Track Layout help

Run the track (in the shed) as close to the wall as you can.. Leave a little for that *really* big engine / wagon you haven't got yet!
Shelves over the top.. Possibly a bench as well? Then the option to put in a point, and a second line as a siding to store more stock??

Largest radius points you can fit, even if it means saving for them..
If small radius, then a short straight before the opposing curve to get tracks parallel.
 
"Curve goes through shed? - only downside I see about this is that It would consume a lot of the shed floor space?"

I once saw a line through a shed.....it was a reverse loop....the track was fitted to the floor, then a second floor was fitted so the top of the rail was flush with the new floor. It removed a trip hazard, and made the track less susceptible to damage.

By combining the top part of diagram 1..the external loop, then the rh track by the lh corner of the shed then joins the line along the path forming a double track, curves round parallel to the bottom of the curve in dia 2, then both lines enter the shed, one at the rh corner as fig 2, and then exits at the lh corner. Two sets of storage sidings!

Does need more track though!!!

Malcolm
 
Very much agree with PhilP, get the largest radius points you can, LGB R5 or 6' should be ok with just about most things you can buy to run on 45 mm gauge track. I ditched my R3's as soon as I got into 2-8-2's, full length L&B and D&RGW coach stock.

Keep in mind that larger radii not only allow you to acommodate longer wheelbase rigid frame locos but also allow for a wider range of rolling stock with longer w/b and end overhangs from their bogie/axle centres and less forgiving coupling arrangements (e.g. knuckles & choppers) so that they don't end up derailing all the time. For the same reason you should avoid reverse curves, unless very generously proportioned (ooh er missus).

Even though you have a lot of space there don't forget your loading gauge around your track bed. The space you need to allow for width/height of stock taking into account the overhangs on curves and points - see above regards rolling stock. Max
 
I know of a reverse loop in a garage. It's mounted on a base board which is hinged to the wall. When not it use, it's lifted flush to some shelving to keep the floor clear and for putting (very oddly) his car! Works a treat.
 
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