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GF, So you have the same layout design goals as I do. I designed a 4 x 8 for my little fellow so we can share the hobby together. It has an oval with four industry spurs toward the inside. On the 'far side' there is a track which will be used to interchange cars between his layout and mine (when I get the space to build mine that is). On the 'near side' there is a yard three tracks wide with a switching lead curving around the oval curve on that end. It crams alot of track into a 4 x 8. Right now, I let him run his Mogul with a few cars on the oval shaped main line. Some times he drops off a car or picks one up. While he marks off time, I do classification in the yard. Since the yard and lead never fouls the main, he can do his thing and I can do mine. Once in a while he comes into the yard to pick up a new train. The funny thing is that I do my work in the yard with a Consolidation. I use tall warehouse type buildings to create the view block. Enjoy - Ed
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