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Thanks that is an interesting plan, not sure about water but definitely a thought. Just got some track, points and a class 105 in the post. Changes your view on what you want. Think I could just watch trains go round and round now.

What a great layout 'Crewlisle' is, but it is just to busy for what i want, and the 3 level design is definitely beyond my carpentry skills. I am pretty sure which way i will go, but got some moving around etc to do.

Thanks David I have redone the plan as follows:- Think this matches your plan, let me know if I have missed something. So seems I have two plans to choose from.

So here is latest plan, which i really like. Thinking of a second station at top of plan possibly, can anyone think of something else that would work?

Have been trying to not be too area specific as at end of day want to run what I want but might help being more specific. 1. Era let's say diesel onwards. 2. Ready to run 3. Railway company something Scottish 4. Like to build stations and scenery so rural village or town. 5. I don't have any stock at moment, plan is to build up slowly. I have n gauge stock but wanted to see if oo could work. Hope that helps a little. Board access, as per plans i can access bottom and left hand side from the outside and rest from the well in the middle.

They are already built and in place. The only reason I had put the FY at the back is it would give me more space for scenic on the front board. Was thinking I could have run another line up to the FY on the left hand side , maybe a little station before the FY. Can I ask your view on following plan, can you see anywhere for a storage track at all?

Well this is the first plan adjusted to fit my baseboards.

Only roughly done, but is this essence of the plan?

ok, will try and draw it in anyrail, will post on here if your around later to confirm it looks ok.

Looks like 2005, are you able to pm me a pic of the plan?

But doesn't plan SP29 have a line which runs under the station? Or are you thinking of a station over the line?

Thanks for the reply. With the first plan I have access to both sides of layout so I wouldn't need tentacles to reach it. The two Freezer plans you mention are beyond my current skill set, looking for a flatish plan. Plan SP28 in the 60 plans book interested me without the turntable, do you think it has the basic operations of plan SP29. Ffarquhar is very nice, and is similar to the feeling I want for my layout.

What scratches my itch is watching trains run thru scenery, be it green fields or a town area. Mainly passenger but a little freight traffic thrown in. All 3 plans i have posted i could make do this.Ok, the terminus not so much but both continuous plans i could work with. The reason i posted them was to firstly ensure that the plan runs properly and if so if it could be improved upon. So the first plan, Poppy, could i somehow add a passing loop or two and if so where? The last plan i posted was more of a general view to see if plan could be improved somehow. As previously mentioned i will run trains i like but appreciate they with have to be small trains due to size.

Here is another plan i like, 8 by 6ft 6 so can extend it. Anything wrong with plan, it is a CJ Freezer one.

Yes, it is the track plan for Poppy Hollow.

And here is plan for terminus, i like it but not sure on the sidings, Sure they could be improved somehow.

Here is original plan. It is 8x7 in the book. What the other plan was trying to do was add a couple of storage loops, and amend the sidings but not sure if they need amending. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks for the replies. Now this is where I get very confused. Both layout plans from the book I mention have been built in the past and run successfully but maybe the changes made to them is the problem. Will do both the continuous and terminus to fiddle yard in anyrail as a starting point and work from there. Sadly the CJ Freezer plans in the 60 plans for small locations just don't excite me, and have been told in the past that they are not always accurate as well. What am I after? Well mainly the layout is set in a rural or small village/town location. Single or double line I don't mind, although would expect a single line for the location. Will be running what I like, mainly diesels, dmu's and emu's and they wont be big, 3 coaches at maximum. A little freight would be nice too.

I'm not too great with Anyrail or Scarm, so this is best I can do. I hope the red tags are just my poor use of the software. Have access all round the 4 ft area so that should be ok. The area on the left and in the middle are stations, with sidings for engine shed/good shed etc. Not got an era, will just run what I like more like a heritage line but with current trains too. Hope to have a mix of small passenger and freight trains. The plan actually comes from the Peco Compendium of track plans for layouts to suit all locations. It is plan 17, Poppy Hollow, but we have tried to add in a fiddle yard area, hence the two lines on the right. There is also another plan I like in the same book, Plan 30 which is an end to end plan but not sure about station area. If anyone knows the book, any ideas what could be changed in the station area? This is what It looks like now.

Hi folks Had someone draw me a plan but had to reduce size a little, wondering if the attached would work. The two lines on the right would act as a fiddle yard area. Any advice much appreciated.

Hi Had a search through the topic but cant find an answer for my question. Is the silhouette able to cut small sizes for N gauge items like windows/doors, or is it more suited to OO. And what model is the one to go for, as seeing a few banded around. Cheers Dave

T gauge does have a few problems, as with anything new it takes time to get more people interested in it. The HST is great, and with the new controller, the PWM, which gives realistic speeds is a big step forward. I know track wise that points are not great, but a new version is in the pipeline. As for further releases, i think ready to run models might be scarce, but there are people who design and print locos in 3d which are good, only problem being you have to paint them yourself. Another slight issue is that there is not a 6 wheel bogie although again this will hopefully appear at some point. For coaches, electra graphics have done prints for them and also for a 150 and 205 dmu. Again for freight, those with skills far better than mine have created various models, again just add paint. Personally i hope t gauge just keeps growing, i'm not a rivet counter and as long as the loco looks good that's good enogh for me. In process of making a layout and in a 6ft by 3ft baseboard i have two lines which measure 6.3 metres, or 1.8 miles if scaled up. Dave