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 Over the last weeks, I have been playing around with a lot of ideas on how to come up with a simple, but also scenic design for a small shelf switching layout. The forum provided a vast number of contributions as food for thought, so did a lot of surfing the internet for small layout ideas. A lot what I had posted here was "borrowed" , either copied or adapted. Somehow all these ideas did not create this "wow - that´s what I want to build"-feeling in my stomach. So how to proceed from here?I negiotated with SWMBO to get some extra space - if I make the layout not as deep as 2ft, say only 18", I can get a couple of feet extra in length, up to 11´ or even 12´ in total - plus a 3´ switching lead for staging, if it is detachable. Her desk can than go under the layout!  I am fascinated with Lance Mindheim´s work - his East Rail project is just fantastic. I like the simplicity of the design, yet complex and highly detailed in the execution. His East Rail gives me that wow-feeling!As I cannot build an L-shaped layout, I took some "modeler´s license"  to adapt some features of his East rail into a straight shape and "relocated" the whole thing to the Milwaukee area. This is what it looks like:<img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/MILW35thSTYard-A.jpg?t=1244123247" mce_src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/MILW35thSTYard-A.jpg?t=1244123247" width="1021" height="342"> Most of the buildings will have to be scratchbuilt, but that´s part of the challenge. I welcome any improvements!   Thanks for bearing with me!
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