Recent content by Bob_in_MA

I'm building a N scale layout and and am working on a track plan with the Atlas RTS software. I found that if I use a 11.5 or 22.5 degree X-crossing (scissor crossing? I'm not sure of the correct term), my plan can more easily fit my space. But I've noticed almost none of the layouts I've seen...

Sean, I hate to expose my ignorance, but what is a run around track? With a height of 1.8" for the passover it is ja little more than 2%. Would that disqualify some engines? I made the one siding on the main track into a passing siding by reconnecting it. Jeff, yes that is a little...

Hi all, Here is a plan for the top of a shelf (and then some) that wraps around a stairwelll. I need to keep the main area as narrow as possible, so if I use 11.5" radius turns, it will fit in 27". The grids are 6" across, and there will be a mountain side in the upper left, the track...