LocoBudd posted:Carl - Thanks for the idea of the diorama. It may be something to consider. The southern upper level is approx. 2 1/2 sheets of plywood. Useable area for the town is sorta triangular and a little over one sheet of ply.
Also like the use of the streets since it does lend additional action to the layout. Three loops is the minimum. The inner loops should be relatively small so the cars don't get "lost". The outer is a natural for a trolley.
Some pix of our club member Joe's layout with streets.
Joe wanted to use a crossover and required some creativity in getting it to work.
In another part of town, 3 loops with 2 inner and a long outer.
LB,
Nice work on his layout! Reminds me of the Frankfort El in Philly.
I didn't realize the area was so large where you put the EZ-Streets. Perhaps neighborhoods could be on dioramas on 1/4" ply or masonite. I just observe how TW Trainworx does things for their layouts like the NY Transportation Museum Holiday layout. Store, transport, setup ,takedown and store each year. Buildings and lighting and stuff are removed and replaced each season. It's all wired plug-n-play with RCA connectors.
Former forum member Lee Willis had some good streets on his layout and wrote several books (Digital downloads on Amazon, I believe) on using it and modding vehicles.
It can become a layout within the layout. proceed cautiously! One can bite off more than one chew on this project! 
