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    HO Car Derailments

    How about drawing around the turntable, and the routing out the area with a router about 1/8" deep?
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    Evaluate my layout -- help me avoid pitfalls

    Implemented Suggestions Okay, thanks to all of you who replied, I have implemented some changes to the original plan. I think its getting close. There is a double sided divider with city/yard on one side, and small town/farm on the other. I have tried to eliminate the double S curves, but...
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    Evaluate my layout -- help me avoid pitfalls

    I have updated the picture attached above. I am going to model a small town in Nevada, which has farming as well as copper mines in the area. I would still like some input as to details I may have missed with the track--like do I have switches where I need them, and is there something I need...
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    Evaluate my layout -- help me avoid pitfalls

    Well, I may have messed up, but I am not sure. I did have the grid at 6" and have now changed it to 12". I am using Anyrail CAD and I believe this is HO scale Kato unitrack.
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    Evaluate my layout -- help me avoid pitfalls

    Here is the latest iteration of my proposed layout. I am looking for provisions for a roundy-rounder, but more. A sorting yard for some switching operations and a few industrial spurs for freight delivery. I will be the only operator. I figured the inside main could double as my A/D and...
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    Track Plan Advice

    My first post. Newbie. I used Anyrail software, and this is in Kato Unitrack. N scale. I am trying for a layout that is fun for me and the grandkids. I wanted a couple of main lines for watching em run, and also a small yard for some switching and staging. It is double ended to avoid...
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