I probably should have put room dimensions and track radii in the beginning. The room is approximately 15'1/2" x 19'4". The outside track is O-72 and the inside track is O-63. The yard body is made up of O-54. I doubt i'll move to S gauge, and I think if I ever jumped ship out of O-gauge I would move to HO. I have a decent amount of FastTrack now, but I am planning on moving to Atlas track for this build. Since I was 18 and got back into the hobby, I have been collecting scale size proportion locomotives and rolling stock. For freight operations I've been collecting a lot diesels and rolling stock that is appropriate for 1970 to present. In the last few years I've been getting into steam era passenger trains. I don't really anticipate operating articulated locomotives, because I think even in O-72 they look a bit odd around the curves, but now that we will have our own space the possibilities are endless I suppose ( or at least end at 19x15).
Also, if you're wondering why I'm not utilizing the full corner in the top left, that room opens up to another area there, and the management (my wife) won't sign off on that. One of the attractions to the around the room build for me, is that I can build the layout into modules, and don't need larger pieces of bench work.
Bobby
