However, being bored today, I had a little play around with the plan again, as I wasn't happy with the station area, and also wanted to plan the bridges a bit more (especially having made the metcalfe kit yesterday and found its longer than I thought)
So the main changes are, instead of having platforms between the passing loops, I now plan to have a platform between the mainlines, and then another on the outside of each passing loop. But doing this, the spacing on the plan now looks wrong using set track points, so I'm starting to think I may have to source some Peco streamline points instead, to move the lines closer together, though I have already ordered the set track points so I might just have to go with them.
I've also had another look at the junction for the garden section. Initially wanting both loops to go out in to the garden, there was only 1 place I could put the junctions. I tried but I couldn't make the junctions work, while keeping to larger radius track, without needing some pretty expensive custom track work. For that reason, I decided to concede defeat and just have the outer loop go into the garden, but I left its exit and entry point in the same place. Having had a look, I can keep the exit from the shed in the same place, but if I move the entry point to the same corner it means I don't have to run it all along the outside rear of the shed.
Here is the latest rendition of the plan below. As before, yellow is the 1st phase, orange being the later extension.The white bits on the left are the bridges. The bridge on the orange extension being a metcalfe brick bridge, for 'the old line', which is still used for goods. The bridge on the mainline loops being a later steel replacement, for the faster expresses, this is a laser cut wooden kit I've ordered but not yet arrived. The green section is the baseboard for the section, at a lower height than the other boards, grey is a road that goes under the bridges, them up what will have to be a fairly steep slope. This slope leads to a goods yard, and the road follows along the edge of the baseboard to the corner in the bottom right of the plan. I'm undecided what to put here, more railway related buildings, more track, or some houses or something. Possible another bridge leading over the railway to something right in the corner. And finally, the top left corner of the plan is now empty, I'm not sure what to do here, maybe a couple of sidings with coaling station and water tower.
*edit* playing some more:
