... . I'd suggest start by working out what you want for your maximum length of train, which would tell you how much space you need for storage sidings (cassettes or a traverser might be worth thinking about to save space) and should also tell how long your platforms need to be. Add a bit for the turntable and add all that up and it should tell you how much space you have left for the station throat. Nigel posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:16 from: Nigel Brown Came across this plan: 528_111958_290000000.jpg If it's accurate then it's about 1520' long, or 20' in 4mm. So it would need a bit of reduction. If you operated it from the beach side then the carriage sidings might make access to the storage roads a bit awkward, but maybe OK. Looks like you could get width down to 3'6" or even less, with a bit of fiddling. The longest platform seems to be about 8' long so there's probably scope for reduction there. By the way, this plan is said to ...