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Thanks for the replies - I've managed to adjust the space available to just over 6 metres, so hopefully less compression.

I won't be including the Abbey - thankfully the Station is far enough away from the Abbey and Tintern itself that it won't have to feature.

Thanks for all the replies - and suggestions. Most helpful.

My working area is 3.8m x 2.6m.

The plan is to have Tintern Station on one long side, compressed a bit to use the Brockweir bridge and the Tintern Tunnel as 'scenic breaks'.

Then on the two shorter lengths I plan to build Tintern Quarry on one board and the Wireworks on the other.

As far as traffic is concerned my thoughts are that - taking liberty with time periods, I have two industrial sites to generate traffic plus the draw of the tourism to generate many train movements in the 'Summer' which is when the layout will be set. If I wanted to really stretch fact to fiction I could introduce LMS trains as they operated in the adjacent valley (Blaenavon) and could possibly have secured running rights to Tintern for northbound traffic.

Once I've worked out the track plan I'll post it here.

Thanks Gordon - I actually live in Tintern - which is why Ive made the choice, but contemporary photos and plans are not very easy to find for the bits that are not there today.

I walked there this morning to measure the platform

Thanks for that - really helpful. Happy New Year

Hi, I've decided to model Tintern in Monmouthshire in 00 gauge. I live in Tintern, and as the station has been preserved it is the obvious choice.

However, there is quite of original detail (including track work) now missing, so if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent contemporary photos of the track and station in GWR days - I would be most grateful.