No, I haven't considered Kato Unitrack, mainly because I never heard of it!I mentioned it before, Hal -- have you considered Kato Unitrack?
This might be just what you're looking for...
Here's a floor plan of the entire apartment, with the 2 dark rectangles representing the two 4x8 sheets of plywood.
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Looking at the plan, you're gonna have a hard time "reaching across" to the back of the railroad if you need to get access there.
I'm wondering if an "L-shaped dog-bone" style of plan might work...
You mean like this dogbone? The right hand loop is 7-1/2 feet in diameter, and I've never had any problems on it, mainly because I run my railroad as simple as possible, with a single train on a single uninterrupted track, with no spurs, sidings, or switches to complicate things.Looking at the plan, you're gonna have a hard time "reaching across" to the back of the railroad if you need to get access there.
I'm wondering if an "L-shaped dog-bone" style of plan might work...
I think he was just suggesting that type of a plan in your space, not necessarily that specific plan. Something sort of variation of as below. Both attempt to break up the visual of a straight track running along the edge of a straight bench. The second one could be crossings (if one likes the clicky-clack of a train crossing another track) or could be elevations. I have to say though that elevations in this small of a space could be problematic. The advantage of the second is that there is a longer run in the loop and one can get to see both sides of a train.That plan won't work because I won't have the space for it across the narrow end of the room, which is only 4 feet wide.
My old (present) room is 20' x 25', and I never had to do any "reaching" of any kind on the 0-scale layout.