Track Planning

HI THERE

I did these three layouts in planning .

Version 1 is for you Don.   Versions 2 & 3 are for a 4x12 table.

Your version has a ravine/ditch for scenery ! I hope this helps

Many thanks for your kind reply; I was beginning to think my inquiry too mundane to elicit any response from presumably grayer-haired forum members. I wish I could go 4 ft deep, but alas no room, nor is my arm reach (even with a lift) quite that long. The curves look to be about 20" nominal radius; I should be able to make this work. Appreciate your effort & look forward to learning as I go along, with the help of experts in the field.

HI DON

I used 18"radius curves on all three plans

I believe the curves would fit on the 40" depth you wanted.

the grid I set was 144" x 48"

I did a dog bone instead of a reverse loops on ends to avoid cost of electronics .

Please note Anyrail has the Micro Engineering track in the track library. 

I used Atlas Because I dont use flextrack . I dont know how to use it in the program .

Feel free to contact me again if you want to try something different.

Thanks again. Do you think it possible to try a folded dogbone plan or twice around in this space, with a siding or two thrown in? Found a couple of quick images along these lines from David K Smith's website that I attach.

Once again, appreciate your input. As my space is rather confined, I think the easiest thing for me at this point is to just spread out some track on the floor & see what's possible. I assume the twice around & dogbone layouts I posted were likely to be used with access to both sides (not against the wall). Will certainly keep your suggestions in mind as I explore the possibilities.

It's ok to have track against the back wall you just need to have some kind of access.  Look for the term 'popups' or 'liftouts' and you will see there are lots of ways to gain access.  Most important thing though, is HAVE FUN!  Russ