Hello Dave Pallant, and others, 1 / I am really impressed with your Fiddle Yard design.By having the Running Lines located between the Up and Down Yards you have ended up with a long lead & head shunt  for each Yard, which, in my opinion, is definite improvement operationally, in that it allows for a re marshalling of a train within the Yard without affecting the running line.

2 / I also like the smooth flow of trackage on the front main board. Nice gentle curves make the layout appear longer than it actually is. Also very impressive. Best wishes and regards from Australia. 

Thanks for your comments! I had not thought of setting up the two long central lines as running lines for the up and down and I have ended up with what is effectively a double slip at each end of the double lines. In effect my point control means that both lines together can only be assigned to one of the operators at a time rather than dedicating one to each direction.

However most of the sidings up and down usually only have one train in them so continuous running in both directions can be done by selecting one of the sidings and leave the trains running through their sidings. Here's the track diagram which I didn't put into the blog earlier.