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It is HO scale and the era would be steam to diesel transition. I would like to keep around 20 car lengths and I was not planning on having to handle the cars, but would still need to reach them just in case...

On my new layout I am putting in a astaging area. With a 2% Grade..2" rise in 8' it is going to take me 16' of benchtop to cut out for clearance for the trains and another 16' to get the tracks at a level to see below the benchwork and then we have to get back up to the benchtop...... There...

Sorry.. It is Ho and has a 30" min. radius

Here is the layout I am still working on.. The Green boxes are the into/out of the staging area.. Red circle is the pop up access for the no reach zone.. Black circle is the sump pump pit and the black box is the HVAC This has a logging area that still needs tweaked and uses the t-tables for a...

Updated track plan....

I have made some changes to the benchwork. I didnt like squeezing around the HVAC so I made it an aisleway. Now I need some ideas for trackwork. There will be a passenger service and some freight. Mostly will have a logging theme using switchbacks.

Here is the latest.. I added double track with a different way up & down aound the mountain...mostly because of the staging area.. That has been moved to the very bottom... I will have logging areas at the tops of the 2 mntns..with a sawmill at one end and a small town at the other..

The ID of the inner loop is a total of 13.6 feet of track, and fits in an area of 4'x5'. At a 3% grade (need for the Helper District) I can get 4" elevation @ 12'. hmmmm Should I just forget the third loop??

Here is the latest.. I added double track aound the mountain...mostly because of the staging area.. That has been moved to the very bottom... And got rid of the loop at the lower left

I modified the plan a bit. Added more switching, and some yards Also changed the way we go up the mountain

Thanks for all the input, And have used it for changes. I dont have Armstrongs book...wish I did.. I played with the idea of logging and came up with this. With the staging You can run Passenger, and Freight through the layout.

Hmmm Cajon Pass??? or maybe in the Cascades and go with SP only... Lots of mountains and tunnels!!!!

I would prefer to do a prototype area and am still looking at the southwest area. It seems easier to freelance, that way you are not held to a specific RR.

I was going to put in a hidden staging area,at the lower right side..its the dashed lines (kinda hard to see)... It is a double main line, and was thinking of breaking it up... Maybe have 3 different main lines..UP, SP, and Santa Fe I was also thinking of late 40's era... and having coal mines...

Here is a plan I was toying with... The idea of having view blocks, so you have to go "into" the RR is what i was thinking of.. The smallest turn radius is 22"....It still needs some touch-ups...

I only posted the top section. Here is the Full plan http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h122/jwey71/layoutcurrent.jpg

I need some ideas for the area...Its about 3 x 6

I have been working on the layout and found I did not like a section of it. So I though I would ask for you options. Sorry for the poor pics!! Here is the original idea Here is where I am now I am wanting to put in a Passenger station with a little switching around. The main look would be...

Hi Wickman,:wave: Your layout is coming along very well!!! :thumb: I love some of those buildings you have..:D

Hello everyone, Here are some pics of my 35 x 15 HO layout This one is the layout plan http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h122/jwey71/layoutcurrent.jpg Here some benchwork is being constructed http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h122/jwey71/Picture001.jpg...