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You have a S curve created by the crossover to the inside loop, at the top and the bottom of the layout. The outside track is very close to the edge of the table.  You will likely have issues with the wall being at the edge of the table (train may strike wall).  The other issue I see with that is that if you have a de-railment, anything that derails to the outside is likely to contact the floor.  Typically most people want 3 in of setback from the table edge.  As far as an N scale layout is concerned, I dont have a track plan database for that scale.  I could fudge it with HO, but there is no garuntee that it will work, and you will not have an something to work from. I cannot attest to the quality or performacnce characteristics of Bachmann turnouts, I have never used them.  I recommend that you use the gray ballast version of the track vice the black ballast.  Gray ballast is nickle-silver.  Black ballast is steel rail, and will suffer performance issues over time.
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