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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by grandpacoyote</i> <br /> <br />Hi Andrew, <br /> <br />Thank you for all the excellant advice it is great help and helped put my mind in a better direction, I think. <br /> <br />Going to show my ignorance here, which is easy for me to do [;)] but what exactly do you mean by "a twice (or three times) around", Im not sure I follow. <br /> <br />Thanks again. <br /> <br />Peace. <br /> <br />Coyote <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Coyote... <br /> <br />Sorry for the delay in the reply. If you haven't found a definintion yet, I would sum up a twice (or three-times) around as a layout with multiple loops on the same level. They will be separated perhaps by different heights, but not completely separated on different decks. The loops are kept apart by slight differences in elevation, or by running through tunnels, or behind landscape features like hills or city scenery. The track will have to cross itself at least once (for a twice around). This can be done as a diamond, a bridge or what-have-you. <br /> <br />eriemer found Don Janes layout in Great Model Railroads 2001. (Thanks!). Take a look and you will immediately understand (despite my "definition"... ;) ) <br /> <br />This is a nice layout, also featured in GMR (2004) and MRP (2001): <br />http://www.ovar.ca/Mike%20Hamer/Hamer.htm <br />You can see that the track is all on one level. Mike has elected to make the crossing hidden (a 60* diamond in the upper right of the plan). Even though Mike's plan goes twice around, you can see that the majority of one loop is taken up as staging. <br /> <br />Hope that helps. <br /> <br />Andrew <br />
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