Layout plan 6,583,271....

Following on from my last post, I've been playing around over the past week or so with various track plans to fit onto the two existing baseboards I've already built (7'6" x 18"). I seem to lack the ability to come up with somethng truly original, especially when working with such tight constraints, so have been looking at other small layout plans for some inspiration. However, I won't disclose the origins of the plan above - answers on a postcard....!

I agree with Iain Rice and Barry Norman, both of whom frown on the idea of producing a track plan in isolation from the bigger picture, so forgive me for only showing you the track plan, screengrabbed straight from Templot. The concept involves a fiddle yard at the left hand end, with a single platform terminus occupying most of the length of the second (slightly longer) baseboard. I realise trying to cram a terminus into such a tiny space may be stretching the bounds of incredulity somewhat, but I'm using a little artistic license, ok?! There are then 3 sidings for various goods facilities, which could include a small coal yard, maybe a warehouse or private industrial facility...

I envisage a small, sleepy village with the railway nearing the end of it's working life. Maybe the line could have once continued beyond the station but since been closed. It's always useful to have a cover story for an incongrous situation!

Maybe I'm being a bit over-optimistic as to how much I can realistically fit into the space without it looking silly, so the next step I think is to print out a full scale track plan to lay out on the floor and ponder over...