Comments on 6' x 16' Layout?

You did a good job.Too bad you couldn't do 0 60 inside of 0 72.Passenger cars don't look that good going over 0 48 curves.

Plankowner110,

   Nice layout, I would add 2 more switches on the oppsite side of the oval

directly across, from the switches you have engineered already. 

PCRR/Dave

Hmm...I could add another foot of plywood along the length of the table, making it 7' wide, to accommodate an 072 outside oval. Thanks for the good idea.

Hey no problem.Pass cars are so long they just look un natural going around tight curves.Have fun!Nick

I'll add one thing, the switch location looks generally good but make sure you have one 10" or longer straight between the curve and the switch. This will reduce derails a lot. I'd go more but the longer the distance between sets of switches, the better I like them. Optimally the straight is the length of the longest car or engine crossing it.

Russell,

I do have a 10" straight on either side of the crossover switch curves. I broke down and bought two more switches to create two spurs within the inside loop- one leading into an engine shed and the other to place rolling stock (this one may evolve into a reverse loop if I buy yet another switch!) The trolley line has been temporarily removed but may get reinstalled as an elevated line.

Bill

Inner and outer loops on a single grade make for simple multiple train operation, but may get old and boring in time. I'd consider having one of the lines go up a grade to cross a bridge or go down a grade to go into a tunnel, to then reappear on the other side of your layout. Multi-level "dogbone"-style track plans can be complicated to design, but Fastrack does let you try the designs very easily.

Geno