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There is not really much you can do on a 6 ft. baseboard in HO scale other than a really minimalistic switching (shunting) layout - like an inglenook- type layout, as described in Carl Arendt´s famous web page. I know that in the UK railway modelers are able to put wonderful little layouts in that space, but they do follow European railroading practice, which differs from the way railroads are run in the US. Just to give you an idea - this is a plan I developed for a British outline layout in OO scale: <img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/ARGYLEROADVERSION6SHORT.jpg?t=1290325566" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /> This plan was designed mainly for passenger operation - with DMU´s doing the service. To come up with a plan which will be to your liking, I can only second what Stein has written in his post: <ul> <li>Determine the space you really have available</li> <li>Determine the type of operation you´d like to have</li> <li>Choose your prototype</li> <li>Choose you era</li> </ul> I can also recommend to visit Lance Mindheim´s web page. Take a look at his nicely executed, but very minimalistic yet operation intensive East Rail layout - you can view it <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lancemindheim.com/EastRailTrack_plan.htm">here</a>. This is a good source of information!
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