Well' a lot has happened since my last post. As mentioned on my CRAMMIT INN YARD layout topic
7mm - CRAMMIT INN YARD I had abandoned work on this layout due to frustration with fitting the PECO trackwork into the available space and scrapped the lot. Now then, I have since been inspired and fired up again by various small layouts on here (e.g. Polsarrett) and have decided to reactivate the BLACKBRIDGE TOWN RIVERSIDE layout idea but starting afresh, at the same time moving it into a spare bedroom rather than housing it in the freezing at times garage (or storeroom if you like - you would never get a car in there).
A couple of years ago I purchased two Tim Horn scenic baseboards which I put into storage (the loft). I have dusted those down and laid them out with my proposed trackwork which is a bit different to that previously shown at the beginning of this topic.
The two baseboards are 1220mm long by 457mm wide so a total length of 2440mm.
Here is the layout plan.
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At the RH end is a two level goods yard with a warehouse (shown in GREY) on the upper level (shown in GREEN) being reached by a wagon hoist and wagon traverser which will be mounted on a separate sub-baseboard 735mm long so that the electrical hoist and traverser workings can be accessed easily on a workbench.
The blocked trackwork at the rear of the layout is the fiddle yard reached by a Sector Plate (shown as a BLUE line) at the right-hand end, all hidden by a retaining wall (shown as an ORANGE line).
Other scenic items can be easily identified on the layout diagram.
Here is a photograph of the layout with the trackwork laid out and some rolling stock positioned to ensure everything fits. The DMU is sitting on one of the fiddle yard sidings. The left hand wagon is on what will be the parcels platform. The goods train is sat on the sector plate and the right-hand wagon is sat where the wagon hoist will be.
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More to follow.