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Critique request: Mpls West Bank 1957 redesign
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<p> Stein, </p><p>I still vote for plan 55 b.</p><p> I´ll try to give you some reasoning: Given the space you have, you need to put in a lot of track. There is a risk of overloading your layout, just to catch that last bit of switching challenge. Either plan has a lot to offer, but if I had to decide, i would go for a compromise between operation and looks. After all you don´t want to build that "Plywood Central" but a challenging switching layout with some well thought of scenic features. For me, that´s plan 55b. The overpass to the upper right corner makes a nice scenic divider, distracting the view from the chimney base. You don´t need two truck scenes. </p><p>In some plans, your "water front" is also on the upper part. That area is already pretty "loaded" so I think it is better to leave that LDE to the lower part. I´d even go one step further and take away one track out of each yard or lead you have in the plan.After all you will do your switching with one loco and you have 10 + industries to serve...</p><p>"Less is more" <br></p><p> </p><p> <br></p><p> </p>
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