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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rayhippard GRANDPACOYOTE, I am about to start designing a layout for a 14' x 19' train room with one entrance door and no windows. Planned it this way and have the room completely finished now including flat black painted ceiling, coved corners, painted masonite backdrops and flat black painted masonite overhead valances to define layout outline and hide layout lighting. My plan is around the room but not across the doorway. One peninsula juting out from beside the doorway into the center of the room. This gives me space on the end of the peninsula for a helix to the hidden ( but accessible through black curtins ) lower level with double ended staging yard connected to a second helix on the other side of the doorway. This will let me run trains in both directions without seeing the same train twice in one operating session. A view hiding backdrop down the center of the peinsula will let you follow your train and see it in only one scene at a time. I will have a variety of scenes from big cities to open country to mountains. You may be able to adapt something similar for your larger space. I personnaly do not like the '" EXPOSED " multiple deck layouts because this usually limmits decent scenery by lack of height and does not seem as realistic to look at when viewing a " scene " . Also, with my plan, you look more realistic by having only one mainline running through each scene. With more room for industry tracks and scenery, I believe this to be a more overall challenge to all of our modeling skills. I hope this gives you more food for thought. I also have had to read TPfRO several times to get the gist of it and refer to the book as I design my track plan. Please keep us posted on your progress as this is one of the more interesting aspects of this forum to see how everyone is doing. Ray ---- Great Northern fan. [/quote] Thanks for the advice and help! Will do on keeping everyone posted on how she goes. Peace. Coyote
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