Old version and how my layout currently looks:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/QKMLtspQ/382-C1013-1149-434-F-BD44-A06-A3-CA62304.png)
New redesigned layout:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/Sj13rB6P/BF746-F7-F-B3-B7-49-FC-BBF1-11-FC35-FB0-A6-C.jpg)
(Excuse the crude any rail image, to get around the section limit I stitched two screenshots together to make the whole layout..)
The operational possibilities are vastly improved with the addition of a reception line and a head shunt, so freight trains can be marshalled and run smoothly in either direction around the main loops without any awkward shunting. There is also a fuel bay for loco storage.
The track can mostly be reused with only two pairs of points to be bought to complete the new goods area.
The two road TMD on the old design was a nice idea but after an objective review I thought it was redundant and the track and effort better spent elsewhere.
The other major consequence to the redesign is modifying the control panel and wiring.
I remember commenting on another forum member’s thread warning against mid-build redesigns of perfectly good track and scenery recently, well I have succumbed to the temptation as well!
Hopefully further photos will be taken when I get round to the rebuild itself.
…and it still has no name. I’ve got some ideas but nothing firm yet.