i start usually at knapford and move to other areas and i usually put knapford on the edge of the layout but ive been starting to put it sometimes in the middle

I usually start by laying out the track for my station, since I don't have wooden railway knapford.

I havent had access to any of my TWR stuff for a while after a hosue move, but, generally I used to kind of think big picture, trying to create a loose representation of sodor as a whole. So id try and create a main line loop, a branchline loop, maybe two, some kind of shed and shunting yard, and maybe a few specific destinations. I really love having cranky on a layout so brendam docks was always an inclusion somewhere 😂

Thanks, I'd like to see a custom square turntable with 22.5° track ends all around.

When I was a kid, the first Thomas Wooden Railway set I got was the Stop and Go Figure 8 set. I always started with the arched stone bridge and TBH sometimes I would get creative and mix tracks, tunnel and bridges with my old Brio set.

I usually lay out where I'm gonna put the bigger locations, likr knapford, the sheds, the docks, Gordon’s hill, etc, then start connecting the pieces, I just make sure I don't have a line that's stuck ina single loop. If I'm not building a strict layout, I usually start with a complex piece, and start from it (pieces with lots of outs: knapford station, Henry's tunnel, the mountsin tunnels, new style search and rescue center, etc)

I usually have a specific idea for how a certain part of the layout should look. Like if I have a really cool idea for a docks or quarry, I’ll start there, and then build the rest of the layout off of that to make sure it flows well. But if I’m just winging it, I’ll just start with the sheds and create a little rest area, then go from there. But I also jump around a lot

Make a loop, reverse loop, and branch line. Put the yard near the big station. I start with tidmoth and just wing it. I also make a narrow gauge loop as well with a transfer station as well.

Sadly I've never built a Thomas Wooden Railway layout since I don't have enough pieces to do so. However I have enough knowledge to know that people usually start with Knapford or Tidmouth.

Usually I start at tidmoth sheds (mostly because I own the wood version and its hard to line up with the wooden railway track) and after that I usually connect to knapford and tidmoth transfer yard stuff, after that I make the yards for knapford, which usually consists of 3 track switches and 3" 5' switches, my electric chargin station, and my really usefull engine shed, afterwords I start on the branchline and the mainline, the branchline is usually a combination of all the branchlines on sodor, they also usually go in the first and second level on gordans hill wih the second level connecting to mr. Jollys chocolate factory. maron is usually the last thing I put on the mainline before connecting with the branchlines and tidmoth sheds to complete the full loop.

Love this

I usually start at tidmouth sheds in the corner then fill in the area with track

I got to start making my own layout.

Usually I would make it like the island of sodor layout. So I would make it there is afew sidings near tidmouth sheds and then a small straight going into a tunnel. And then I would place a knapford like , 3 tracks away from the tunnel.

I would have to say use some scenes from the tvs and cgi as a basis on what you want and if you need to, build props.

I start with sheds yard and Main station then move out I usally have Tidmouth with turn table off a switch with three sidings for coaches and trucks after that its build what ever i feel like

I start on the mountain tunnel

I start with a big station and a shed Then i make a loop