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[quote user="SpaceMouse"]<p>You asked what more experienced people do. For them, the track comes last. </p><p>If you read the guide, you found that creating a vision was the first step. For the experienced person, they have been developing the vision as they have been working on their present layout They see in their mind what they want and their layout has certain elements that they want or have to have. </p><p>The layout becomes a string of scenes--even on a smaller layout such as two doors. The key element, is called a Layout Design element. A LDE could be a town, an interchange track, a bridge, a yard, a mountain, an industry, a station--you get the idea. Some layouts have only one LDE, such as my current layout. </p><p>Once you have worked out the layout design elements, you find a way to get the track to them. Once you do, you have a layout plan that meets your needs as a model railroader.</p><p>If you skip those steps and go straight to the plan or use someone else's plan, your chances of having a layout you are less than satisfied with are high. You see you have built someone else's dream, not your own. </p><p>Some people need to spend their time and money to learn this the hard way. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>SpaceMouse,</p><p> </p><p>Your absolutely right and I have had a thought as I was building. Here is a little of what I was thinking.</p><p> I live in Utah near the town of Ogden. In fact I was born and raised in Ogden. Ogden was a railroading town for a lot of years. Not so much now. But, my thinking was to have one end of the layout(36"x80" door) be Ogden and the train depot be Union Station, which is still there. I wanted one of the doors connecting the other 36"x80" door to go out over the Great Salt Lake as it does now. The other 36"x80" door would be Sparks Nev. Which is a route use in the pass. The other connecting door would go up a canyon to the east. Now here is the problem. Where do I end the one going east?</p><p>So I was hoping some thoughts from you folks would give me some ideas on how I might do that.</p><p>I hope I have not confused you or anyone else in my rambling. </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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