@mattj256

thanks again for your reply and for the tutorial link. I'm not new to Factorio, got 100s of hours but still learning, a few
more years and I might know what I'm doing!

The Factorio community is awesome, everyone is so helpful and knowledgeable, going through the various guides is
like ...

@mattj256,

My comments are not so much outlining a problem as, highlighting a personal (so not very important), wish.

I appreciate the 2x2 track tile size. Tracks can be laid adjacent to each other which I think looks good however,
when I want to merge into a single track the spacing has to be ...

My rail network is growing rapidly, it would be nice to lay the track closer apart from at train stops.

This is possible provided signals are not placed. With signals an unnatural looking spacing is required. If signals could be placed on gantries it would solve this problem
and I think, lead to a ...