Beginner Track plan for grandson

[artf]

an update to my original plan. Any suggestions are welcome

thanks

[artf]

 a bit more detailed with a few industries to be served (yet to be named)

I'm afraid the double crossover creates an "s" curve?

[David]

I don't think you should worry about the 'S' curve here.

Plan looks good, but are you sure you want a 'duck under' plan? It seems you've plenty of room along the walls, maybe with a peninsula.
I'm not sure how physically fit you are, but when I was 30 years old I already regretted having to crawl under the layout that I had back then.

[artf]

Thanks David,

I understand the issue with duck under but I was hoping to have a continuous run plan and I don't think I have the room for a 180 deg turnaround. I could move the bottom right corner to the wall but can't block the window on the right side. And want to be sure I do not exceed reach in distance.

[artf]

Some additional edits.

Eliminated crossover - duck under may become lift out

a few more sidings.

Any comments are welcome

Thanks

[Russell]

I toyed around with you plan a little. I added a 2 track staging yard for storing extra trains. And changed the payout of the switching branch line. I made the industries on the right side of the plan Agricultural, and the left side by the staging tracks industrial using back drop style buildings.

[artf]

thanks Russell

some great ideas and you really made the layout "pop"

[artf]

in this modified layout (with help from Russell), I noticed that some of the connections points are now triangles rather than circles.

Is this an issue? What is the cause of this? Any help is appreciated.

I don't want to proceed with anything  unless I know the tracks are going to properly connect.

Thanks

Oct 7 2022-ver3.any

[Russell]

the triangles denote an isolator connector (plastic) instead of normal

[artf]

Got it

Thanks