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Hello, I'm new to GRR and have a USA Great Northern GP9 with several flat cars, box cars and a Great Northern caboose, My backyard is perfectly FLAT, I checked with a 4 foot level. My authroized yard usage footprint is 15 feet by 30 feet. I am designing a kidney shape single track using all 12 foot diameter curves. My longest straight run is 18 feet, which will incorporate a 3.7% grade for the mountain, which will be 2 feet high all around one end of the 12 foot curve. I've read all the pages here on the forum and also on the Aristo Craft forum. The track bed will be cut out of the mountain 8 inches up to maintain the 3.7% grade. I will eventually be adding the Aristo Makado Great Northern to the layout. My outbuildings will be made from cement board (used as backing for tile in bathrooms) and my roof will use plywood covered in corrugated coke cans made from my Crimper. I already tested this method and it works great. The entire foot print will be borderd with 6X6's and filled in, then the track will be dug and filled in with ballast using the float method. Just wanted to thank everyone for all their wisdom and will post pictures of the build process..... thanks!!!! dan
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