Paul,

The NMRA had a program called “Build A Dream” a couple of years ago where members built small layouts in public places as a demonstration and encouragement to enter the hobby. A couple of local (Coast Division) members built an HO layout at a Home Depot. The next year, they did it again, only in N Scale, using building insulation forma for the entire layout, and completing different stages of the work as “clinics” at our quarterly NMRA meetings. The track was Kato Unitrak, and the track plan was modified from Kato’s “World’s Greatest Hobby” track plan ( ). I have uploaded photos of the layout and the track plan to the Photos section in an album titled “Build-a-Dream Layout 2017”. This layout has plenty of running possibilities. If running two trains totally independently is a must, the track plan could probably be divided into a “upper” and “lower” route. There may be other plans on the Kato site which would lend themselves to this kind of separation as well.

You will notice the layout also has a scenic dividing element (mountain ridge) running down the middle which may be a solution to another posted message today.

Tom K.

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