thanks for the input "P". yes, that's the fatal mistake on the back area. If there was going to be guests coming this year I would have thrown in some switches back there to allow for options. No guests, no interest in making it more flexible.
When I realized that not guests would be coming, I didn't even install the outer loop switches. Thanks for noticing!!!
When I run the trains just by myself usually, not always, I set things up and just sit back and enjoy watchin the 5 trains run around. I might blow a whistle or horn or use station stop sounds on the PS3 tin plate trains and use the connecting tracks to switch loops but not a lot of the times.
- walt