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Good Morning! Summer is biding a nice farewell to us - it´s sunny, but already too hot for my taste. Flo, just coffee, please. Ken - a U-shaped layout requires large turnback curves at each end. You will need a width of about 6 ft. for them, which takes up a lot of real estate. Could you amend your drawing with some text, so I can locate the garage doors, windows, doors or any other obstacle (like your car)? I have been reviewing my model railroading options a couple of more times, without coming to a conclusion. Here is what I see: <ul> <li>Build a HOn3 switching layout, using Fremo module standards</li> </ul> It´s been one of my dreams for over 40 years to have a HOn3 layout, but I don´t really want to build another shelf switcher. Building the layout according to Fremo standards would allow me to take it to the bi-annual Fremo HOn3 group meetings, if I find a suitable transport for it. The modules won´t fit into my car. My little steamer would go back into its box [:'(] <ul> <li>Build a HOn30 layout, following European prototype</li> </ul> The space I have would allow me to build a small loop of track, with a station and hidden staging. European locos and rolling stock can negotiate curves as sharp as 10" - HOn3 needs 18" minimum. I am not so keen of building a European prototype layout ... <ul> <li>Give up model railroading and look for something else</li> </ul> That will be a hard decision to take, after more than 50 years of being a model railroader. It would be a logical consequence of not being able to build what I like, though. I will attend that Fremo HOn3 group meeting coming Friday, before deciding which way I will be heading. Have a happy weekend!
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