I’m thinking about eventually extending the layout across the windows in the picture in the previous post, adding about 6’6” to the total length.
The depth of the layout will be about 24 - 30”, and will be set about 3’ off the ground, which is the height of the bar in the first picture; I’m envisioning resting that part of the layout on top of the bar, which would establish the height for the remainder of the layout. The layout would be sectional, removable, and lightweight, made out of foam insulation board a la Tony Koester’s “Wingate” layout in the Jan-April 2020 issues of MR.
This doesn’t give me much room, but it’s all I’ve got and the only place I have to put any kind of layout. These are just preliminary thoughts, and probably subject to a great deal of change as I get deeper into this. Obviously there isn’t any room for large locos, varnish passenger trains, or long freights, and operation will be limited to slow speed switching of no more than 2 or 3 small industries at most...but then that’s my primary interest anyway.
More to come as I research and ponder more about this.
