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That's what I needed to know. I do have some 4 axle locos (Dash 8's, B23-7's) but I still want my mainline SD70MAC's, Dash 9's and SD40-2's to be able to make the turns too. Thanks.

Well of course!!! Actually, I don't wear a ten gallon hat, but you can pretend I do so as not to mess up the image you've got of me. :D I'm not 100% certain I follow what you're saying, but I THINK you're saying I should run the single main line away and return route together so they look...

I'm currently in the layout planning stages but I had a question on turnouts for a yard. I have a lot of Peco Code 55 Medium Radius and Large Radius left and right hand turnouts. To help with space, I was considering using Small Radius turnouts in the yard. Will modern 6 axle locos and modern...

Re: Re: Need Layout Advice Good point...one I hadn't really thought about. I would like to find a way to incorporate a large yard on the layout itself and use the yard for staging, but I don't feel that I have enough space to make it look right. I could easily put a large yard on there...

Thanks for the suggestion. I share your preference when it comes to yard, however I was really only intending for this yard to be hidden staging. I had planned to hide it behind some scenery or a backdrop. I'm even considering moving it below to another deck just for the purpose of staging...

Hi Clerk. Thanks for your response. :) I will definitely be using DCC. As I stated in my post to Ralph, I actually already had a layout in the works when I decided to scrap it and move inside. Along with lots of track, turnouts, roadbed, WS subterrain, locos, decoders and rolling stock...

Ralph, thanks for the welcome and thanks for the suggestion. The reason for the additional reversing loop was that it allowed me to turn an entire train around no matter which direction it was going on the mainline. Turnouts are no big deal as I already have WAY more than I'll need for this...

Need Layout Advice - REVISED - PLEASE LOOK AGAIN!! Howdy! For reasons that I won't waste your time with here, I just recently dismantled my garage layout and am planning to build a new layout indoors. Shown below is my first trial run at the track plan and I'm looking for honest opinions...