I am beginning a new layout. How far apart should the track lines be? I want to maximize trackage and sidings without any side-swipes. It is going to be a perimeter layout... 2.5 feet wide. I will only approach the layout from one side so 2.5 feet works for me and my train room.
Please advise. And, thank you.
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Will depend upon your equipment size and your curved track diameter.
Is it postwar size or the 1/48th full scale equipment of today?
for your largest engines and longest rolling stock 6" centers on curves would be the rule today. if you are running post war or smaller sized trains then 4.5" centers on curves would work. think in the long run where you would like your layout to be in the future before deciding .
I made a staging yard with the same goal in mind... tight, tight, tight... then I looked back and I realized picking up a car off of the rails in the center of a packed staging yard is no fun... 
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