There are a lot of ways you can create a figure-8 track layout with GeoTrax. The basic figure-8 layout is a quick way to get my youngest child up and running with a simple track layout that doesn't take up a lot of space and keeps her entertained while I am trying to build a more complex layout. Here is a quick picture of what a figure-8 layout might look like.
![Figure 8 track layout](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1obzmGb3nNGG24v_ALthkzKmFXa1mXuqHuOzN41E9IE_KTqSLOpkvREPyI8d2Oehobobf4k4gehhT1SvRzijibEG54jAGWqQSnsx3p3r7Y1Rpii-3xbR01uVYoAs4IiaF-TgyMQ/s400/fig8.jpg)
![Figure 8 track layout broken apart to show pieces better](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzg7TOCaBJKRzY0qkiCWPPvPGC-ejnPPIo9q796o6t0l8XqWFEWzAENe9oAHEPbood46CT8qw6wKgNoimFSazs0m6cA7U7royzSRDvHl_GUJpszx0TBqfiFvZl3-8-bSTaVpksw/s400/fig8sects.jpg)
You can modify this same concept by adding the T-track pieces into the mix. Your figure 8 has more of a square look but adds some alternative paths to the layout for your trains. Here is what mine looks like...
![Figure 8 track layout using T-track pieces](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVXqvSPV0yHtGZqJEAPJMMyK64s2BmLW9O-SNyYumP2hDkacokpCgyXkqQrieJyvuqw9ykGQduomZKEYkOtxglnQDwLxTLeKbyAwXtGX_dvhHZpHnFYgVgx907NWd8FlbczKbnA/s400/fig8t.jpg)
Or you can combine these two ideas together into something that looks like interlocking figure 8's (or a 4-leaf clover) which can then be altered in a way to allow for off and on ramps for the clover leaf design. Check this out...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNev9G9c1Qwg1PIN_qO8KeWLlJavV5UftpOQBfsAl0kLPlEqbU3xNzH5Zo5AUtDwWX-JkB7lFsmoJGRYqVsvYM-7BlVYQzKLw0lUY3MP4X_TY2rlk_UNoR4QyF0ClZRpqd_Vaf_w/s400/fig8cmplxsec.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDj_xNVilrzP6H43JOPndmRfBNsoJZZ9nl4J-7ultSCa9ifJPHTe7pT9h28ZExOA514CVPzsPrrNk9Ich_Ew-nENtqDZRahCx8b7XHLNUCWCwH-_ZmNesUS4GstfMqYMjTBG_Iw/s400/fig8complex.jpg)
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