# of folks who can fit into your train room

[Jetrock]

My garage gets so cluttered sometimes *I* can't even fit into my train room!

[FJ and G]

Bruce,

Odiferous model railroaders? :-)

A couple of interesting tidbits:

--In the 1950s, it was a popular spectator sport to see how many people can fit inside a telephone booth or VW Beetle.

--In MR's Trackplanning 2004, an article on trackplanning discusses putting the model train dispatcher inside the low-clearance helix. I think I'd go nuts in there with trains buzzing around my head.

dav

[CP5415]

For operating possibly 3.
Unfortunately, my layout has a crawl under due to ceiling height issues so I can fit 2 in the main control area with a third cab outside the layout.
For viewing, probably 5-6 comfortably.

Gordon

[orsonroy]

My layout room can hold as many as I can squeeze into it! For public viewing and open houses, I think I'll be able to get 10 people in the room at once, without things breaking. Operating sessions will have 4-6 max.

[MAbruce]

It depends on when everyone last bathed. [xx(][:P]

[BaylorMax]

My room can fit 8 or so plus a couple more in the workshop area. As noted, we've all grown larger over the years!

Steve Barkley

[FThunder11]

3 or 4 comfortably in my room.

[FJ and G]

At about 3/4 of the NMRA-sponsored train shows I attend, if more than 5 to 7 people are in the train room, it tends to get very crowded and the owner resorts to cycling visitors in by group; with the others lounging outside the train room.

Do you invite groups of people to watch your trains and if so, is there plenty of space. The average American has grown somewhat over the last few years, as well.

Dave Vergun