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Biy late on this one but camberley station in Surrey had a very short head shunt and once had a nasty accident when the engine came off the end down the embankment and onto park street

44 minutes ago, zarniwhoop said:

Unfortunately, most real stations are huge. But I think you will also have to consider what you intend to do "off-scene", whether that is some form of continuous run (storage loops to allow more than one train in each direction) or end to end (some sort of fiddleyard to allow more than one train, with access to remarshall trains so that locos are at front on exit / goods brake at rear).

 

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Excellent points I'll have to wait until we move in and see what space is available I have several alternatives in mind if this one proves unfeasible that will still give me ample scope for interesting operations.

3 minutes ago, Darwinian said:

You could save length by only building the section between the bridges. The loco shed was never very easy to see from the station area and coaling stage would still be “on stage”

Good idea or adapt the design to work the mpd beyond a curve artistic license and my layout my rules may be the way forward

Thank you all for your very helpful comments and calculations.  I had no idea it would be so huge.  I may have to rethink this as even with shortening and simplification this may be beyond any space I may have available.however I am not going to accept defeat yet.

Greetings one and all I hope this finds you all in fine fettle.

I am due to move to a new home and would like to build a model railway.  I still have all the stock and track from when I was a child many moons ago and would like to recreate Guildfirs station as closely as possible.  In my online wanderings I found an excellent plan please see the attached image.  Can anyone give me any idea how large this would have to be.  I am prepared to compromise in terms of size by shortening the platforms to accommodate 8 coaches plus engine for example and the bay platform 1 to 4 coaches plus engine.

Looking forward to your advice and comments