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desert / horshoe shape layout????

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desert / horshoe shape layout????
Posted by JFETTER2 on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:41 PM

 im planning on building a new layout in one of my extra rooms. my original was a large oval type, but now im trying to build a new layout. the room is about 7foot by about 16foot with the door centered at the end of one of the narrow ends. im trying to come up with a layout that will use the long sides and the back of the room and leave a narrow walkway down the center.  ive been trying to come up witha layout scheme, and the neatest one that i can think of is a kind of desert/mountain type idea. does anyone have any pictures of desert type layouts or any kind of horshoe layouts that could help me?

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Posted by Gino on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:40 PM

Do you have a picture of the room? Are you using the Atlas track layout software?

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Posted by JFETTER2 on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:35 PM

 no, i dont have a pic of the room with me, im at work right now.   no, i dont have the atlas software. i wish i did, but i dont want to spend hundreds of dollars just on computer programs, i would just rather use the money towards track

 

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Posted by Midnight Railroader on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:47 PM

JFETTER2
no, i dont have the atlas software. i wish i did, but i dont want to spend hundreds of dollars just on computer programs,

 

 It is free.

http://atlasrr.com/righttrack.htm
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Posted by JFETTER2 on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:15 PM

 thank you so much, this will help out greatly and wont break my pocket!!

 

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