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<p>[quote user="tomikawaTT"] </p><p>I especially like the way you've printed out your track plan full size. Are you planning to lay track right on top of it, or simply use it as a location guide to be removed for final tracklaying[/quote]</p><p>I am only using the printout to get a feel for how everything will fit, and then I am going to transfer it to the wood with a tracing wheel down the center line of the tracks. Then pull up the paper and connect the dots with a sharpie. I thought about just laying track over it, but I don't think the paper will like it too much when I start gluing stuff down.</p><p> </p><p>[quote user="NZRMac"] </p><p>Looks like good solid benchwork. I know what you mean about planning I've made lots of plans and nothing looks good so I'm just going to start building. </p><p>That pink chair looks familiar!! You have a budding train driver at home too?? Ken.[/quote]</p><p>Thanks for the comments on the bench work. I have read a lot about building bench work. And I know it is a bit over kill for a model railroad. But I don't want a floppy bench that can't stand up to time. And that chair does belong to my daughter. She is turning 9 soon, and is loving helping me work on the layout. She was really upset when I disassembled the old layout, she enjoyed running trains.</p><p>[quote user="jbmerv"] </p><p>Also, you have a reversing loop in one direction only, which tends to mean all your trains end up going the same way (don't ask how I know) </p><p> Justin [/quote]</p><p>Good eye Justin. What you say is true. Except I have a lower staging area with a reverse loop that I didn't post. Here is the lower staging plan. [img]http://gallery.zealot.com/data/548/medium/staging.jpg[/img]</p><p>As you can see, if I reverse a train on the upper reverse loop, I can run them down to staging and turn them. The lower staging has 2 arrival tracks, and 2 departure tracks. The upper reverse loop is more for turning the trains when I am going to put them back in staging, I plan to run my trains clock wise most of the time.</p>
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