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Maybe I'm crazy. I do occassionally run the fantasy boxcars (like my 'Bazooka Bubble Gum' car), just to see if people notice

the turntable is in that library

in RTS you can specify a curve radius and angle from 0-90 degrees for any flextrack, allowing your 20" curves as needed

It looks like you are in HO. one question: on the left side of the layout there is a track between your inner and outer loop that seems to meander a bit, but crosses the outer track but doen't connect. Is this your connection track to the outer loop or where you want your expasion to connect...

If you weren't going to add any more space, I'd suggest building a small yard off the passing siding, and adding a spur in the space between the outer and inner tracks at the top.

A note on the small turntable: RTS includes the Walthers turntable, which is quite a bit larger than the Atlas table, load up the Walthers dataset in RTS to place that turntable

interesting. Almost every layout is a room-sized, million dollar monster of a layout, very little small-space apartment type layouts

RTS is free and willprint a trackplan at 1:1 scale

Regarding the Atlas kit. 1) There actually were covered pits in Prototype, so you can say its not fully unprototypical 2) if you want an open pit look, a pasted on drawing of the hole, or a really good paint job can fake it as well as the flats we occassionally use for industries

Cowcatchers! (the look like snowplows)

Well. Sort of. I have an occassional Battletech mecha-bash on my layout (Both are N-scale)

University Without taking the test, I know mine! NC State University! :thumb: :thumb: Go Wolfpack!!

Very nice work. When we post pics of a DeWitt Clinton doubleheading with an SD70MAC, realism is the least of your worries

why two tracks the two tracks allows a load of 'empties' to be dropped off and a load of 'fulls' to be picked up at the same time (or vice versa), using the same principal you just have for your stealth entries.

I used AMI instant Roadbed on my door layout. Its good stuff, but there is one thing about it: BALLAST *immediately* don't wait even a couple of hours, as the roadbed will absorb any and all dust in the area and become non-sticky. Ballast will tend to look a little thin, but that won't be a...

the only question I have is how will you reach the back corners and the center-back of the two main peninsulas

here is the door sized layout, using 11" curves. while I made the crossover track with sectional track, it will almost certainly be better with flextrack.

a point: I'd worry about a PURE single industry railroad: It might get boring after a while. This is a 27"x60" plan, which could easily be stretched for your door , or your could take the two tracks at the top and turn them into a huge yard. I should be able to modify this track and give...

My hobbies All expensive! In addition to Model Railroading, I collect Japanese Animation (I have a 20 GB/month download habit, and had a $200 month DVD habit for anime which will return after I'm done with this second degree!), play Magic: The Gathering (Also known as cardboard crack!)...

you'll want two such sidings. One as 'load in' the other as 'load out'. I'd go one better than that though: in addition to the (cut out) backdrops, build out buildings on either side to give some depth for a load to be backed in at each side.