In the photo the slow line enters from the top, turns left at the first point, passes across the diagonal and then loops back on itself. The other end of the  slow line enters from the right, crosses the diagonal and also loops back on itself.  A local loop than goes around the two reversing loops and a third track was added for shunting purposes. This slow line climbed up a bank and was a couple of feet higher at the bottom of the garden.  After the passing loop, which was at the highest point, the track spiraled down and passed under itself before  returning.

A second track, designated the freight line, circumnavigated the lawn on the flat and passed through the reversing loops of the slow line.

Beginnings

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The layout was designed with two interconnected but essentially separate routes which would allow simultaneous operation of up to six trains.  The slow line was a simple end-to-end with a passing loop.  Each end of the slow line had a reverse loop. The slow line was then bent round until the two reversing loops were adjacent to one another but not connected to each other.