UPMav#488 posted:MELGAR posted:Option one looks something like my 10'-by-5' O gauge layout which is just a loop of track. I have a tunnel/hill, creek, bridges and structures in an arrangement similar to your first rendering. I think the proportion of scenery to track is better in the first design, especially for a small narrow gauge railroad. Also, the changes in elevation surrounding the track are important.
MELGAR
Very nice, Im assuming that's 0-54 curves? Ive been debating if i wanna try to make the table a 5x8 as opposed to a 4x8.
Atlas O-54. I bought a 10' by 5' piece of birch plywood and had it cut into two 5' by 5' pieces. This made the layout more easily transportable.
I would also point out that the second track plan has only one reversing loop, so a train's direction can be reversed just once while running forward. You may want to have something like a "figure 8" to create another reversing loop.
MELGAR
