# of folks who can fit into your train room

[pcarrell]

Three or four comfortably, but really its just my son and me most of the time.

[BNSFNUT]

Right now I could hold a dance. I have torn down the old layout and have just some bare bench work. With the old layout I have had had up to 8 watching the layout at once,
but they got in the way of the operators. 4 was a better fit.
The new layout being bigger will not allow more than 3 veiwers but will give up to 3 operators more room because they will be seperated from the veiwers.

[Pruitt]

Well, if I stack them like cordwood up to the ceiling, a few hundred! [:o)]

When I'm ready for full-up operating sessions, about ten. People coming in to look and not run trains, maybe another ten.

[Anonymous]

I can squeeze in about four, maybe five average size adults. Smoking is not allowed-nor is touching or leaning on the layout. Either of these things can get someone expelled from my train room real quick...

trainluver1

[fiatfan]

Two could operate comfortably. Possibly two more watching if they don't move around too much. And one or (possibly) two could stand in the doorway.

Now, if my math is correct, that genreally adds up to one (me)! [:D] [:D]

I don't get many visitors (unless I drag my wife to the basement).

Tom

[Anonymous]

2 anymore than that way to cramped. i already had to make an aisle smaller than i wanted but if i took any more off it it just wouldn't work. bascily one Vistor and Me. the vistor is usually my friend. if i could get another Digitrax Throttle. we could each run a train. but since i only have one throttle i'm stuck.

[Anonymous]

umm i have had 4 in the layout room during construction 1 in the middle you culd fit 2 and be ok (duck under) and three alond the out side and you need to have planed meets or be real good friends . around my yard if i cleand my basement i think i could fit maybe 10 in the yard room

[Rotorranch]

Depends on HOW good of friends we are, and possibly gender too! [;)] The more the merrier! [:D]

Seriously, maybe 3 or 4 guests, plus the two operators.

Rotor

[railroadyoshi]

well, hows about 1/2
haha
no
i can fit maybe 4 people at the front of the layout
Beyond that and on the sides, its no man's land
Its a real spuezze on the other three sides, between .75 and 1.5 ft width
I dont let visitors down those three sides because there is exposed sharp metal netting
plus, why would they want to go down there?

On my new layout, some 60-70 people could fit in the room(open 40x60 basement)
But maybe 10 people could stand around the 10x20 layout comfortably

[jeffshultz]

Any more than 4 or 5, and someone isn't going to be able to see anything...

[trainboyH16-44]

35, but that's keeping quite a few of them under the layout, and noone can move. In practicality, about 6, but that's the definite max.
Matthew

[Anonymous]

Wow some of you have huge rooms! My new train room could handle 2 standing visitors and 1 operator. 1 visitor could be swapped for an operator if needed but the layout is designed for just one person.. me. :-)

Besides.. i'm doing good to keep my wife amused and in the room for 5 minutes let alone operating time.

Jeff [8D]

[BR60103]

We had a club meeting inside my layout (the wives were all upstairs) and we had 25 to 30 in it, but it was packed. There were fewer when I was demonstrating it.
For the NMRA convention, I limited it to 8 to 10 per shift.

[Javern]

5 as long as nobody has a rear end over 2 ax handles wide

[dano99a]

15+ But they'd all be standing...

[Fergmiester]

8 Cubs and 10 parents with room to build Kub Kars. Still a tight fit

[tomwatkins]

Three or four is comfortable. There is one place where aisle space gets tight (27") and people meets need to be planned there.

Have Fun,
Tom Watkins

[vsmith]

15+ at the layout in the garage, but 2's a crowd in the workshop though!

[cwclark]

I can get about 10 people in my room put the isles are narrow (more room for trains) so i give everyone a warning before they go in: DO NOT BUMP THE BENCHWORK

[Anonymous]

I could probably cram about 40-50 in. I'm basing this on the fact that my train room (which doubles as a guest room) is about twice the size of the hall of residence rooms at the university I go to, and we managed to get 25 into one of those....Hey, we were bored![:D]

[RMax1]

I'd say I can get 40 in. I have a large room. probably 10 could actually view comfortably.

RMax

[ClinchValleySD40]

I can fit about 30 viewers, but limit it to 20 or less (need at least 15) for operations.

[fmilhaupt]

I'd say 18 to 25 viewers, comfortably, in the layout room, with 6 to 10 in the crew lounge.

Our usual operating complement is between 8 and 14, and we have plenty of elbow room during sessions.

[BNSFNUT]

Three very close friends. [:)]
Two peaple for yard and main and one for the branch.
Then the we have to plan meets, Not the trains the peaple.

[joseph2]

Depends on how bad my flatulence is.Four at the max. Joe G.

[Anonymous]

I'd begin to feel a sense of claustrophobia if more than 2 people were in my designated train room simultaneously...and good hygiene is an absolute must! [(-D]

[Noah Hofrichter]

I could fit 6 or 8 probably, but I've never had that many people see it at once.[:(]

Noah

[Anonymous]

3 or 4 operators, depending on how the layout is operated. If viewing was for a show, I'd have two operators, and maybe 4 more viewing. My layout is in a study (small bedroom).

[AggroJones]

Me, plus one other person. Its pretty tight in there.