Before anyone gets any ideas this is just a daydreaming question. But the conversation on my turnout rehab got me thinking about the 32 mm Fn2/O guage outdoor addition I want to make. I want this to be a very simple design. Its primary purpose would be for a 2 ft mining railroad. Just an out and back to serve a far off mine that brings ore to a concentrator that will be on my current layout.
However I also want it to serve a dual purpose as an O gauge Roundy Round. I purchased and was given some of Steve Featherkileās O gauge 2 rail stuff. I would really like to convert it to RC/Battery and have a layout to just have it run around.
Now I have thought of a few simple track plans to serve this purpose, and I keep coming back to a dog bone design. Can be an out and back spur or it can be a continuous run. As an out and back the turnouts could be thrown to defer to sidings at either end to get to the mine and the concetrator respectively. Throw them the other way and defer to the loop and it could be a continuous run dog bone.
All of this will be built on bench work. My thinking is the least amount of track, smallest foot print for bench work, give me what I want for both scenarios, and take up the least amount of my wifeās garden space.
Does anyone see any glaring problems with my idea?