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Thankyou everyone for the help. I'm still not sure about moving that middle track on the right loop, i kinda like how it gives the impression of a high traffic area, but it'll probably come out by the time things start getting built. I moved the ESS curve that could be a potential problem. The top 2 tracks in the yard were lengthened, by rearranging the switches and that spur. Bigboy, I'm not sure what you mean. Do you think it would be possible to incorporate the runaroaund with the mainlines the way they are, or should there be only one like Jschuknecht suggested? My basic idea was to use the yard area as the point of incoming traffic from an off site "mainline" into the city and then use the rest of the board to switch the area, with the mainlines that are on the board as kind of run-arounds and passing/waiting areas. I decided to loop the whole thing so that the opportunity is there to watch them run continuously. There is definately going to be a way to seperate the front and back areas, probably using taller structures, since it is going to be a high volume industrial urban area. The idea of a possible shallow contour to it would be really nice, but it would be hard to work around the different spurs, since they approach the middle from both directions and that the whole scene is going to be set in an urban environment. But if I do my homework I think I can pull it off. The idea about mounting the whole table on wheels sounds great, thats much better than just being a freestanding table. There is a possibility that I may lenthen the whole thing to 7'6" or 8"0' and the surface is only going to be between 49 and 52 inches high, (I'm 6'2" and doing this for my own amusement, not to really show) Here is the newer plan with the minor alterations., while I figure out a way to incorporate some more suggestions And please keep sending them. I'll check the board while at woek so i have some time to think about how to implement them. [img]http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4cryz/trackplan2.jpg[/img] fullsize: [url]http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4cryz/trackplan2.jpg[/url]
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