I tend to have the opposite affliction, years of planning, tweaking changing, back to the drawing board, etc
Ideally it does mean by now I know what can fit in the space, how all the wiring will work, and that once I lay it, it 'should' work
lol, Certainly will, the pilot will be shunting freight trains in and out of those platforms for pick up by engines out of the shed
Good idea on the through station.... there is a little wiggle room there, though I want to avoid the trackwork in that corner getting over complicated
Any feedback or obvious errors I can't see for looking at it too much?
In operation, I hope to be able to run 3-4 trains on the mainlines, while in the steam depot, engines can be taken off shed and made into trains for heading to the terminus for specials, and there will be lots of shunting fun in the docks, and in preparing trains in the terminus itself...
(the whitespace behind the steam depot, and in front of the through station on the high level will probably be a semi removal board, with a small town scene)
Also means that the Cement Terminal from the original plan is lost somewhat, but might 'evolve' into a dockside terminal
The double track from the through station junction, and the line from the steam/preservation depot, pass under the terminus board, to the fiddle yard.
On the right, below the dock branch, will be the other 'end' of the fiddle yard with a reverse loop to allow trains to turn, and maybe a small country station at the low level...
Designed so full length container trains can sit in the sidings, or be shunted in the branch yes
Here's the first draft for a 'whitehead inspired' preserved steam depot to go bottom left on the plan...