I posted before about getting power to my layout, and I finally solved that problem by getting more lockons. I also tweaked the configuration slightly.
I originally conceived the general theme of this layout sitting on the floor and playing with track. I moved it to a ping pong table to make a semi-permanent for my kids and I to enjoy. The goals are running two trains at once, having some train parking, and being able to make some deliveries to industry. The equipment is almost all Railking rolling stock and the locomotives are all Railking, about half of which are scale. Time period is postwar to present. I'll run whatever, whenever if it will entertain the kids and me. I'll pull Superliners with a cab forward, I don't care.
The track plan is with Railmodeler Pro on Mac. It's not very accurate at modeling Realtrax. For example, at the bottom right corner, I have O31 switch, O31 switch 3.5" straight, and then two more O31 switches. The end switches are then connected with O42 curves. In reality, O42 curves come nowhere near close to connecting. They're off by inches. Importantly, my various spurs are not as cramped as they look in the track plan. I attached a pic so you can see what it really looks like.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to improve on this configuration? I guess the main question is whether it would be better to move the outer loop to the farthest outside track to eliminate the S curve on the main, but that doesn't seem to cause any real issues.
