... gives a nice complex piece of track to gawk at. The siding above the platform would likely be used for motive power storage, and possibly for refuelling so I think I can live with it being shortened to this degree. Thanks! Nick posted: 7 Aug 2007 07:33 from: Martin Wynne Hi Nick, Here's another variation. This preserves the original lengths of the run-round and the head spur. At the expense of the DMU needing to cross the loop, possibly conflicting with shunting in progress: fremington3.png fremington4.png The top left track is a private siding, so to reflect this the turnout for it is right-hand with contraflexure. It's moot whether the lower turnout in the crossover should be similarly right-hand too. I've left it as left-hand, but if the head spur is the remains of a truncated through route, it would more likely be right-hand. The crossover can be moved a little further to the right, merging the lower V-crossing into the diamond -- which would make a ...