Figure of eight

A layout shaped like the figure 8, with a crossing in the middle or a bridge where one loop passes over the other.

Dutch

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German

Acht

Articles using this term

• The helix: gaining height in little space
• Benchwork: open frame or solid baseboard?
• Gradients: how steep can a model train climb?
• Piko A-Gleis or Roco geoLine: the differences side by side
• The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
• The oval: the simplest layout and how to expand it
• The Auto-designer: layouts from your own track
• The dogbone: a long run on a narrow baseboard
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
• How to make a track plan in seven steps

See also

• Oval
• Diamond crossing
• Bridge