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<P mce_keep="true">Ha!</P> <P mce_keep="true">The first one to confess that he just likes to see trains circle the loop! [}:)]</P> <P mce_keep="true">Seriously, although I am deep down into operation and currently designing my L-shaped switching layout, I do dream about having that grand layout available where I can watch my trains (long ones, pulled by a consist of min. 3 locos) run through breathtaking scenery.. [sigh]</P> <P mce_keep="true">Like you, I don´t have that kind of money and space. I even thought of giving up HO scale and going into N scale, just for the purpose of having long trains.</P> <P mce_keep="true">Risking to be beaten up in this forum, I vote against a 4 by 8 layout. Whatever you do there , will be just a loop disguised as a layout (easy, guys, I have seen many a well built "table layout"). If you have a space of, say, maybe 12´ by 7` , go for a "donut" shaped layout, build in segments that you can store while your are not operating the layout.</P> <P mce_keep="true">Check the "Heart of Georgia" - layout or Stein´s Minnesota based layout - both are well designed examples of what can be done in small spaces, having run-around facilities and a lot of switching ops as well.</P>
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