Well been toying around with another layout idea. I lose out on a couple of industries compared to the other layout. Will have more elevation changes, mountains and tunnels. My max grade is 1.7%, all yellow track is a elevation change. No change is more then 3 inches total at once. That way I was able to cut down on the distance needed. This also helps with my plan to model PRR/ New England. Another thing I do gain from this is I added a small inter change on my branch line. This way I get some more operations when running. Mainly being coal mine will be located too left of the main line. Power plant is bottom left on the branch line. With mainly running PRR, B&A and B&M I think this will work well.
Tracks are as follows.
Red - main line
Blue - yard/ service
Gray - branch line/ inter change
Green - 3inch elevation track
Yellow - elevation change
