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OK...I don't want to upset you pcarrell but I went ahead and made a totally new layout. It has nothing at all to do with me not liking the one you emailed me. On the contrary, the one you sent me is my new inspiration. As you will see I pretty much kept a lot of it the way you layed it out. I decided to stay with 5' X 8' and go with 24" on the mainline and 22" on the short line. I also layed the yeard at the north end. Now this is my first yard so PLEASE PICK IT APART. I read the website about yard laying and I think I got it right. I have runaround and a dedicated lead so I won't foul the main. I also squeezed in a few extra spurs to use as staging on the right. (Main yard on the left for running sessions-- staging on the right for some extra stuff.) Thanks to pcarrell I am addicted to the turntable idea. I just don't know if I did it right. I kept the 2 RIP tracks in there and ran 4 tracks off of the table section for the roundhouse. I just wanted to make sure I had it right. I cannot find the roundhouse in the righttrack library. Can you all pleasel look at this. I am not sure if I like the crossovers. I did manage to squeeze in a decent yard, a good size locomotive facility (RIP tracks and roundhouse) and I got 7 industrial areas (One nice big one with 2 spurs). I also like how the one spur in the bottom left (inner loop) goes "across" the other 2 spurs. I like the crossover action. I managed a switchback or two and kept it from being too crowded. I wanted MAXIMUM interest here so I think I covered everything. Any comments you all have, PLEASE LET ME KNOW (good or bad)! My main concern is that it is realistic. I am concerned with the yard, any ideas on how to improve it? I am concerned with the turntable area. Please let em know what you all think. Thanks [img]http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tlavagna/images/NewLayout.jpg[/img]
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