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maybe throw some idea my way about track plan!!
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I have a 17x21 around the walls, continuous loop doubletrack mainline with a peninsula in the center of the room. What I did, was find a couple of 2x6 switching layout plans, expand them and adapt them to the long walls of the room, and then used a fairly complicated 4x8 layout as my peninsula. Of course, textbook track plans should always be personalized, so I added a four track coal mine, a six track online staging yard (appx 35-40 car capacity) with a three track carshop, an eight track car/engine servicing and rebuilding area. The switching sections include 11 industries in one area (heavy industrial), 4 in the other (rural), and the branchline (4x8 peninsula) has 7 smaller industries. I've crammed ALOT of operation into this layout because I love switching while working around mainline traffic, I wanted as many different types of cars and industries as possible, with at least 3 major industries that are interrelated (coal mine to power plant, gravel quarry to cement plant, and grain elevator to flour mill). <br /> <br />15x22 is a huge area to work with. Just remember, you can have as much or as little planned in as you like. It's VERY easy to get overwhelmed though, so my advice, pick a section (on my layout, the 4x8 peninsula) to start with and get it 80-90% complete before starting on another area. If you try to tackle everything at once (all the track first, all the scenery next, all the structures next) you'll find that you've got a layout that's going nowhere fast, and it's easy to get burned out. Starting small on a section at a time helps you to see your progress and is a heck of a motivator. <br /> <br />Good luck! Oh yeah, and I use Atlas Right Track v7.0 exclusively as my track planning softwhare, and I've got no complaints. It's so easy to use, and even easier to modify if your plans change. <br /> <br />
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