Just received a new curved ladder track from Brad. This will allow me to have all four tracks at 4" of separation for the entire length of my new 16' long staging area.
This provides a 72" outside radius with four 60" radius siding entrances.
Single photos show the first unit and two of the mid units and the final unit. Mid units can be added or subtracted to adjust needed diverging track count.
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Ooooo boy that looks nice. They sure do some great work.
For those who may not know, these are Signature Switch products made in Utah.
I replaced an Old Pullman #8 double slip with a Signature one about a year ago.
The OP always caused problems no matter how much work was done to correct it. The Signature replacement dropped right in and has performed flawlessly.
My permanent Christmas garden uses Atlas and OP turnouts. If I were starting over all turnouts would be Signature Switch products.
For those who may not know, these are Signature Switch products made in Utah.
I replaced an Old Pullman #8 double slip with a Signature one about a year ago.
The OP always caused problems no matter how much work was done to correct it. The Signature replacement dropped right in and has performed flawlessly.
My permanent Christmas garden uses Atlas and OP turnouts. If I were starting over all turnouts would be Signature Switch products.
Hi Bob.
Is that Christmas garden track outdoors?
Matt,
It is indoors and has been under construction for about 11 years. I refer to it as a permanent Christmas garden because I just like to watch the trains go around in circles.
Bob
Matt, it is a John Armstrong designed "Christmas Garden" if that tells you anything.
One really needs to see the level of smile on Bob's face in order to fully grasp his words.
Just thought I would post update photos of the Brad Strong yard throat.
Each turnout is 41" long and they overlap one another 17", The points are 1/2" off the frog guard rail. Individual units at the top of this thread.
Starting the sidings well back into the curve will maximize the overall length of storage tracks. Time to pick up more cars at the Strasburg Pa Train show in two weeks!
Come by my table, Tom, and I will solve that for you, 
Looks stunning to me. Love the track work. I want to see the whole thing installed.
I think they are larger radius than my whole layout!
At a fast glance, I would have guessed they were HO scale.
What code rail are they?
Wow that's a monster! It looks good all together.
Not really big at all, the lens makes it appear bigger than it really is. The 72" outside radius has 87 running inches which covers 69 degrees of sweep.
Accomplishing 3 sidings for the main makes it a very compact way to achieve such a head start for the tangent sidings.
The code 148 rail is from Lou Cross.
Ahh ok....so what about 5.5-6ft? Not bad at all then...the pic tricked my eyes. 
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