Hi guys, first post and total newbie to railway modelling.
I'm sure everyone remembers their first kit, mine was a Horby Virgin Trains HST and I could watch that go round for hours! Now I'm a little older my tastes have developed and I would love nothing more than a semi believable BLT set in GWR late 30s? I come from Swindon and visit the Steam museum regularly so the GWR theme is non-negotiable.
I have toyed around both in SCARM and with the track I have and am pretty happy with this layout, it'll allow me to run push/pull in the top station line and slightly longer steam in the bottom with a neat loop that leads to goods/engine yard. I have a peco LK 55 and would love to use it in the layout, especially for turning larger engines such as a castle class. (I know it's less likely to show up at a branch line terminus but it is my favourite engine)
The red track section is just an idea to allow trains that have been turned to immediately join the branch line and commence other duties further up line, but I'm not totally sold on this idea.
The hope is to create a busy suburban seaside branch with enough goods shunting to keep me busy! Any input is greatly appreciated but I am limited to the baseboard size as this will be in my bedroom.
Yellow is station, red is goods shed, black is coaling station and water tower, green will be a roadbridge to hide a minor fiddle yard.
Thanks for looking!
Dan.