top 3 things you would change about your layout

[Green_Elite_Cab]

1.) DEFINITELY MAKE IT BIGGER. 4x8 is barely enough. Even if the layout were nearly exactly the same, i'd be happy with a 5x9 size so that there is more room around the edges. An addition would also be nice.

2.) A TRACK PLAN DESIGNED FOR MY TRAINS. The layout track plan i have now is derived from the Callahan Central from a Model Railroader book. Its functional, but not designed to handle my heavy electrics (GG1s, E33s, E44s) and 85' EMU commuter cars. The layout is just fine from the perspective of freight switching with small road switchers, but thats just a small part of what I want to model.

3.) PLAN THE SCENERY BETTER. Space is at a premium on 4x8, but the scenery and structures could perhaps be set up in a way to make more sense and allow the world to "flow" better around it. I probably made the big mistake of replacing the "American Hardware Supply" building with "Magic Pan Bakery", which is a shorter building and doesn't function as a view block as well as the former building did. There are also areas I think that the roads are too confined. I spent to much time worrying about trains and may have neglected a realistic roadway system.