My Santa Fe layout on the carpet.
Pete
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Lots of great stories here!
Peter
Cool idea with the backdrops on the wall, pretty slick! 
HI
I also have a carpet layout. It is actual on a hardwood floor and I found out the hard way how much noise it make with Fastrack. I purchased a moving blanket from Harbor Freight and that should bring the noise level down. Living in a COOP with a three year old and train layout not a good idea. I am "allowed" once a year to set up my trains on the living room floor. Once I have setup and running I will post pictures.
Kris
This is a fun thread to read.
As I currently have a full basement, I don't have plans for a carpet layout while we live in this house. When I retire, however, I'm sure willing to give up the train room, if it means a beachfront condo! 
For those of you who keep a layout up for a long period of time, how do you stop yourselves from accidently steeping on the track?
Merry Christmas,
Jim
Originally Posted by jd-train:
For those of you who keep a layout up for a long period of time, how do you stop yourselves from accidently steeping on the track?
I don't worry about it with FasTrack. My kids walk all over it and play on it and it's still working well enough to run my trains on.
Originally Posted by jd-train:
For those of you who keep a layout up for a long period of time, how do you stop yourselves from accidentally stepping on the track?
The same way I keep from accidentally stepping on electrical cords or sleeping animals -- I watch where I'm putting my feet.
The real problem isn't stepping on track, it's keeping the track clean. Seems as though track is a magnet for dust bunnies and animal hair. I have to vacuum it regularly.
I step on the Fastrack pretty regularly, it doesn't hurt it. As mentioned, keeping stuff off the tracks is a whole other issue!
I have hardwood and linoleum central...have all the makings of a nice conventional setup...just no dedicated room...yet...
BTW...Putnam Pete...nice vintage amps...
Coming from the HO scale side of the world I will probably continue to do bench work to support the layout. Knees and back demand it and the more I think about it the more I believe I will do an around the room layout with a peninsula in the middle of the room. At least...that's what I think this week.
