Two lines: CN and CP comprise my HO-scale, 10x11-foot layout plan for the Hanley Spur. Essentially an industrial switching layout, the point-to-point has a continuous-run drop-in option.
CN originates at the Outer Station on Montreal Street, top left, wending its way around the front of the layout, the CP comes in and does the same, though closer to the wall. The two lines cross at River Street, then peter out near the waterfront. Each line includes at least a run-around track to switch and serve the industries, and there will be one or two interchanges between them.
The usual left-west, right-east sensibility is absent. Plotting the schematic on paper would look like a bowl of fettucine. This is not a straight-line thing. In order to incorporate the scenes I want, and more importantly the traffic-generating industries I need, this plan has more twists and turns than a James Bond movie plot. Some industries are flats, some are partial buildings meeting the backdrop, and some will be complete structures.
It's taken several iterations, but this is the final one.
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