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QUOTE: Originally posted by Littemon simply add a grade that runs around the layout perimiter, it will add operational interest, and you'll end up with a longer mainline that you can see. Just goes to show ya that 13 year olds know what they're doing.
Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
QUOTE: Originally posted by jfugate ...I've run on lots of layouts with a helix and the part I dislike the most about a helix is the way it swallows a train for what seems like an eternity. Even my little two-turn helix has over 40 feet of track in it, and the branch is only 160 feet long ... which means 25% of the entire branch is in a helix...
QUOTE: Originally posted by jschuknecht While I can appreciate the frustration of not seeing a train for a long time and wondering where it is (I like your "shadowbox" trick in your helix, by the way), couldn't one locate their helixes in such a way that they provide a sense of distance and separation between scenes on a layout.? ---jps