UP SD40-2's NEW Layout

[UP SD40-2]

Thanks for your input/advice David

I'm a little disappointed tonight, made a cardboard 30 radius template, placed two of my Milwaukee pass cars on it, wow, not convinced the curve is big enough to make the cars look good going through it . It takes so much space to do too, I have to start the curve 3.5' from the end of the board to give enough room for the double mainline to make it. Doing that gives me just 7' of straight track on the 16' sides of the layout. I am strongly thinking of doing the outside main at 32R, means less room but... :cry: .

I could go 2' longer making the layout an 18'x 11' rectangle, that brings the cost up a bit, but the extra 2' in length might be worth it :| . So is the problems with big stuff to run, its so awesome to have but you just need so much room to run it.

Just two oddball shots...