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It can be done in less space than 119x18.  The yard hump will need to have sufficient grade to get the cars rolling, but not excessive.  You will likely want to have your rolling stock all properly weighted per the NMRA standards.  You will want free rolling metal wheelsets, so that all the cars will roll down the same grade and not stop in the middle.  The cars need to be traveling fast enough that they reach the near the end of the classification yard tracks.    On each side of the hump is a yard.  Those tracks should be of sufficient capacity to each hold the length of train that you typically run.  This requires space.  They yard ladder requires space. The hump requires a grade up to the top, this is usually shallower than the grade rolling down.  All of the cars should have the same type and quality of couplers (ex: Kadee and Protomax couplers work well together).
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