If you're going to model the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, you need a track plan. Here's an attempt using MTH RealTrax. It's 13'x15', which it needs to be to incorporate the last large piece of Walt's real track that still exists -- the 45 degree crossover. All the lines and switches from the real miniature railroad are represented. The track loop around the house is certainly truncated to save space. Walt's barn is to the scale of the miniature railroad. The house is scaled as though surrounded by a full-sized railroad. I would imagine scaling down the barn and putting a mountain, town, rail yard or alternate access area where the house is. Nice that the minimum curves are 054, but still a rather large layout despite all the compromises to save space. The labels for the various features and switches are the same as those used on the control panel in Walt's Barn (now in Griffith Park, Los Angeles). The Yensid Valley section (Disney spelled backwards) might make a good place for a big access area. Designed in RR-Track v5.1
Todd
