Mark Wilts

The short ones are wonderful, just not necessarily good for mainline trains. The above mentioned on was designed for running 8-coach HSTs, 14-coach GNER Eurostars and also 10-coach excursions.

I would say it's achievable, maybe some find it offensive, didn't realise that. Nonetheless, this is a good but expensive piece of kit. A prototype was made by a friend, a professor at Cambridge, for about £800. This was a motorised train lift system, very similar to the Nelevator, for 15 00 trains on each side. The storage levels constantly rotate, like a Ferris wheel, with a double length (18') version designed to also have independent storage. The system was successful and is now in the hands of Network Rail, used as storage for their basic training layouts in 00.

I feel that Sonning Cutting is great! A friend of mine said that there used to be an unofficial timber platform erected, and the regular drivers, even on the expresses, were 'looped' down to the station to pick up passengers. Same story with goods. When this was discovered by an unsuspecting Charles Collett, travelling on the train from London to Swindon, the GWR tried to keep it quiet. The station was then run unofficially into BR times. A friend's parents recall the station. Basic diagram enclosed.

8' and 10' variants ARE possible, just too lazy to make them.

Not so good... especially at one and a half grand a pop...

I'm normally in 2&3, but often with a semi-realistic service, like 4. For example, I might look at Ribblehead Station, and then move further down the valley Ribblehead is into Chapel-Le-Dale and run it as a terminus that would have realistic or semi-realistic trains (Mixed LMS would be fine, but not 'A 4-6-0 would have to have a banker, and would not have come down on a 3-coach loco' sort of thing.

For me, 6' long is just about the maximum- and the maximum width would be 2'. a

Yes, thanks.

A full trackplan anyone?

Have a look at 'Another One Gone' broadly the same stuff.

I'm fascinated by Pitlochry too, any help, please?

How does High-Speed Rail Sound?