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Hey Wolv, Glad your ordered that benchwork book. I think you are really going to like the L-Girder methods described in the book because it gives you way more flexibility with track and scenery that a flat sheet of plywood. It will look complicated at first but once you build the first piece you will be amazed at how fast you can knock it out. My layout is 18x22 and I built all the benchwork in one day!!! About the turnouts...since you want to go with the Atlas you are limited to #4 and #6's. The general rule of thumb is #6's on the mainlines and #4's in the switching areas. Of course we all have to make adjustments for the space we have available. I'd stay away from the Snap Switches if you can considering the length of the cars you want to run. A snap switch's curve is equivlent to an 18" radius curve. As to the other question about getting the track to straighten back out after diverging I'm pretty sure that you're not going to get that to happen just using sections of fixed radius track. You might try using a piece of flex track cut to the right length to accompli***hat. Looks like to me that's one of those situations where you just have to "eyeball" the required track in. Sounds like you're on the way to building a great layout...keep it up and have fun!....Vic
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