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The most realistic track plans that have been scrunched up into a small space are logging railroads. Speeds rarely ecceed 10 miles an hour so a trip from point 'A' to point 'B' would take several minutes instead of seconds. Being that I'm still in high school and can't afford all those really nice shays that make everyone drule, I try to stick with class 3 railroads that only have a couple freight trains a day and a passenger train everyother day. I have a room that is 11x14 that I am planning a shelf railroad for. I was thinking instead of a duck-under, I would just have a point to point operation with a possibility for a wye. I plan to have mostely 22" radius track because it fits in small spaces and looks realistic in branchline operation. If you have a logging line in mind, they can go down to about 15" radius (this depends on locomotive used; some must have a larger radius than others)
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