Ed Winterbury

As well as, I dare say, RJS and Harlequin

So, I look to Pete, Chimer, Siberian and Johnster for guidance.

What I meant was that 3-coach trains are probably too short. Bradfield may work.

Bradfield could work, can someone give me a plan?

Erm... R1s don't really work unless it's for show. I.e. not operational.

Actually, 2 coaches and a loco.

Even with this plan, I can't fit in a train longer than 3 coaches including the loco.

Hi RJS, whilst I wait for your 'professionally drawn' diagram, I did my own on TRAX. Can I please have some help to improve it?

If I understand correctly, a Denny fiddle yard is a cassette?

Any luck RJS? Meanwhile, I would like to ask if Johnster, Chimer, Pete, Siberian, Harlequin or RJS have any other suggestions?

Then how do I access the back? Thanks for the help anyway!

Can I please have some help with shortening the layout? The top one (Clarence Road) The fiddle yard is full of issues, it's a bit of a joke.

If the fiddle yard is 10ft, that gives us 5ft to play with... Or 2ft to play with, based on your perspective.

These are the results of messing around with TRAX

And imagine the bottom two roads to be roughly the same length as the rest. Also, the fiddle yard (on the right) is actually much shorter than the platform. At least it's only 2ft wide...

Here's my planned track plan, made on TRAX My only issue is that it's 15 or 16 ft long What do I do? I've already tried to reduce the space needed by making two fiddle yard roads go through the Engine Shed I plan...

I will post a track plan on.

Now the primary design phase is over, I'd like to gauge the general consensus as to whether this article should be moved back to Layout and Workbench, or it should stay here. I'd like to take this opportunity to pat you all on the back and summarise the progress we've made in the past month or so. We've pinpointed a period (WW2 to 1970s), found a location (Clarence Road) and found a track plan as well as discussing bracing. Thanks and keep it up!

Ok, thanks

Oh, yes someone already did it.

Maybe in two or three weeks, I'll get round to bracing then. Can someone remove the roads, tramways and buildings of an OS map, please? This will help me to get a track plan out with some added things.

Thanks! I think I'll use the Clarence Road plan though, maybe with a maintenance/testing facility for HSTs, Mk3s and Class 43s?

Long live the bill...

Definitely Pete's option 2, but without the sale of items. Rule 1 will be invoked quite a lot, but nothing will look too drastically out of place. So for me, I will take Johnster's help and summarise it as follows: The train will come in and go to the platform, awaiting the fans. This might also include some box vans, plank wagons and luggage vans. I.e. anything where someone can clamber on. A class 47 will then couple up and haul the train away. The loco that pulled the coaches in (likely to be a small tank) will run light engine out, then come back later with more trains. Does anyone know the teams that were in the same league or level as Cardiff? This can help pinpoint which region would be running. Also, would a Hunt come in for a train from the East Coast? Thanks!

What I mean by that is a train which stops first at General/Central before two coaches are taken further on to Clarence Road?