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Al, My layout was designed to fit inside an 11 x 11 bedroom which had to be relinquished in favor of my son. It was a twice around with a reversing loop and a stub yard so it could be operated as a point to loop railroad. It was still in its infancy when it came down. I had built it on L-girder benchwork so it was an easy matter to unfasten the top sections (from two and one-half to six feet long each) and stack them in the attic. I am a diesel era modeler and I like unit trains of coal and stack trains for example. I have an F40PH and a set of Amtrak cars that behaves also like a unit train. I model the roads near my home like the NS, N&W, Sou, CSX, SBD, ACL, SCL and RF&P. I have about a dozen locos including a GP40 SBD, GP40 RF&P, GP38 NS, U30C CSX, GP18 N&W, GP9 NS, SW1 Sou, SW1500 RF&P, F40PH AMTK. We plan to move before my son begins school and I am hopeful the new house will have a substantial basement. Since I design bridges for a living, that is one of my modeling interests as well. If you find yourself in need of bridges for an HO scale layout, I recommend the Micro Engineering bridge kits. I will see if I can dig up that track plan you mentioned. Incidently, you can go to the Atlas model railroad website and download a free copy of the RTS software that will permit you to design a layout using Atlas track components. If you do, I can send you a copy of the "4 x 8" trackplan I made for my son's first layout. It has space for five or six industries and the biggest yard I could cram into a 4 x 8. Another thing I like about the plan is that you can build it up in stages as you have the time and money to put into it. Many beginner discussions suggest you get to a point that you can run trains early to help keep your interest as you work on the layout. It is difficult to do if you can never take a break and just watch 'em roll sometimes. Good Luck - Ed
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