A Switching Layout (Inglenook style)

[Manicouagan]

Hello,
I (also) built a switching layout (1,50 m x 0.30 m) using Trix C-track. It's not exactly an Inglenook sidings layout but I'm very pleased with the result. The baseboard and the track plan:

I laid the track just for a test. Works fine for me. Because I'll run only American stuff on this layout, I have no need for the buffer stops. So I removed them. The length of the sidings has been increased by 50 mm.

Because I absolutely don't want to make the slightest hole in my beautiful brand new chipboard, I made a little hole (5 mm) at the end of the former buffer stop of the headshunt. The track connecting wires pass through. As I'm not looking for realism (everybody already knows that !), I am very happy with the result.

[Irishrailwayman]

How will you work the uncoupling for shunting purposes? PS chipboard is prone to damage from damp.

[Manicouagan]

How will you work the uncoupling for shunting purposes?  I use the "old school" method: the God's hand with a little tool.
PS chipboard is prone to damage from damp. I store them in a very dry place. So no problem at all.

[Manicouagan]

A few pics of my first switching layout before I built a new baseboard and I slightly change the track plan:

 

[Manicouagan]

I can also run 00 gauge and 0n30 scale trains on my switching layout.