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People gotta complain, apparently. It's a compulsion, I believe.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how that branch line staging yard is supposed to work.
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The problem is that MR doesn't know the difference between a branch line and an interchange track(watch the video to see what I mean).
I was thinking more about this thread, and I began to get the idea that an MR project layout is a little like a "concept car" at a car show -- it's a showcase for ideas, but not really something GM or whoever expects anyone actually to drive. It's built in a 6-month period, and some videos and photos are taken showing the MR staff operating it, but basically once the series is published, it either goes into storage or sometimes turns up at a show, and that's about it. There have been some really, really good and inspiring project layouts -- the Clinchfield, the Lou Sassi Housatonic, and the Virginian, for instance -- but a little like concept cars, the thing is the idea, not the whole package.
Dave, Thanks. I should add the blurb about "build a 4 x 8..." isn't accurate - the layout is actually a little less than 3 x 7 or so. Marty