I love all the layouts, thanks for posting guys. Robert's post on his old carpet layout was especially great. It shows O gauge toy trains can be fun, interesting and run without a fancy layout. Temporary layouts on the carpet on the floor are the only place available for lots of folks like apartment and small house renters. It has special appeal for families with small children: on the floor where the kids live and second the carpet is easier on the engines and cars and have a soft landing area and when they fall of the track.
If I had not committed to building my layout while Constant Spring part of Kingston, Jamaica in 1977, I would have had the layout on the hard terrazzo floors of our rental house. We would have needed lots of soft cushions to sit on the floor. As it was we had a bare bones start of my current layout. But fun was had running 4 small 2-4-2 plastic Lionel engines.
Charlie
