Reply to "Why all the Hate for the 4x8?"

Here's a 4x8 layout I came up with a while back. Its O27 with 42" curves around the outside. The inner reversing loop goes up and over the other track, but I'm not sure how to show that on scarm. I had to cut a couple of pieces of straight track, but it did all come together. The outside loop allowed for larger engines. My personal problem was that my older, cheaper engines could not make it up the incline very well. I took it all apart, but it sure seemed like a cool layout for a 4x8. A person could even add a turnout or two in the middle.