Here We Go Loop De Loop!

I thik I would staple some butcher paper to a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood and lay out the track plan in full scale right on the paper. Just forget rts or other track planning software.
That would be fine except it's going to be 3x6. ;)
(Which makes it even more interesting to squeeze in there.)
 
5” Straight- 54
2-1/2” Straight- 6
1-1/4” Straight- 4
11” Curve- 25
11” Half Curve- 2
LH Turnout- 3
RH Turnout- 1
Bumper- 4
Bridge- 1

I call it Defeated By Daphetid.
 

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That would be fine except it's going to be 3x6.
(Which makes it even more interesting to squeeze in there.)

This is why flex track exists. I like to think of it as; Computers are digital, it is either on, or it is off, nothing in between. Analog is everything "in between".....flex track is analog. Track planning software is digital, therefore, inflexible (pun intended), the mind can conceive, and create, in analog. I, for one, love the "continuously variable".
Pete
 
Actually, flextrack or no, you really should try to work a passing siding in there. It makes running trains in both directions an option, and you wouldn't have to lap the whole layout to get around a cut of cars.