Boxfile loop

[danny]

I'm not really sure if this is the right category for this, but has anyone ever built a working run round loop in a box file? I only ask because I tried to do the same a couple of years ago. I used a point at one end and a traverser at the other. It was never fully finished and although it worked in theory, the traverser was a bit too short, while clearances on the loop were very tight and it could only handle 1 coach trains. The concept was hamstrung by the fact that it was meant to be an extension to another box file layout, so the track and a river had to line up. I wasn't very satisfied with it and now I think it would work better to have 2 locos and a shunt-release method instead of a loop, but I wondered if anyone thought the original idea was worth persisting with.