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Thanks for the suggestions. We are walking a balance of track vs scenery... it's my 6-yr old's layout, and he's just as interested in the layout scenery, detail, etc as he is the trains. We tended to use wider radius curves, unlike what alot of the plans we saw in books called for. We tend to run alot of longer cars (The California Zephyr set some bullet trains, other passenger cars).... so tight radius curves weren't as much of a option as I would have liked. I'm hoping addition #2 will be a mountain/frieght scene where we can pack some track in. What's not shown in our diagram is that the upper right corner, the tracks all go under a hill where there's more buildings and an indepenedent trolley line. I'm like you, I originally had alot more track and cutoffs, but needed to pull them to make room for the urban planner (my 6 yr old). I'll try to post some images of the plaster work in a few days (so far) so you all get an idea of where we are headed. We are also hoping that "mom" will let us have more room later this year and wecan make use of those spurs. Thanks again.
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