Thank-you. I am well.

@@mpeterll very happy to hear that Peter

It sounds like you've done the expensive part. The scenery van be done relatively cheaply.

"under-measuring" is basically what we did.

The workbench we are referring to is an area to maintain cars and locomotives - not something you really want to do in a dusty garage if there is space for it in the train room.

The sky-staging level is set at 88" (the train room has a 9' ceiling) so that it doesn't cramp the mountains on the third deck. Closed-circuit cameras, such as those sold for home security, are perfect for keeping tabs on areas of the layout nor easily seen by other means.

I lost count.

Yes I can do British layouts. I have already published one and there is another in the pipeline. So far, about half my life has been spent modeling British railways, so I am equally versed on that prototype. If you are in the market for such a design, please contact me through my web-site: superiormodelrailroads.com

I have seen a few such layouts, and indeed I am working on one at the moment.

@@mpeterll I just had an Idea the other day that would solve my space issue by having the trains run along a long narrow shelf around my office. as I think I could pull it off low enough to the ground that you aren't looking up at trains. The only issues it would present would be crossing the door, crossing the window, (but I could senic that window crossing as a long bridge) and having any sort of facility for reversing trains The door and window are easier obstacles than the reversing of trains

Some kind of monitoring system would be necessary. Closed-circuit TV cameras such as those sold for home security would be a good bet.

Whatever gave you that idea? On the lower scenic deck, there is a double track main - one track for each direction. On the upper level, there is a single track main with passing sidings. Here, the higher priority train would have the rights to the main line and the other would hop from siding to siding - exactly as would be done on the prototype.

It's in the "track-laying" play-list

In N-scale, that gives you plenty of space for a few decent-sized industries, possibly modelled as an isolated area connected to the main line via a car-float. In HO-scale, you are pretty much limited to just a couple of small industries and a handful of cars. If all the spurs face the same way, that will avoid the need for a space-eating run-round track. I'd be tempted to frame the layout between a pair of road over-passes and represent a single city block. This module could easily be incorporated into a larger layout at a later date.

@@mpeterll I like the city block, thank you 😊

No, not cheating at all. 815th !

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