Dave,
I just saw this topic now! I'm glad you are getting started on the garage layout you had mentioned before. I think that it is a great idea to let you run trains until you get to build the layout in the other room! Wow! I wish I had that space; we wouldn't be going through all the gyrations that we are on my layout plan! I'm looking forward to seeing how this progresses and a video of the 4-6-0 and Veterans SD70 running on this racetrack you are building!