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I'm currently working up a 4 X 8 foot table in HO. People are correct that the layout is a challenge for use of space. Consider if your going up an incline with any realism your thinking max of 3% and that means you won't get 3 inches in your whole eight foot run... thus you'd have to drop your other line to clear under it. Moreover the curves may not be realistic if your into that. That being said, I have run a 18" circle oval (with a strait run of about 18" left center as one track, and an outer circle oval with the same curves, but with a strait 9" run in the middle of the curves, while the runs of strait track go about 54" the outer circle has one turn off that leads to another split (for a train station and single stall engine yard) The trick with this is in working up a decent mountian in the background with a castle planned for the top, a water fall to river that two tressle bridges must span... and a small village in a ruffly 1 1/2 foot x 3 foot area in the middle of the table. The mountain should suit a mining (coal?) operation and our table has plans even for a small table leaf shooting off with a dock and steamship. I'm of the mindset it's not a matter of "can't" anything, more a matter of trying to match your personal goals with the space you have, doing the best with what you have. Likely my set-up would anger rivit counters as the bends are tight, the trains don't match a specific era, and honestly lots of the houses are ceramic dollar store finds... still, it serves my goals.
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