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I have looked at this route myself. Mostly because it appears to be the quickest, and cleanest method. I have heard that Woodland Scenics makes a good product, so I would assume that applies to this as well. To answer the questions you posed: 1) No, I haven't tried it, can't afford it, and I don't have the room yet even for a 4x8. 2) As someone else said I am sure you could add onto this if you keep that in mind when building it. Think where you would want the add-ons to possibly be and place switches there instead of the regualer tracks. 3) Yes, it does offer continuous running, it is basicly a folded dogbone design with an over/under setup. 4)Switching...this was my major drawback with the design of this layout. There is no switching...in fact in the entire layout there are only 2 switches. Still, if switching isn't your thing it might work for you, or maybe you could add-on later to supply the switching you desire. In my honest opinion I think Atlas makes some much finer track plans that are in the 4x8 category, but you have to build the base and the scenery from scratch. I have the track layouts for a lot of their plans, so I could email a couple to you if you like...they aren't the complete plans, but those can be purchased from Atlas (maybe even obtained on their website). Take a look at the "Plywood Summits" model, I think it is a little better than the Woodland Scenics layout, but you have a shorter mainline.
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