Well, I have managed to create some extra real estate for a couple of small yards; nothing Nelsonian about them. The outer boards will house a two-road engine shed with a lead off the outer curve; the 2x8s inside the curves will support a couple of goods (freight) sidings with a goods shed. I initially intended to cantilever the outer planks off the main structure, but quickly discovered that an extra leg would be a good idea; fortunately I had a spare deck block and a bit of 4x4. Yes, the leg is vertical in real life.
Actually, this photo is a little out of date; I spent a day off today trying out pieces of track to see how things might fit without having to buy anything – well, I did have to buy a new Aristo x-wide switch to lead off the main, because the one I had on hand suffered catastrophic damage in a shelf collapse in the garden shed . By dusk, I had found a workable layout (including – shock, horror – a couple of R1 sections on the outer shed road, but this railway is a backcountry quarry enterprise run with 0-4-0s, so R1s should be OK in sidings. Updated pix in due course Oh yes, that green thing in the background is a hydro transformer and a pain in the ass. “No obstacle permitted within three metres” means that I cannot run a line down along the fence. Oh well …