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Good Evening: Why pour money down a deep hole? My current layout (#4) is laid with #5 switches in the yard, since the stubbs are only 10 cars long why waste money on #6 switches. Now the main line is something else - it's all laid with #6 or 28/32 curved turnouts and 28" to 36" radius curves. Very few of your present switches will be able to be used again because you wont want that sharp of a turnout. The best solution is, if you can, use the current layout until you've got enought of the next layout built to run trains. You know, or have a feel for, what structures you want on the next layout so you can be building those ahead of time. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: My layout is about 12' X 14' and I still don't have space for most of the Walthers structures as they take up to much room. The Alpine models are smaller and convey the same idea. They also take longer to build but generate a lot of pride when done. Bob
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