I wanted to create a layout that was as long as possible, but not have any overpasses. On the 4 x 10 table, I started with a loop of two lanes going all the way around. I added a turnout along the top. Note that the second lane in this layout is the only lane with no turnout.
Inside of this, I added two more lanes, and bent the ends back onto themselves. Each of these lanes has a turnout.
You can see the inside and outside are connected at the bottom right of each section with a pair of EP481-15R (20-221) turnouts. Below is the whole thing with the turnouts highlighted. If the third lane turnout is used as a lane for traffic, the layout is basically a three lane loop with a giant looping turnout.
All together it is 203 feet of track, all on a 4 x 10 foot table. It’s a fun layout to watch. Be sure to watch the bonus clip at the end. Samuel stopped by and we did a quick FasTrack loop under the N Scale layout. I think he likes the big trains mostly because of all the sounds that he controls from the remote.
There is a lot of track in the layout. It took 75 minutes to put it all together and get all the electronics working. Download the SCARM file for this layout here.