commuting-shunting-layout/&do=findComment&comment=2615773 Greg