JohnGaltLine posted:It's probably been about 10 years now since I had a real, permanent, layout set up. I had 2 reliable engines at the time and about 30 pieces of rolling stock on an 8X12 board crammed into a 10x12 room. Since then I've pretty much just had an oval on the floor or a table when the mood to run trains struck me. At the moment it's about 3'x8' of fast track with a KW. meanwhile, the collection has grown substantially to over a dozen engines, and a few hundred pieces of rolling stock. Perhaps when the housing situation gets sorted out I'll be able to build a proper home for the trains to run. The thing I miss is switches. Running on an oval is ok, but building trains on a yard and having a choice of routes to take is much more fun for me. On the floor or in a small area I haven't had a chance to pull out the switches.
I pulled out a few switches, this is my "yard", the tracks go round through two other rooms. I have all O72 command switches so I don't have to wire controllers. A couple more switches are in the other room to allow me to transfer between tracks in either direction. When my grandson gets the urge to come up and play, we dig out various operating accessories, and frequently we build temporary extensions to the existing track for industries. I had the whole room filled with track the other day, it took me several hours to pack up the crane, culvert loader/unloader, and all the extra track and switches. 
