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I think you might be over planning your layout. Just work on the mainline and bench shape at the same time. The space you have is really a club layout size so I would plan on a number of operators (don't worry - "build it and they will come"). Personally I would be looking at some kind of G shaped layout with a centre peninsula. I would make the peninsula a switching area so that you don't need a large bulbous end to bring the train back down the other side of the peninsula. Once you have your benchwork and mainline decided, then put additional goodies in where space permits. You might want to look at David Barrow's Domino layout design track planning tools, you could get some inspiration from his goodies. With a layout that size, I think I would personally be inclined to run point to point (but this is a personal thing) since your mainline will be long enough anyways to be interesting. So lots of staging on either side of the room. If you did this, it wouldn't be a G shaped layout so much, rather a U shaped layout with a centre peninsula.
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