Chilly

Hi David I prefer your layout to mine and will adjust on Scarm , will I need more than 2 controllers to operate it. If so would you suggest Gaugemaster single or go for a 3-4 track controller? ITG and Zomboid thanks for your input. Thanks Chilly

Well after my previous attempt here is the revised one. Again this will be DC but I have no idea of the wiring for this now for traversing tracks etc and isolating and avoiding shorts. please ignore baseboard lines Thanks in advance Chilly

Hi ITG Yes I see what you mean re collision potential, I was trying to get away from straight up and down as far as possible. Your comments on the board size are gratefully accepted. The scarm program is addictive so I will have another play. I was not sure how to work with points connecting parallel tracks and the electric aspects of doing that etc so thought crossovers was a neat solution, perhaps not! Thanks Chilly

Sorry that other point on the inside at the bottom should not be blue!

Ah this is better as you can now see it !!

Hi I have used Scarm to map out a proposed layout - OMG Scarm is addictive I will be using Peco 75 flexi for track, crossovers and points. The track will be DC only and the trains will be steam only, no set period just what I have seen on NYMR, The layout is not based on anything apart from my limited imagination. The sidings are there to park the loco's, 10 in all and some carriages and rolling stock. The curves at the end are based on Rad 4 outer and Rad 3 inner albeit I have used the Hornby radius when planning this and substituted with flex, I needed to get the correct bend. Using Hornby radius appears to squeeze me into the 12ft by 4ft board. I will be using a Gaugemaster D twin controller for the layout and obviously just running 2 trains at a time, the base board will be 4mm hardwood plywood supported by an underframe. The points likely to be electrofrog will be manually changed initially until I get electrified. Layout possible.pdf Questions Will it work ! If I park a train in a siding and swap the point to another train in another siding (both on the same circuit) will that train move. Assuming all points set for one train only, will all other trains be effectively isolated on that circuit? Can you see any potential pitfalls arising, short circuits etc or indeed advice on improving this. Thanks in advance Chilly