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Rather than adding more track, maybe you should ask yourself why what you have doesn't interest you?  Instead of being anywhere near "realistic," the original plan "design" encouraged you to cram a lot of purchased track into a small place, hoping that just moving cars from one spot to another, with an occasional engine rotation, would keep you happy.  For most model railroaders, that initial happiness won't last long.

Search this forum, or the web, for layout plans, focusing on switching layouts, and you will find many operating interest plans with much less track and a lot more built-in fun.  Think about alternative designs like bending the plan around a room corner and extending both legs.  Create some towns and businesses to be served from a yard, either in the fashion of a Class 1 railroad branch line or a small connecting railroad with an interchange at a Class 1 yard.

Lots of track on a small shelf definitely gets boring after a while, but if all you're looking to do is operate a yard and engine terminal, search those terms on the web also.  I have attached one example of some of the info you might find.

Chuck

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