20 x 10 ft ideas

Another thread had a picture of a plan that looks like it could be revised to fit your needs:

It used minimum o72 curves.

Here's the link to that thread.

Mark

Patrick, nice job on the dual oval with embedded figure-8 and wye, and thanks for posting the rrt files. I'm going to play with that some to see if I can adapt it to my 10x17 space with a 4x4x5 wedge cut off one corner. If it were me though I'd move the double crossover to the stair side for easier access in case of problems. Even with a lift out bridge to walk in the left side, it looks like an access hatch will be needed for the right side.

Hi Patrick,

I like the first one you had, but here is a simple sketch that has a double track main line, but uses an elevated larger bridge to give the walk in, and provide a cross over .

Kind of a figure eight.

I saw this in another layout, and really liked the look on scenic as it had some nice impact with the larger bridge.

Thanks Rich for the input - think the grade was getting up there on the fly over, i ll look at it again .

I recommend a around the room with a gate instead of a lift bridge.  I built one and it is very convenient.

Sounds good.Do you have a pic of your "Gate". was wondering how the track could fit tight with a swing gate.

Here you go!

Sweet, thats a great design John.

Hey Patrick - 

This one follows the idea of Rich's sketch and is very close to my first O-Gauge layout. I like grades and double mains, but I had never used Gargraves of RCS track (RR-Track file attached). The outer curves are Ø80 and the inner Ø72, which may be a bit too close at 4" spacing. I used Atlas Ø108 and Ø099 (4-1/2" spacing) on my present layout, but that takes more room.

Anyway, the grades as shown are 2.3% and 2.5%, and the rise is 6 inches. You can add additional turnouts, etc. to suit your taste.

Just my 2¢.

Alex

Thanks!

Thanks Alex, much appreciated!

Like banjoflyer's suggestion, as a relative noob and building a L this year, I have become a fan of the folded dogbone. No ducks and allows for great viewing. The design is flexible to fit many size areas. Retains people space. A double isolated main could give you four tracks in the center. Lends itself to modular style construction.

Peninsulas can be added for expansion. see New Layout progress as a recent example.

Impressions from a noob.