Matt is Right. You are no longer a Noob!
And I am far from a guru
More like a parrot that likes to argue options, however obscure
...."!Squawk!"-An elevated reverse loop is a one off solution to beat the figure 8.."!Squawk!" They use the same hill to go up & down so you only need one "hill". !Squawk! How tall is the tallest loaded car?-"Squawk" 
Ok..
...Im going to look for a video I remember of a good example of a PW setup that used one small elevated R-loop(& one larger lower R-loop).(Neat, block wiring set up so you can run two trolley's or shorter trains without ever crashing. The loop doesn't cover too much, and it doesn't appear "loopy". Lower level as its own normal loop is possible too) .....Oh!..Adding two feet anywhere on a small layout is like adding two miles! I cant wait to see what you decide on. (Can you add to the back edge, or add to the side edge? Im reading it both ways.)
You know its funny, the thing that made me notice the lack of response & remember it had been a while was me (flirting with the "enemy") watching a live group video game get played, Grand Theft Auto V(so violent its absurdly funny, like Bugs Bunny to me). Flying a helicopter over an intermodal shipping port, the "target" was stuck waiting on a train at the crossing!..Fire rocket!..Swish!..BOOM! and right then I looked around and thought of your layout. You can "glitch" into trains cab, then kill the engineer, but no gaining control. Strange,..the cab is somewhat detailed inside for somewhere without a normal access...future use? Trains/stock are all indestructible & most are unstoppable, except transit trains & trolley. No "train" missions. No prototypical stock. No operating intermodal cranes. But some missions use an intermodal high-low and some use containers to be delivered. "Death-matches" and "Survivals" are held at various rail yards and sidings. Best cover is found hiding in open box cars and ducking down in gondolas. In general, rail areas look good considering the game has little to do with trains & wasn't made by train people.
