Help to modify track plan

Here is the layout.

I cannot open up the attachment to read the size of the track you are using. What size are the curves in the figure 8 section of the layout? Are all of the curve tracks that size?

Rich

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Curve and switch sizes are 0
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Jules:

see attached

1 - there will be track left over

2 - the red color track is extra if you want to buy. perhaps you could trade track.....

3 - if you want to maintain two loop configuration with the present track list you will not get down to 4 foot width - perhaps 4.5 ft.

4 - otherwise take out the left hand and right hand turnouts from the outside loop (takes 10 more inches from width) and use 3 left hand turnouts at bottom for spurs and two right hand turnouts at the top for spurs.

 

You could use two spurs as an 'classification' track to store cars while the other spurs would be for industry. this way your trains have somewhere to go to pick up and drop off cars. You could also pair industries - one spur for meat packing and one spur for grocery stores etc.

 

Good luck

Joe

 

 

About the best I can figure if using just a 4 x 8 table would be to connect both the top and bottom of the loops to each other using two switches on each side. This will allow you to run around the loop or through the figure eight, and in the process reverse direction. According to the catalog that you are using to run an outside loop around one side of the figure 8 would require a width of 49.5 inches. Rich

If you have the room it may be easy enough to extend the table just a few inches to one side to gain a little extra room for the outer passing siding. Rich

Unfortunately I have no room to extend my table.  Here is another picture of the layout I was wanting to modify.  Other suggestions would be welcome.  Thanks! for all the input.

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pg. 25 bottom picture

The top layout is simple enough to modify for 4x8 by angling the turnouts leading to the run-around/passing siding. Operationally, I prefer this one.

 

 

The Figure-8 is more problematic because of how the run-around is oriented and that enclosed spur.

Lots of 4x8 fastrack plans can be found here:
http://www.thortrains.net/marx/48fastrack1.html

Here's one combining the two:

 

Wow! That's a really great plan that you have come up with.  Thanks! so much for the time that you spent in putting this together for me and thank you to others who have spent time trying to help me out.  Thanks,  Dana

I mentioned those layout example errors in a discussion that we had when the catalogs were released.

 

Anyway, the bottom, figure 8 layout, I first saw in the 1954 Lionel operators manual.

 

Here is my version of it on a 4 x 8. It does provide a lot of operational features for a 4 x 8. Multiple paths, change directions, passing siding, and a small stub. I have always like the 5 x 9 version. You could even have a challenge and run two short trains at once.