09-25-2024, 01:54 PM
(09-24-2024, 05:55 PM)TMo Wrote: I almost feel in some of those shots I'm looking at the full scale space! The only thing that really gives it away is the ruler. If this is the micro-scale, I'm really looking forward to seeing it implemented in HO. I guess if I had to pick a "right" or "left" version of the aqueduct placement, I'd pick the right since there are fewer switches nearby. Can't tell you how many times I think I have a switch thrown and it's not - generating a derailment right there.
That's the general consensus as well, don't make things more difficult than they need to be. However, one of my personal issues is the everything is parallel to the edge. On top of the that the viaduct is really quite short and doesn't quite pull off the heavy traffic road I was hoping for. I considered skewing the whole thing but instead. The downside to that is I want to use some kind of cassette to get trains on and off the layout so skewing the plan would make that more difficult to deal with. In the spirit of Denver though I decided to set the two crossing streets at an angle to the main drag. My street running tracks remain nice and straight and the diagonal makes the crossing streets longer and I avoid the street ending at the backdrop issue.