Anybody running them up on a WALL??

Finding a place to run them is always a challenge. I know a few folk who do something similar to what you are describing around the holidays. The only real difference is that they usually try for a reversing loop at either end to run without constant attention.   I like point to point layouts if you intend to do alot of switching,  and certainly getting them up where you can see is probably better than around the pool table on the floor for long term enjoyment. the running theme on the forum is usually that there is no one size fits all solution.  Adapting to the environment you have to work with is part of the challenge and the fun.

Could you post a link to the video you referenced in your other post?  I have always been an o gauge guy but have been considering tinplate for some time now. I have shyed away from std gauge just for compatibility,  but perhaps I should be more open minded.

Good luck with your layout, and of course congrats on the pending nuptials. 

Around the walls sounds good, I did that with my O gauge, about a foot below the ceiling.

El Classico, 

The O-scale trains are not too small up high? I've only ever seen G up in the air.

I had 6" wide shelves, with 042 curves. The trains were about 1-2" away from the edge, so a little worrisome if you don't trust your own trackwork, but worked great.

Standard gauge will probably be closer to the G gauge trains though in terms of size up there.

I used 10" wide boards to run 2 O gauge lines with 1 072 curve and the outside 072 with a straight piece halfway through the curve for a double mainline.  I used the longest passenger cars to determine track spacing.  

I screwed the track direct to the boards which were mounted on wooden 90 degree shelf supports screwed into the 1' wooden tongue and groove walls.  LOUD!!!!  

I think O gauge looks good up high! This is my son's room.

From the excitement displayed at the end of the video, I would certainly say he thinks it looks very good as well.

great video- how cool is this child's room!!!

Carey TeaRose posted:

I'm looking to build a 5-3/4"-6" finished board for track and some Barclay figures along the side length of the house. I've got room for a 24 foot point to point run. Set at 42" from the floor, just above chair rail height. I want to run my train sets(s), not display them.

Miss TeaRose,

If it were me, I would not build a short-line point-to-point railway. I see plus side of this to get the trains moving and enjoying them more, but I fear it would soon turn into a 24' shelf. Thus, negating the original purpose. That is the problem with any horizontal surface, turns into some sort of storage (like it or not). For many years I went without a place to run my trains. Finally, I built the layout.... then promptly moved 10 months later! Now I am back to no layout, but I have one in mind.

Look outside the box for a place to run trains: under the pool table, around the couch and under the coffee table, anywhere.

ARNO