I do not get to use the “new room” very often, but this Easter is one of those times. I used most of my track to make a giant layout. Normally, I keep stacks of similar pieces bundled with rubber bands. I used so many bundles, the “rubber band” feature seemed perfect. There are ten switches in the layout, so there was a large amount of wire in the middle of everything. Covering the wires with blue Lego plates made a necessary eye sore into a tolerable water feature around the bridges.
The track covers an area 11.5 feet by 7.5 feet. That is bigger than any arrangement of tables I have. The long runs are a great opportunity to see full length passenger trains in all their glory.
The large layout presented the option of a reverse lane between lanes two and three. Normally, this sort of thing must be run on the inside or the outside of the layout. The open layout allowed for the reverse loop to be in the middle. With a WX310 on the outside pair of tracks and another on the inside pair of tracks, it is easy to get any train to the reverse loop for a quick about face. The video shows an example of this.
The SCARM file is here. Happy Easter!