Average number of tracks ?

There are some very interesting reply's and I thank everyone for sharing with us. For the record my 12x13 layout has 4 main lines with 2 sidings,one for passenger & one for freight.

Joe

Joe B:

I'd be interested to see a photo of your layout, since it is almost exactly the same size as mine. I am running an around the wall setup with control area in the middle and a lift-out section for access. I have four main lines - an outer Standard Gauge loop with 87" curves, concentric loops of 0-72 and 0-63, and an inner loop of 0-42 with sidings for accessories and an engine service area. The larger loops do not have sidings.

I'm just finishing up the tracklaying. I had thought of putting a passing siding on the 0-72 instead of the 0-63 loop, which would have made more room for buildings and accessories, but I decided I wanted to be able to run more trains at once. This is also important to me because I operate at a club/museum and a lot of what I do on my home layout involves testing equipment that I am going to run at the museum, so it's nice to be able to keep one loop empty for testing and still run a couple of trains. 

4 main lines. May add a subway 5th line. 

Southwest Hiawatha:

My layout is centered in the room so I'm able to walk around three sides. My curves are 037 Gargraves with 4 of their switche's. It's my first attemp at a layout. I'm going to be busy for the next week but I'll send some pic's when I can. 

Two mainlines with two crossovers,reversing loop,sawmill siding off rev. loop,thru yard lead(no yard yet),one mainline siding. Tom

oh yea it is 91/2 X 14'.

I currently have a double-main with two crossovers and a reverse loop on the inner line.

When I expand the layout, I will, hopefully, be adding a third main (with no switches) on which to run tinplate.

Jim

My layout has three mainlines. Two are on the upper level and one on the lower level. For some reason I don't usually run the lower level. And on some occaisions I run only one train. My layout is all traditional operation, you know, cave man days.

Cobrabob.