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I assume that this is HO scale, and that each square equals 6" correct? I would round off the corners of the layout along the aisle, which will give you more space to move around, give the layout a less "gridded" feel, and people won't "snag" on it when passing through. I really would expand the aisles to 36". It's going to be tight enough just for one person, needless to say anyone squeezing past each other, so you'll need to have at least one 48" space for two people to pass. I would narrow the space around the duckunder. A duckunder for a 6" or 12" wide section is awkward enough, but having it 36" wide will practically force people to crawl under there. I would think about rotating the design either clockwise or counter clockwise around the room so that the yard at Lewiston is on one of the long sides. Keeping those nice broad curves really shortens the yard when it's on the end like that. My first thought would be to put the wye at Reedsville in the upper lefthand corner, Belleville in the upper side or upper right-hand corner, and Lewiston at the bottom. Then you can have the narrow benchwork for the duckunder at the throat of the yard. And you can narrow the benchwork for the yard to 2 feet to give you some room for a few people to work around the yard (where I assume alot of activity will occur), but it won't take too much away from the scene. Then the operators for the two other towns will be at the ends. If you still need more aisle space, you can narrow the benchwork on the top of the plan without encroaching on space for the two towns at the ends. Regardless of how you want to design things, I would suggest using some boxes and the like laid out in that room so that you can walk amongst them to get an idea of how narrow the aisles will be. ---jps *edit* and while I was typing this out, you replied about HO scale. Isn't that always the way? ;)
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