Blueberry's new track plan

[Blueberry]

Hello,
I made a search for switching/shunting layouts an I found this very interesting photo:

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But I also like to see my trains running free. So, with a little help from Anyrail, I drawn these two plans.
What's the best? All your comments will be very appreciated. Thanks.

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[Mountain]

Interesting but frustrating!
The second plan looks good but without the innermost siding.

[MrH]

For me the question is not which is better but which fits your theme/scenics better.

The upper design has more interesting shapes between lines to use for scenery but if you are just going to Ballast across the shapes the more uniform 2nd design would make more sense especially with the short run around.

In addition my first thought was have ou even the timesaver problem?

[Blueberry]

Thanks for all your replies Gentlemen.
It's a switching layout where the famous "timesaver" rules will never apply here.
The scenery will be mostly the same as seem on the photo above.

[MrH]

Thanks for all your replies Gentlemen.
It's a switching layout where the famous "timesaver" rules will never apply here.
The scenery will be mostly the same as seem on the photo above.

Then I’d keep the nice triangle shape between the top two spurs as you have in the first design.

Look forward to seeing it develop