Multi-Level

Here is a plan that includes multiple levels.

It consist of three levels, with staging on either side.  It's not continuous run I know, however the nature of the long main-line run may be enough to see some action.  It has a station and its a through run rather than a terminus.  I can shunt and make up trains at either staging end  (active staging) - with the idea being that this will be where operators will be placed to make up and break up trains during op sessions.  The emphasis is on these areas rather than at the main station area.

Industrial Shunting or Branch Line?

Yesterday Craig gave up his Sunday morning to assist me in drawing up some ideas given my druthers.
The best idea Craig suggested was to draw up a scale grid say 2cm=1 and then use a compass to draw the curves.  I found this to be the break-through I was looking for.  In the afternoon I drew up the plan we discussed in the morning and it was plain to see that it would not work.  Un-phased and with my new knowledge to use a compass to draw accurate curves I pressed ahead making up some further plans.
Eventually I came up with these two. (Both have an oval of track only for those occasions when I like to see trains running round)
One is an industrial shunting layout with industries based in Western Melbourne such as Sunshine and Brooklyn, whilst the other is more of a branch line run, from staging.
I am not sure which one I like better although I like both of them.  The branch line run gives me some nice main line run with scenery, where-as the industrial shunting schematic probably gives me more engagement time.
The branch line probably utilises better use of the space, and I could run a variety of engines and trains, e.g. railmotor, X class, T and Y, where as the industrial shunting layout I would be left with a Y or T Class as motive power.  Hard choice!

Industrial:

BranchLine: