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Good luck on the helix. Take your time and build it right the first time. Make sure you have a good transition from your flat level to the completion of the first turn (ie, make a constant grade over the whole length of the first turn). That way your next turns will be at a constant grade also...

Oak island is just staging for the east end of the layout. The mainline starts at Phillipsburg, NJ and the Deleware river bridges. In this photo you can see the 7 staging tracks at the bottom, counting from hte left. The far right 2 tracks are for local industries at Phiilipsburg...

Jesper, I have a basic track plan, I use as an outline for building the layout. I drew to scale my basement when I was designing the benchwork and placing the basement walls. I fit pieces of the LV mainline on the drawing to place scenes, towns and yards. The benchwork plan and basic...

I made a giant compass to draw the track radius for my main yard. 10 tracks on a curve seemed like a bad idea to eyeball. Things turned out very smooth. I just followed the lines when laying track.

I just joined the group and thought I would add a picture of my layout. I took this photo last month. This is the first scenery I built on the layout. I spend most of the rest of my time building benchwork and designing the track plan. This photo was taken on one of the branchlines and runs...