... by all means use the templot already posted and have a go at designing the fiddle yard expansion). Hi Richard, idea no. 1 If you move the existing boards back by about 2 metres, you will only need to build two new plain track linking boards initially to keep everything moving. Then you can build a new inner fiddle yard at your leisure. A full 2 metre move gives you some extra operating space to get at the stock more easily than doubling the existing fiddle yard width. Something like this: mostyn_fiddle_new.png regards, Martin. posted: 16 Nov 2007 16:32 from: Richard Oldfield Hello Russ, Thanks for your thoughts. I think you are on the 'right track' with your idea of extending the scenic sections down each side and then building a double junction leading to a new fiddle yard outside the existing one. It has the advantage that we could finish the new scenic parts in stages e.g. do the 'Holyhead end first and then the 'Chester' end second. There's no problem in losing the section you identify ...