There was a post earlier this morning about the HOG layout asking if it could be run point-to-point along with a few answers.  The post has since disappeared (marked as spam?) but I wanted to share some info about my modified HOG layout.

The funny thing is that last night the author of the plan (and my good modeler friend) Scott Perry came for a visit!  We had a nice dinner and afterwards I took him to see our club (Central Florida Railroad Modelers) layout which he enjoyed.  We finished the night up with my layout and it was an honor to have Scott as my first model railroader visitor to see the layout that was the result of his initial design.  I want to mention the important point that I've had another model railroader friend (designer & builder) do the re-design of the HOG to fit my room.  He prefers to remain anonymous at this time.

The modification of the HOG for my requirements was to make it an around-the-walls style with wider sections to allow for more scenery in my 10ft by 12ft layout room.  The layout is 24" wide along the two 12ft walls and 35" wide along the back 10ft wall.  Why 35" instead of 36"? - so it will fit through my doorways in case it has to be moved.  The section along the 10ft door wall that contains the swing gate is 12" wide.

I've added one additional siding from the HOG original plan along with a Doodlebug track that runs in an "U" shape around 3 walls of the layout.  For information about the HOG along with a number of other great variants click HERE to go to the blog.

Here's the track plan for my modified HOG layout: