Column issue when refactoring from aspx to cshtml (Razor) - asp.net-mvc

I am in the process of converting my website from aspx to cshtml (Razor). This is going fine apart from an issue I have with my 2 or 3 column master pages and trying to convert these to a cshtml Layout Page.
In Razor I have basically created separate pages for all of my sections and am then calling these from the Layout Page using #RenderPage. Maybe this in itself is wrong? Basically what all the sections are displaying fine apart from the Main content section which is basically a wrapper for the 3 (or 2) columns that I wish to be displayed within this. I have tried various ways to do this but either just get the 1 main column displayed across the width of the page or get the column displayed above each other but the formatting of the other 2 is incorrect. I know all of the CSS etc works fine in aspx but I am obviously doing something wrong in Razor.
CSHTML New Layout Page
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="top">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_Top.cshtml")
</div>
<div id="header">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_Header.cshtml")
</div>
<div id="nav">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_Nav.cshtml")
</div>
<div class="main">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_Main.cshtml")
<div class="columnVerySmall">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_ColumnVerySmall.cshtml", false)
</div>
<div id="columnLarge">
#RenderBody()
</div>
<div id="columnSmall">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_ColumnSmall.cshtml", false)
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_Footer.cshtml")
</div>
<div id="scripts">
#RenderPage("~/Views/Shared/_Scripts.cshtml")
</div>
</div>
</body>
Old ASPX Master Page:
<div class="main">
<main role ="main" class="mainWrapper">
<div class="columnVerySmall">
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="columnVerySmallContent" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>
<div class="columnLarge">
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="columnLargeContent" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>
<div class="columnSmall">
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="columnSmallContent" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>
</main>
</div>

I have managed to solve this by changing the Main section as shown in the code block below. I basically added the "Main" code to my layout and then #Render for the Columns. I don't really see how I can do this by having a separate page for "Main" and then calling it from the Layout Page using #RenderPage as I was originally trying. This is what I changed:
<div class="main">
<main role="main" class="mainWrapper">
<div class="columnVerySmall">
#RenderPage("_ColumnVerySmall.cshtml")
</div>
<div class="columnLarge">
#RenderBody()
</div>
<div class="columnSmall">
#RenderPage("_ColumnSmall.cshtml")
</div>
</main>
</div>

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