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To echo the comments already posted.......you will NOT be happy with the 22 inch radius, using the equipment you describe. You may well be disappointed with 30-40 car trains with ANY radius on a layout in a room size you are faced with. That being said...there are thousands of H0 railroaders who would be very glad to have a 10.5 ft. x 14 ft. room to play with. Take the advice to look into alternative layout designs. I would be tempted to go "around the walls" with a layout in that size room, perhaps with 2.5 foot benchwork width all around the room...you could use 30-36" ( or greater ), radii if you wanted. One duckunder, or movable section, gets you inside. Alternatively, you could build an "island" layout in the middle of that room, at 6.5 feet x 10 feet, and STILL have 2 foot aisleways all around....such an "island" would permit you to use up to 36" radius curves if you wanted. There are combinations of these two, and other alternatives to consider. John Armstrong has been the best known reference for track planning, for decades. Don Mitchell is very innovative, too. Good luck and regards Mike[:)][8D]
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