Coombe Barton

I think this is great use of the space available. Two things: Cattle dock - when it's in use it blocks the loop. Maybe at the end of the headshunt or in the yard? And could you put the two fiddle sidings on a slight incline with the low end to the left. This way if anything untoward happens there gravity will be on your side to get it out. Other people please connent on this as I haven't done it before like this and don't know whetehr it would work. It certainly wont work if you have locoless stock there as it'll just run out, but I sense that you're going to do your fiddling via cassette. Just my two penn'orth.

Lime Kilns stuff: http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/uploads/Limekilns_leaflet%20_no_5.pdf - descriptive leaflet http://www.brocross.com/industrial%20history/database/limekiln%20data.htm - Limekilns Database http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/projects_by_region/south_west/devon/cornworthy_local_history_and_lime_kilns_project/index.html - some restoration (on the Dart) http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-95887-limekilns-at-st-064-174-burlescombe - listed building http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/devon/burlescombe - lists of listed limekilns

David A diagram of the South Devon proposals, credited to R.E.Taylor, is in Kingdom, A.R. (1977) The Ashburton Branch (and The Totnes Quay Line). Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 70. It includes Yeampton to Dartmouth via Modbury, Kingsbride, Torcross (and presumably Blackpool), Totnes to Dartmouth down the west of the Dart, Yeampton to Newton Ferrers, Kingsbridge branch extension to Salcome, South Brent to Buckfastleigh, Ashburton to Exeter and various diversions of the GW main line. But it seems you may already have this from your existing information.

And just another thought - Kelly's Directory could inform you about industry Modbury 1935 - http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Modbury/ModburyKelly1935.html Devon 1902 - http://www.archive.org/stream/kellysdirectoryo00londuoft#page/168/mode/2up - page 169 is Dartmouth And in 1935 the area known as Hardness became known as Sandquay - right in your patch. http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/view_doc.html?Id=140&Hrow=0 And of course there's always the possibility of lime kilns

You could have a look at Google Streetview for Totnes Plains for ideas - the quayside area of Totnes just up the Dart. The converted warehouses and premises up there are right for both building design and constructional material. Engineering, and not only marine, was a feature of Dartmouth, Thomas Newcomen hails from there - http://www.dartmouth.org.uk/Details/The-Newcomen-Engine.html (Part of my childhood when my parents saw my interest in engineering and encouraged me) - and there were a load of works in the area. I'm trying to remember where I saw an old Dartmouth directory giving the names and functions of the companies - I knew I used such a publications when I worked for Lucas - but that was more than 30 years ago. I was fortunate enough to be assigned that as part of 'my' area. And engineering for marine purposes doesn't always have to be on the shore - we were doing stuff in Coventry that was used at sea. Other similar areas to yours are of course Penryn/Falmouth and Hayle (Harveys of Hayle, for instance - great buildings) - and of course if you have a high viaduct then the Calstock wagon lift (http://www.lswr.org/core.asp?Page=75&Id=1616300 and go down for a small pic) may be an excuse for serving other industries. I've put some building resources on my blog - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/blog/258-layout-coombe-barton/ - and there's quite a bit of stuff in the Industrial Settlements initiative. I will be very interested how your model develops.

Unless you're drastically going to change the geology of Devon there's no chance of China Clay around Dartmouth, the nearest actual dry being 20+ miles away at Marsh Mills. It's cattle country. so a creamery would be applicable, as would engineering type industry.

Like this. In Tavistock my diagrams say that your double slip was a single slip - alllowing access from centre road to platform road. There was no facing connection to the goods yard from the platform line. These diagrams are from Clark, R.H. (1979). An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stataion, Layouts and Illustrations, Vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. pp180-181, and also includes a signal box diagram. Plenty of ground signals! And you are probably aware of Turner, C, (1996) Post War Tavistock In: Great Western Railway Journal No 17 Winter 1996. Didcot, Wild Swan. pp 2-14. Also front and back cover illustrations

Just shown this to SWMBO - she very much likes, as do I.

Stating the obvious, that's going to be twice the weight (if you fold it) of separate boards. You may have difficulty moving tha weight around without damage to the layout, the surroundings or yourself.

CJF got it into 13ft or so. Still not small.

Plans of: Ashburton - Karau, P. (1978). Great Western Branch Line Terminii Volume Two. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 30-53 Buckfastleigh - Clark, R.H. (1979). An Historical Survey of Great Western Stations, Layouts and Illustrations, Volume Two. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 36-37 Staverton - Clark, R.H. (1981). An Historical Survey of Great Western Stations, Layouts and Illustrations, Volume Three. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 188-189 Totnes - Clark, R.H. (1981). An Historical Survey of Great Western Stations, Layouts and Illustrations, Volume Three. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 200-204 C.J.Freezer idea for a complete branch Kingdom, A.R. (1977). The Ashburton Branch (and the Totnes Quay Line). Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. pp.144-145 which was sourced from: Railway Modeller, Plan of the Month for February 1968 Buckfastleigh to scale in 4mm (bridge to bridge) would be about 25ft x 5ft.