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You will put in buffer-stops, won't you, lest the driver get distracted by the 'invigorating' advert ahead...?

Please accept my apologies for taking so long to reply.  Clearly, I have something wrong with my 'settings' and 'Notifications', as I was not informed of your kind comment.  It was the Newhaven traffic (and seeing writings of Eastbourne's Crumbles shingle extraction many years ago) of which I was thinking, when building the aggregates yard.  I did not know the modern Newhaven depots held quarried stone as well.  I admit I avoided their designs as being 'too new', rather than the declining 1970's aesthetic I am after.  However, I should use them as the basis for the minerals' colours if nothing else: my multi-cloured 'shingle' is a little too red, compared to my childhood memories of Sussex beaches sprinkled with orange pebbles.  Something to re-do later.  Many thanks again for all your contributions.

I was concerned not everyone would know the location if I wrote just "Broad Street" - the years are passing so fast, would the youngsters here know of it?  My father used to take me on an annual tour of the London termini when I was at an impressionable age, and this station's atmosphere of melancholy neglect has been something I have wanted to convey in a model ever since, quite apart from the architectural style (although I have no space to construct a full building).  I am pleased to say there are several photographs on the internet of the station in its last days, better able than mine to portray the gloom.  We used the east side staircase to get to the concourse, not discovering the central exit until seeing other photographs many years later, although I do remember the lifts locked out of use.  I did not know of a foot-bridge from Liverpool Street.  Like my demolished N.H.S. mental hospitals around the U.K., I wonder where the development windfall of funds went from this site...

Thanks for your kind remarks.  I had a loft layout when a child, so this was my first thought, especially as we had the roof re-done last year.  However, owing to the truss design, it would mean climbing over a 3' high bracing timber in the middle, the hatch is only about 2'-square, and there would have to be major spending on installing power.  I thought a smaller layout, more accessible, would be more likely to be finished, although I would dearly love to have a big 'continuous run'.

The double-slip I considered, but was not sure they were that common in little shunting yards.  I wonder now if they are better for short-wheelbase locos than 3-way Insulfrogs.  More to post when I can get another few yards of track and finish the sidings.  Thank you for giving this your attention.  Best wishes.