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I asume that you are prepared to take on some points of critique, when presenting your track plan in this forum,. <ul> <li>Your plan shows a typical beginner´s layout, filled with a lot of track, but leaving hardly any room for a good looking and realistic scenery.</li> <li>Operation means mainly letting trains circle the loops, which will get boring after a few minutes.</li> <li>Turntables are always an eye catcher, but they are expensive and railroads had them for a purpose, which I don´t find in your track plan.</li> <li>A 3 by 7 layout takes up a lot of real estate; the actual space you need for it is a minimum 5 by 9. Maybe you have other options you have not yet thought about.</li> </ul> I don´t mean to be negative, but building a layout consumes quite a lot of time and money, even if you have most of the nedded material on hand. Before rushing in, I´d recommend to do some reading and gathering of as much information as possible. Our host offers some nice books, like Martin McGuirk´s "N Scale Railroading", which you can get <a href="http://www.kalmbachstore.com/12428.html" target="_blank">here</a>. A few $$, but well spent!
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