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In the Atlas books and old MR's you'll find "shelf layouts." That's a train layout that runs along one wall of your room, or even more walls if you want. I'm hurting for space in my house, so I made one room into a office/trainroom. My layout is 2' wide and 12 ' long ---- along one wall of the room. You'll see plans that are only 15 and 18 inches wide. There is, of course, no oval of track on my HO pike, but there is room to do alot of fun things and to learn. Switches really add to the fun of railroading. There's room for some scenery. You can build some small, easy to assemble structure kits. You really should look at that Walthers' book. I picked two things that my sons and I like .... coal mining and locomotives. So, one end of my layout is a coal mine tipple and the other end is a small locomotive repair/servicing area, and I have many tracks that end in different areas around these places ---spurs. Like others have said.....start small. Have a train running as soon as you can so you can play. Office/trainroom ... how will I ever get work done? Jim
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