The Construction of my Ho-scale East-Rail Miami layout is nearing completion and I Began thinking of what I would do when the weather gets too bad to go out to my trainroom to work on my layout, I live in the California Foothills and During Winter and Spring the weather can get pretty bad, Heavy Rain( And Even Snow) During winter, and Rain and Hail during spring. I Decided to build an around the walls shelf layout in my bedroom. My Main Inspiration for this layout is once again, Lance Mindheim. I was reading through the December 1996 Issue of MRR and it featured his Ho-scale Monon Layout, He had to build it in a bedroom so he built it 70" off the ground, I will be building mine at 62 inches, I will be using a stool to work on the layout. Here is a list of Needs and Wants for those who would like to help me Design the Layout. Needs: Shelf Layout with shelves no deeper than 24" Continuous Operation High Track to Scenery ratio Uses Atlas track with Minimum Radius of 22" and #4 Turnouts Wants: Small Freight Yard A good amount of Switching an Interchange Track Easy to take apart (built in 2x6 or 2x8 pieces) Ability to have 2 Operators I will be posting some of my Ideas later, but if anybody is bored and feels like helping me design a layout please share your ideas! I realy want to build one of Steinjr's plans that he recommended to me back when I was too stubborn to listen to him, http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=118794
Here is a track-plan I came up with, It is based on one of the designs from the thread I linked to in my previous post
