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One possible way to simplify this track plan is to go to an all single-track main line, with a much simpler wye leading into the yard. You would still want one decent-length passing siding somewhere on the mainline, of course. Most of the complex trackwork would thus occur within the yard itself, and this could be built at a later stage, after you've gained some confidence from laying all the rest of the track. I think the double-tracked wye is the major hurdle of this track plan, and you don't gain much in operation for all the trouble. Otherwise, it's a rather good track plan (I remember being inspired by this one when I was younger) since it affords a decent mainline length which snakes through a lot of scenery. <br /> <br />Incidentally, a single-track mainline will allow you a greater scenery proportion, not just because of the two extra inches you've saved on roadbed, but because of the relative visual mass of railroad to terrain; a single track is half as "visually heavy" as double track (I would argue even less than half) while the scenery is modestly increased in proportion. My N-scale layout was originally double-tracked but I'm rebuilding it as single tracked with passing sidings, for precisely this reason.
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