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The short bay into the station is a loco park area as seen in Dundalk station where i took the track plan from. The frieght yard due to room constraints had to be re positioned to work within the available space as the one in dundalk would have pushed the weight out by many feet. I know the sidings are very tight together in the plans but that would be address during the building. I understand where both yourself and Glenderg are coming from in terms of moving stock from the freight yard into storage or vice versa and even getting coach stock from the south bound line (The line at the bottom) into storage. Out of shot i've planned for a cross over set of points at each end of the station and in my mind the freight yard would function as the head shunt when not in use. As i plan on running a full length class 201 and passenger rack i can see from your comments i wont have enough length for that plan. Thanks for the comments though.

So thankfully after a few months away i'll be home in a few weeks and with plenty of time to myself for construction to begin. I've spent my time researching and buying bits and pieces to begin my layout starting with the station design shown. This will be my first time building a layout to my own design and am a self-pro calmed novice as i don't count the time spent building predesigned train sets when i was younger haha. My layout will be based on a fictional part of the north eastern rail network which will focus on freight with occasional passenger services. This is due in part to the expensive nature of passenger rolling stock. track is peco code 75 which will be pre-wired for later introduction of DCC. I would appreciate your thoughts, suggests and any helpful tips you might have.

Congratulations guys

The colour was very bright i thought but if i can be dulled down it may be worth investing in. Just need to think about biting the bullet with that price

Are the mk3 EGV's ordered by silver fox worth getting?

Done. Good luck

I seen that to when it went up. I've seen a photo online of one done it that. Is there anyone who produces a full set for the intercity or is it build your own as close as you can?

I just believe in enjoying my money regardless of the time of year. Dm sent

As the title suggests I'm looking at getting my hands on an intercity liveried 201 in good condition both visually and running wise. I was hoping one would appear on eBay but no joy

Prefect thanks for the information. I know there will be many more questions as I reintroduce myself to the hobby in time

Great thanks. For those mk3 pulled by a class 201 did all include a generator in the set?

Starting back fresh to the hobby and decided my layout will be Irish based The mk 3 coaches used by Irish rail, did by have a letter attached to them like was seen with mk2s like mk2a,b,c and so on. If so which were used by Irish rail as I'd like to model as close as possible. Also was there a difference between those used on the intercity and say the enterprise? All information and help is appreciated