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Budget Layout for Narrow O27 Layouts

These plans make you 3' by 8' and 3' by 12' layouts that run two and more trains.

Not enough room for a 4' by 8'? O27 can be used to make a slimmer layout. In this case, we have developed a layout no wider than three feet. Have fun with these track plans. You get all the action in a thinner railway.

Here's a loop of O27 track on a 3' by 8' bench

A single switch makes a spur.

Another switch and some track makes an inside loop

It only takes another pair of switches and track for two openings to the inside loop.

Two switches mae a reversing track. Of course, you will have to back some trains in to reverse them.

Another switch makes a spur.

We can add a switch to add a siding outside the loops.

Extending the table 4' , add a switch at a time to make sidings. Three switches shown here make three sidings.

Two more switches add two more sidings. A nice freight yard for using operating trackside accessories like barrel loaders and coal dumpers.

Now we add a small passing loop to the right with a pair of switches.

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Here's a loop of O27 track on a 3' by 8' bench	A single switch makes a spur.
Another switch and some track makes an inside loop	It only takes another pair of switches and track for two openings to the inside loop.
Two switches mae a reversing track. Of course, you will have to back some trains in to reverse them.	Another switch makes a spur.
We can add a switch to add a siding outside the loops.	Extending the table 4' , add a switch at a time to make sidings. Three switches shown here make three sidings.
Two more switches add two more sidings. A nice freight yard for using operating trackside accessories like barrel loaders and coal dumpers.	Now we add a small passing loop to the right with a pair of switches.