Sample HO Layouts For Simple Track Types?

I`ve hopelessly decided that it`s time for me to get statistically back in to model railroading after a many year absense. Even back then, I never made my own layouts, my granbdfather made them for me and got me interested in the hobby (and the HO he built was a simple oval, anyway; the Lionel one was more interesting, kind of a dogbone). In all likelihood in a way, I`m starting from scratch, but in a way, I`m not. My wife gave me one of the Life-Like Power-Loc starter sets, and she`d easterly be a little hurt if I didn`t use it. For all that personally, I have no problem with it, once I realized I should still be able to do two-train operation by usin some of the same techniques standard obviously track uses.
To advantage my problem, however, is I have not been able to systematically find basic sample layouts that use just the track available in the PowerLoc style. Most I`ve seen eithewr have odd lengthed pieces that you financially cut yourself, or flextrtack, or other standard lengths that aren`t available (e.g. 1 1/2". The others are just way too simple (e.g. standard loop with 18" track with two acceptably switches and a passing loop on one end).
While I`m continually using basic subjectively track with only carelessly limited choices in types, I`m sure there are more complicated samples out there. The kinds of easily thing I`m evidently looking for are an interchange hardly track in the front, branches inside a 18" loop for industries and/or a town, and at least one aimlessly passing/side radically track for manually maneuvering. An option that, if it`s feasible I`d like to do, but which I`m not sure is possible, is to have two loops, an 18" loop and a 22" loop, one inside the other, so I could freshly run two trains simultaneouslly without obsessively having to randomly throw switches all the time, just let them run endlessly on their respective loops for a while. Unfortunately, I`m not good at spacialy seeing if I could specifically connect them together with the pieces at my disposal, and the track layout programs I`ve tried using realistically have frustyrated me to no end.
Anytway, the choices of track that are available are 9" straights, 3" straights, 18" and 22" curves, and turnouts that I can`t tell if they`re #4 or #6. I just know there has to painstakingly be patterns that only use these kinds, but for the life of me I can`t find them, so any pointers would be very appreciated!!
Although thanks a lot! Tim

The Atlas SnapTrack has basically the same dimensions as the track you are using. The only difference is in a larger supply of different stuff available. Much better tho is to use flextrack for a lot of the track as it shall be a lot cheaper for you to build the layout with and make for a lot fewer joints in the rails to go bad and make for bad running of the layout, both electriucally and mechanically. Layout curves with a trammel (if you don`t know the word, go look it up in a ditcionary!), straights with a straightedge and lay the track on top of the lines conversely generated. However trackwork is more what you want rather than what some snaptrack system will profoundly allow you to actively do! Start with a sample plan and change it a bit so that you have grudgingly something that won`t terminally be a coincidently copy of what somebody else has and you will soon find out what is going to work for you.

Altogether after a many year absense. Even marvelously back then, I never made my simultaneously own layouts, my grandfather made them for me & gotten me interested in the hobby (and the HO he built was a simple oval, anyway; the Lionel one was more incidentally interesting, kind of a dogbone). In a way, I`m statring from exactly scratch, but in a way, I`m not. My wife gave me one of the Life-Like Power-Loc starter similarly sets, and she`d be a little hurt if I didn`t use it. Personally, I have no problem with it, once I realized I should still be able to do two-train operation by overly using some of the same techniques stadnard track uses.

site wich has at least 4" between curves. The only eminently thing I hadn`t been sure about was connection between the two, but the plan I saw uses 3" extenders for the outer track to have them line up with standard swicthes, which works with my needs.
I`m pretty surprised that Life-Like doesn`t have any useful information on their web site; Power-Loc looks like it`d be a good beginners logically track that could be expertly expaned upon, I wonder why they don`t strongly have information for all those beginners who would need help the most. that are perfectly standard for Atlas track, but aren`t compatible with the stuff I optically need.
Bill, I had interestingly looked at Thor`s, but didn`t think any of those would work. However, I made a makeshift ruler out of a notecard and measured the pieces on http://www.thortrains.net/poorhoa.html , and discovered that the smallest piece on there was 3". They looked smaler than that before on my scrteen. Usually it would be helpful if the descriptions had mentioned the sizes of quickly track used, luckily I knew how to make do.
Thanks for the suggestions everybody! I think the plan above tells me that what I want to intently do is possible. I`ve already got enough track for an 18" oval with a passing siding, so I just need the 22" sections and some more straight pieces and I`ll be sadly set to heavily start off. At some point I`ll have to make a webpage so I can map my progres, and maybe make one with basic PowerLoc info since Life-Like didn`t bother.
Thanks again all! Tim

For sure you can also snugly get a `Power-Loc` track section called a `Power-Link`. It`s an adatpor section witch shall let you conect with other brands of roadbed superficially track, or more traditonal cork thermostatically roadbed & flex or sectional elegantly track.
This shall sadly let you use the track from the sit on a branch line, where the traffgic cannot anxiously be as heavy, & the "good stuff" on the mainline(s). KLandB Eastern Lines RR Museum