Plans for possible new 1x6' shelf layout?

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Well - using the "Extended" version would be simplest, with the station beyond the crossing rather than another industry, and only extending the centre track. The logical vehicle to use would be an RDC (Single- or two-car) - in fact if you use a kitchen timer, and run a regular service at 15 (actual minutes) intervals - it means that you have the complication of the switcher having to clear the track for the passenger, to mess up your switching moves. However you would need to decide which of your tracks the passenger enters the layout on - my suggestion would be that a branch comes in along the top left (where the dark brown boxcar is in the photos) instead of having an industry there - a slightly wider board would let you curve the track to hide the RDC behind buildings - of course, your thoughts may differ

NB - The old Athearn rubber band poweered RDCs are actually under length compared to the later ones from Proto 1000 which are correct - handy if you don't have a great deal of space - I converted an Athearn dummy with a SPUD - the extra weight cures the SPUDs "Jack-Rabbit" behaviour