@PRR1950 posted:If you kept your width to 24," you have another advantage in construction cost because you can get 2 pieces of 23 and 3/4" inch width from a 4x8 piece of plywood.
That’s what I did on the layout part that runs along the wall. Very easy to work on. But as others have said, it’s a matter of how many lines of track you will to put down. I put four and there’s no room for buildings etc.