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Steve, are you prepared to take on some criticism? You are about to invest a significant amount of time and money in building a layout. It would be a shame if you go through all of that, only to find out at a later stage, that the layout is not really what you wanted to have. A few points of critique: <ul> <li>An island layout of this size is not the best way to use the available space</li> <li>Island layouts are not easy to scenic</li> <li>Your track plan is more suited for a standard gauge mainline operation and will certainly not reflect that narrow gauge flavor you have chosen by going into On30.</li> <li>Your track plan is a typical roundy-rounder tail-chaser. Even though there are a number of spurs inegrated, operation will finally be nothing more than trains circling the loop to give the impression of distance. I find this boring after a few minutes.</li> </ul> May I suggest that you take a look at some other ideas? A shelf-type layout going around all the walls in your room will offer many more oportunities. Why not go for something like this: <img src="http://mrr.trains.com/-/media/import/images/3/b/3/mrr-i0508_a.jpg?mw=600" alt=" " />
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