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Reply to "Ross switches - take the plunge?"

Adriatic posted:

Larger dia. turnouts in sidings and yards give closer parallel track spacing and less angle to fight when backing. You really just need length to take advantage of them. You have that. Along the "mains", it would be more interesting to mix up the curve size IMO.  But consider what you want to be able to run as well; A Jawn Henry or C&O turbine might look and work much better on 0-90 or 0-120

My main lines are a hodge podge of varying radii, since I did the whole layout freehand with a bunch of pre-bent Gargraves I took out of storage. Some sections of the layout are the way they are because I had certain curves that fit there. Lol. If I go full O72 and up, which it is likely I will, I hope to have an easier time backing up my somewhat long trains (15-20 cars) into my 12 sidings. 

Also, I find that some of my engines (especially short ones) lose connections when going over the 022s. There is one place I have those turnouts back to back and then into and S curve, and that causes me all kinds of grief. The redesign will need to address that, among other things. 

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