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Good topic! I've been trapped in designing a new N scale shelf layout for so long that it seems like nothing would ever get built. Limited space is the problem, space in which I both live & work. I hate spaghetti layouts, & love long, lonely stetches of track through the wilderness. <br /> <br />Just started thinking about building "location" dioramas or modules for my logging/mining layout, joining them with long, narrow connecting sections. The modules would be towns, sawmills, logging camps & mines. The connecting sections would be those endless stretches of fill through the bogs and forest and long climbs up to the logging camps. They would be lightweight, removable dioramas in their own right perhaps 6 " or 8" wide by 8 feet or so long with a backdrop. These I could remove & store while leaving the "location" dioramas or modules scattered tastefully around the living space & office and still have access to my doors, windows, books & work space. <br /> <br />This clinches it! Where I was looking at two short levels with maybe 20 feet of visable branchline, I now see at least a hundred feet of uncluttered track snaking around the space, maybe more if I build a spurs to modules in the kitchen or bedroom! Looking forward to the Foam-breaking ceremony! Now where are those N scale hot-wire tools & hardhats ? <br /> <br />Wayne
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