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Reply to "New to the hobby and looking for layout advice."

It might be helpful if you post your SCARM file so those using SCARM can experiment without having to guess at track sizes, etc.

From what I can tell, all your "S" curves have straight sections in them, but I don't know if that's good enough to alleviate problems, especially with longer trains. Either way,  if those loops are 4" deep or more I see access issues for the lower left corner.

I've read here that while the curved switches and double-crossover look nice, they can both be problematic. I have no experience with them though, so I don't know how true that is. Retail price for the double is $400 whereas four 11° switches comes to $300 and gives you a little more flexibility in design. I agree with Tom that durability and operation should override price concerns when purchasing switches.

Since the stairs comes up where the large rectangle is, I assume there is no door to contend with and probably no windows either. And when it comes to 36" wide decking, I believe you're looking for ideas for sidings and landscaping to fill the space. With 36", I wouldn't run the track close to the wall because any reach over 30" can be a problem depending on how the benchwork is, how tall you are, etc.

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