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Try this same idea with four 90 degree crossing tracks in the middle of the layout, with straight sections to connect the corner "circles". Of course, they're not circles, but only 3/4 circles. The crossings would give the train four straight sections of track to get rid of the "S" curves. In other words, if you can imagine this (and I'm too lazy to upload a photo of a sketch!), your train, going clockwise around the curves, would go through a straight section after leaving, for example, the circle in the upper right. After passing through the straight section, it would then enter the upper left hand circle, also going clockwise, and after that, go through another straight section to the lower left circle, then another straight to the lower right circle, and then another straight back "up" to the upper right circle. Each straight section of track would include two 90 degree crossings, and the layout would have a square shape of track in the middle. If you stretched this configuration out a bit, you could add crossovers, which would form reversing sections for variety. This cloverleaf idea would be great for a G scale store display, or even a model of a tourist train through a zoo or some other attraction. I think you could really have fun with it. I have, in fact, contemplated doing it myself, so you are not the only one with this pretty strange and hilarious idea! If you can't understand my description of the track changes, email me and I'll send you a photo of a sketch.
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