After seeing problems with even the 22" curves on the last plan, I started with a clean slate. This latest track plan has minimal curves on the mainline, with no curves anywhere less than 24" radius. Most of the curves are far beyond that. The 2-10-2 handles 24" just fine.
Barring any further issues, this is the track plan that I'll be using, hopefully starting to lay track this coming weekend. Staging will be done using a portable cassette on the left end (to/from Duluth), and on the interchange to Great Northern on the right end (to/from Grand Rapids). I won't be able to turn the loco, so it will make the return trip to Duluth backwards. Should be a fun layout to operate!
I like the way that very few of the tracks are parallel to the front and rear edges of the baseboard. Its also great that the train is also going to move from the rear of the baseboard to the front as it crosses the layout. It will make things look less constrained
ReplyDeleteAgreed. That's something I purposely tried to avoid.
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