This plan comes from "Track Planning Ideas from MR" 1981, long out of print.
What I did was take the extreme right side loop and drop it down to the track that goes into the engine house at the bottom. Then I added a cross-over with two turnouts just to the right of the word Buckley next to the turnout at the building marked "D". The coaling tower moves to the right and the ash pit is eliminated. The result is that I can run two trains continuously without throwing a lot of toggle switches because I have created a crossover without that common section in the original plan. Using a dual transformer and an Atlas Controller, I can run both trains all over the place.
The scenery will be a challenge here as the grades are steep as I said, but it is only a "come-on" for the big one in the basement.
I have to figure out a drawer arrangement for the transformer and controls and I am having Seivers make me some special legs that are shorter than their usual ones as I need to get this under the wall mounted On30. The height will be 30", plus whatever size wheels I put on it. Using the Seivers benchwork, like the big layout, I can have a lot of negative scenery if I want or need it.
It is still a dream so to speak. Not much room for a lot of cars, but it should be fun anyway. Would you believe the plan book says this can be done in N scale in a 2'x4' space? Maximum radius 9". I tried it and "no way Jose!". Plan books lie! This N scale rendition is based on the TT scale version; and it barely works.
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