Rider Sandman posted:Kevin, now is also a good time to think about what you enjoy about your layout, including its operation. I was at a similar place as you a couple years ago. I had a 36’x16’ Fastrack layout with relatively small curves and lots of switches. I was tired of the noise from the Fastrack and decided to rip it all out. Like the good advice your getting, I was told to go to bigger curves, which I did. I also realized I really didn’t enjoy the switching aspect of the layout that much. So, when I did my redesign, I took a lot of them out and simplified the design. That also made the cost of the redesign a little easier to swallow. Of course, if you really enjoy the switching aspect of your layout, this isn’t an option. Just something to think about.
This is a very good point. Most of my switches are to sidings that mainly store my rolling stock so that I don't have to take things on and off the layout. But I'm pretty sure that going O72 will require those sidings to be shorter, so I'll have to rethink my philosophy somewhat.
