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I've never tried this, but I have toyed with the idea of running a train around the room, right above the doors, & windows. I had planned to do this in my youngest daughter's room, but just never found the time. My plan was to use wall mounted shelves, & maybe even some kind of valance with lighting above the shelves. I would definitely want a backdrop, probably a painted blue sky, with some elements from commercial backdrops cut out, & pasted on. Some low-relief structures, or building flats would be great too. One important consideration would be that there was enough space in the corners to accomodate the curves. Some test fitting would be in order, before anything is "nailed down". Another consideration would be the location, & access to the power supply. Do you want to be able to control the train, or just turn it on & off? What I was planning here was going to be about 84" off the floor, well out of the reach of curious little hands. And because of this height, I was going to have a slightly ratsed facia board to make sure any derailments stayed on the shelf.
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