Dave: I'm not talking about making them inaccessible (duck-under)...I'm talking about hiding them from view. The lower level staging would/could be hidden behind fascia boards that are on hinges. One simple pulls the top of the fascia and it folds down out of the way so that tracks may be readily seen and accessed. While seated in a chair, one could easily see and reach the tracks.
Lord knows I'm NOT talking about a duck-under! LOL I'm talking about a roll-under--meaning person comfortably seated on a chair rolling themselves to an access opening--for maintenance/cleaning/fixing derailments ONLY--NO OPERATIONAL duck-unders at all. This is just-in-case for wider curvature. The trick is having the layout high enough for Mark to be seated in a rolling chair and gently roll himself under the layout. I've seen this done and it is brilliant! One guy even has lights under his layout and he flips one switch and its like the light of day under there. It's fabulous!
"Roll-Unders" are no problem unless the person starts piling obstacles in the path of access openings. :-)
LASTLY, Dave I love the drawings you do! I cannot believe how quickly you can manipulate produce the various versions of track arrangements! Fantastic work!
