Need comments on new layout plan

Thanks Dale

There is a trolley set in the left hand loop running down Main St.  I might extend it into the countryside once I see how things fit as I build

I like it Al.....great use of available space.....do you use engines with speed control? If you do, there will be no problem to have 2 trains running on the same loop.

Peter

Hi Al,

The yard lead to the brown building at the bottom of the layout is only 2 grid blocks from the main line. Seems that you may have to foul the main if you are building a train longer than that. The inner loop looks like a nice run around.

That area may need some adjustments, dependent on your operations plans.

Nice combo of continuous and point-to-point operation.

Peter, Moonman

Thanks for the comments.  At this point I am undecided about TMCC versus conventional control.  I am looking at eliminating the upper level and double tracking the lower level.  Attached is an early idea of what it might look like.  Brown is road, blue is commercial and residential, green is industrial and yellow is railroad buildings.  The outside loop would be elevated for part of the run

I'd look for a way to connect the two tracks so that there can be an exchange between them.  Build trains on the inner local and then they can go out on the outer main for a couple of loops to travel to a new location to be delivered and received by the local to be set out.