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When I started my outdoor railroad I had an area of the yard that was going to be used. I then used a tape measure to determine the overall "foot print" of the layout 20' X 30'), this also determined my radius. At the time I only had a USA GP-9 loco, but knew in the future I'd get my Mikado (Aristo). So, I planned everything using 12.5 foot radius curves. This was done with a stake and a 6 foot string placed at varius points. I would scribe into the soil my track layout. Since my yard is flat as a pool table, 10 tons of screend farm top soil was hauled in for the elevation/grade to simulate a mountian range and to just get the track bed higher off the ground. Picking up rocks and large stones around the area also helped. I have a simple loop, but plan to expand maybe into the other part of the yard in the future. <A href="http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=547283539&security=pPilnH">http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=547283539&security=pPilnH</A> Pictures are here when I started this past Feburary, dan
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