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 Aralai,don´t let some of the comments you get here discourage you. They may appear to be a little gruff, but are never meant that way. One of the big disadvantages of a forum is, that it is not really a dialogue, just because you have to type up everything. Words are easier said than typed.A lot of the people in this forum  have a background of 30 + years in model rairoading and therefore a lot of experience in how not to do things and maybe a little less experience in how to do things properly. Sharing that experience is not everybody´s strength, though...OK, let me come back to your plan. From a slightly more experienced MRR´s view, what is "wrong" with it?Unfortunately, quite a lot. Some of the issues are: All track is neatly lined up with the sides of the layout - this gives it a toy-like appearance you don´t want to have. The turnouts are very sharp - go for no. 5 or no 6 turnouts. I assume you are using RTS from Atlas as your planning tool and are still fighting with it. Forget CAD for the moment and use paper and pencil - it will help you better than a "rigid" system like RTS. Some of the sidings and leads are to short. - the shortest "train" is a locomotive plus at least 1 car, all of your tracks should be that long for a minimum.I know I will be beaten up from some of the experts here, but IMHO you do not always need to have a story which is basically a theme that you´d like to model. It does help, though, but I feel it makes planning too complicated for the beginner, as you do have to understand quite a bit about prototype rail roading to develop one. Building a layout and just letting trains run is also a good reason...  As  a dialogue is somewhat difficult in a forum, here is a piece of advice which will help you a lot. Locate your nearest mrr club and visit that place. You will find people that will help you there and you will be able to see what we try to tell you here in abstract words! Btw, here is my interpretation of the HOG RR - drawn with RTS:<img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/USRR8.jpg?t=1248145762" mce_src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/USRR8.jpg?t=1248145762" width="832" height="740"> Enjoy!
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