Mindheim Track Doubled

[stephanh]

Hello,

for a very long time now, I've been thinking about building a relatively modern N scale switching layout.
For the research, I bought several of Lance Mindheim´s books and, of course, visited his website more or less regularly.

I like his "East Rail" layout very much, but I always thought it would be nice and more flexible to have a runaround.

Here´s the original Mindheim-Plan:
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9'8''x9'6'' in H0 scale.

Attached, you find my idea of the (for now) same plan with a long siding.
It´s N scale and about 7'7''x6'7''.

If I would build it, I'd have even more space available, so the planning could be done more generous.

What do you guys think? Nice idea or a case for the trashcan?
Do you like it? What would you change?

Hope to hear from you.