Originally Posted by Greg J. Turinetti:
Thanks for the compliments Dennis. I found that the duck under got to be too hard to do regularly, and it seemed like I was always having to crawl in and out. I decided the layout could be made into a folded dog bone without taking over too much more space and eliminate the duck under. I don't have any switches on the layout either, so I can run any kind of prewar train without the problem of derailing at switches.
Good luck with your new layout. Its nice to have the option to expand.
Greg
Greg,
You've actually really helped me make a final decision as to the revision to my O Gauge layout. I'm also going to use a dog bone for my mainline, and eliminate the duck-unders. I've done the measurements, and that will work very well, with only modest revisions to the benchwork. I'll have to re-do the track work which won't be too difficult, and, I plan to follow your lead and eliminate the switches for similar reasons.
Pretty cool that a tinplate thread actually solved my O Gauge dilemma.
Thanks again.
