Try to fit in a small shadow-station in the upper return-loop. -Otherwise it will quickly become boring when every train you send out to the west, comes back almost immediately...

Also, the many back-and-forth completely straight lines parallel to the edge will not look very realistic... (But somehow I dont think that bothers you at all, it might even be on purpose... ;-)

One way you could get around having tracks parallel to the baseboard edge is to add a shaped fascia to the front of the layout with a removable scenic area.



Carim

That’s a clever variation of the idea. My brain is warming up to this and it’s first cups of coffee this morning.

I’ve always liked the notion of exchangeable scenes. Iain Rice has a nice, small, three shelf layout with changeable items. I’ve not thought about using to differently then his presentation ie change a warehouse to a depot. Or one era to another.

Thanks

It looks very deep, can you access the back? There is so much track there doesn't seem to be a lot of space for access hatches.

There is an odd wiggly tunnel section just below Wassen station which seems to introduce an S-bend for no apparent reason.

If the lower level storage tracks ran horizontally with the string of turnouts diagonally you could make them longer (I think).

For me personally you have so much space I'd have made more of the station (longer) and more of the turntable/BW area (my favourite part of my layout), but the layout has to be yours and reflect what you want from it not what anyone else thinks.

Looks very challenging but a lot of fun to build!