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My train room is a 38x30 foot room here in the basement. I also have a 25x25 foot office/crew lounge down here. The train room was unfinished when we moved in and although it was plumbed for a bathroom there were no interior walls. I, with the help of friends, framed the walls, insulated all exterior and interior walls, sheetrocked all walls, had bathroom facilities installed, had a drop ceiling and lighting installed, had a work bench built and installed and finally after four years started building the layout. The layout itself is 30x30, I have an L shaped workbench with 16 drawers that have full extension pullout slides, a bathroom with deep laundry sink and my wife's crafts workbench that fills the remaining 8x30 area. The 8x30 foot area has a light colored tiled floor so that any parts dropped from the workbench can easily be found. The aisles in the remainder of the room will have 18"x18" carpet tiles to make standing for long periods tolerable. The outside door to the basement is 3' wide as is the door to the bathroom, all aisles are 3' wide and the bathroom is handicap accessible . Should a wheelchair bound person wi***o see my train room they will be have no problem with access or using the facilities if necessary. I felt getting the layout room the way I wanted it was more important than starting the layout. It also gave time to massage my layout plan to the point that now that I am building the layout I have not deviated from that planned design as work progresses. This is my second layout but my first basement, and it took me all the way to retirement to finally have a basement. My first layout was in the garage and although enjoyable had duckunders and was difficult to keep clean. I am very pleased with the way the whole project is coming along and feel very fortunate to have this kind of space available for my retirement layout. I'm sure this is more than you wanted to know but I think getting the room ready for the railroad is as important as the railroad itself. At least it sure is working for me.
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