Yesterday, i went through all the layout plans I have produced over the last years, still in search for my dream layout.
Good news - i think if have found it.
I just positioned the layouts I have planned in the available room - some adjustments, and here it is:
How did you like it?
Personally, I would shrink it towards the northeast to provide an access aisle to your window, and more room to get through the door. Aisle width is a personal issue, and depends on more than just how wide you are, or are not.
Factors leading one to wider aisles:
Consider you are designing a layout as part of a display or multi-purpose space, not a track plan. When the layout's display and human operating interface are considered as important parts of the design, I believe a better overall layout emerges.In your particular case, I would make the aisles on south and west sides of room at least 2.5 ft, with 3 ft being better. This would shrink the track plan a little, but would make the room and the layout more comfortable.
my thoughts, your choices
Fred W
Thanks for all the valuable comments, Fred - very helpful. I will do some more consideration with regard to width of aisles and layout hight. I guess I won´t have much of a problem - the room is a little wider than drawn.
... made some changes:
- wider aisle to the window
- staging yard in front of window removable for access.
Layout controls (for turnouts etc.) will be incorporated in the fascia board. Trains will be run using DCC wireloss controls.
Motive power: Contemporary UP
Occasional steam railfan trips
Looks ok to me now - any more ideas to make this even better?