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PCarrell, <br /> <br />The design is a bit hard to explain, but here goes. My room is 12' x22' and I'm in HO. The basic design is around the room with a center pennisula, duck under at the door. Minimum radius is 30". Max grade is 2%. <br /> <br /> Staging occurs in several places on the layout. There are three decks total. One is 7" below the penninsula (bottom deck) and is used for staging. There is a stub end staging yard and a couple of passing tracks on the deck. One end of the passing tracks run around the helix in the corner (withoout entering it) and climb a wall around the room, eventually appearing on the bottom deck. The other end of the passing tracks end up as a single track climbing the helix and arriving on the bottom deck from the opposite direction as the tracks climbing the wall. This makes it possible to enter staging from either direction. <br /> <br />The second part of the helix leaves the bottom deck as a double track and climbs to the top deck. The second track in the helix is used for staging. There is one long hidden siding on the bottom deck that is also used for staging. There is a reversing loop on the lower level as well that makes it posible to turn trains. I have finished basic track work in the staging deck, the lower deck mainline and yard and the helix . Am hoping to have upper deck operational by the end of the year. <br /> <br />I hope that this is't too confusing. I could post a photo or two if you are interested.
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