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<p>Thanks for the comments,</p><p>In reference to the tables, the three longest sides of the layout but up against the wall of the 12x30 room. I misspoke a bit about turnouts and table width. I meant that I plan to use manual switch hands on those that are reachable, out of 69 proposed turnouts in the design, I anticipate that maybe only 11 or so will need electric switch motors and considering the cost of under table motors, that cuts the price down a bit. </p> <p>As far as uncoupling, I plan to use the kadee magnets under the yard and siding tracks. As far as the layout of the track in general, not being a thoroughly read rail road fan and well aquatinted in a lot of RR knowledge, I simply drew out the room, several table designs till I found one I liked and then plugged in a track layout. The things I want is a continuous large radius loops for steamers with a nice yard without eating up the whole layout in just the yard. I know the turntable is sort of detached from the yard, but I wanted one big enough to hold a big boy and a functional parking space for my engines. </p> <p>I can rework the yard a bit, the use of the CAD program causes me to loose a bit of the special relationship, ill look do some measurements and tweak it a bit. I knocked out that drawing in 4 sittings totaling 4 or so hours, so I guess it's not bad for a rough start design?</p> <p>Thanks for the input; I love chatting about this stuff.</p><p>p.s. thanks for finding that homasote outlets. <br /> </p>
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