derangedlemming

Thanks for all the ideas, gives me lots to think about! I'm basing the layout in the late 50's/early 60's, to be honest I hadn't even considered a region. The run-around loop is designed for two Mk1's so you're right that moving the points around wouldn't make much difference, a three way point could be interesting (are they much more complicated to wire up than a standard point?). My thinking is the bay platform would be used for multiple units. I like the idea of rotating the station a bit, I wasn't overly happy with how everything was parallel (hence the weird curved siding!), hopefully I will have a bit of time tonight to play around with the layout. Using cassettes is a good idea, I guess I would still need an extra baseboard to support the cassettes and then have a scenic section at the front. I'm thinking maybe I can move the entrance to the cassette towards the edge of the board so its not wasting space.

Thanks, they're all good ideas, when I get home I'm going to have a play around at rearranging things. Extending the loop would reduce the length of the kickback siding, I'm thinking maybe I remove it or have it go to an engine shed that could help block the view of the line out to the fiddleyard.

Hi all, After getting back into model railways during lockdown I've been trying to come up with a plan for a small layout. I don't have a ton of space so want something compact that can be packed away when not in use. My plan is to build it over two baseboards that can be stored out of the way at the bottom of a cupboard. The baseboards can be a bit deeper then in the plan so I am thinking of extending it and adding a raised street running along the back of the bay platform. I thinking of a having a traverser for the fiddleyard, although I've been playing around with the idea of splitting the fiddleyard board so that the front half is a scenic area with the fiddle hidden at the back. The main thing putting me off this this approach is that I would only be able to fit about two sidings in the fiddleyard. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated!