@clem k posted:If it was me, I would make an along the wall shelf using the entire length of the building with a reversing loop in each half of the building. Does not have to be a wide shelf, 12" will work. This way you can use big curves and the train will seem to go somewhere and return. Be ashamed to waste 32 foot length of building. you will still have plenty of room in building. Essentially split the building in half, length wise. I would not do anything less than 072. To me 072 is too sharp. RR are long narrow industries not rectangle industries. Be nice to see where you're other doors and windows are.
Just my opinion
The rest of the building (three rooms total, one of which is outlined above) is dedicated to other pursuits and that space is unavailable (a woodshop and a microscopy/photography lab occupy the rest). In my defense, at least here among this forum, of the three rooms that make up the building I DID secure the largest for running trains.
One of the things that I'm encountering is this: Up until now, although I had a large collection of MARX tin (O-27) and a growing collection of Lionel/MTH O gauge stuff (all of which is parked on display shelves inside the house where we live most of the time), I mainly 'ran' HO gauge trains. When I started re-building my building, I decided that I would dedicate the largest room to running O gauge (my eyesight is not getting better with age and I've discovered that bigger stuff is easier to see). At this point I've just about finished selling off a lot of HO stock that I acquired over years of collecting. I thought a room that is 11' x 19' would be BIG - but as soon as I started fussing around with AnyRail (and O gauge instead of HO) I discovered that the available real estate gets eaten up pretty fast. I wonder if anyone else around here has shared a similar experience.
In any case and still, I am happy to have what I have. I consider myself lucky and I'm confident that I will enjoy what comes next, regardless of size or complexity.
Thanks again to everyone who has responded so far - ALL of it helps.
CS
