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I admit that I don't quite follow your instructions, so I'll wait until you post photos of in-process/finished project. I guess I'm lucky as the wife is okay with the trains, it's just my bank account isn't, so that's why I have "limited" layout.
Sounds like a great idea, I too am looking forward to some photos. Nick
Something like my test track?
It exists as a "get something running" while awaiting completion of my basement loop. It be came my de-facto layout after the increasing amount of clutter (not mine) in the basement suspended construction.
---PCJ
(edited to restore video)
You forgot to mention where the bed will be in the layout room. You'll be using it.
Chipset,
I like the way you are thinking. I am just crowded out in a small house with my wife and daughter who both have a lot of stuff. In fact, my desk is now out in a stuffed full two car garage. I have a few tools and boxes, but that's it. I have one more 11 foot wall of shelving to finish in the tiny family room to have a loop near the ceiling. It was my wife's suggestion, but working above doors in a basement room that is only 7' 6" high is a literal pain in the neck. Almost as bad as crawling under a too low layout. I will look forward to see how your ideas develop.
Another train that shows more of the test track, running in front of the living-room window and behind the couch (passage in front of the room entrance is accomplished via a lift-out module). It can be rather relaxing to watch a train while stretched out on the couch (especially if it's a train pulled by the BB-1 electrics) with a remote. Haven't fallen asleep doing it yet though. 
I also fixed the embedded video in my earlier post.
---PCJ
RailRide,
That looks like a very good solution! The train just hums along. I especially like the view of the train going past the chrome tank car, with the receding reflectio.
Thank you!
