Layout building space

@Bill W posted:

Our new building will have 750 dedicated Air Condition space for a layout and work area, how would you divided up the space.

Seven hundred fifty what?  What is the shape? What features do you want on your layout?  Turntable?  Engine service area?  Industrial spurs?  Minimum diameter curves? These influence the shape and size of your layout.  What tools will be in the work area?  How large of a work table/desk do you want?   John

@rattler21 posted:

Seven hundred fifty what?  What is the shape? John

I'm assuming that would be square feet, but the shape would be useful to know.

As to how big the work area should be, only Bill could know that I suspect.

I would consider some form of around the walls with the work shop in the middle.   Perhaps isolate the workshop with partitians and run a stub peninsula along 2 walls for an industrial area or stub passenger terminal.

Another option if the space is rectangular, put the workshop centered at one end and run the track through the shop against the wall, again along the walls layout.  

You get the most square footage of layout in a given area if you go around the walls with 2-3 wide "shelves" vs making an island in the middle that is 4-6 ft wide (twice the shelf width).

Well, with a big space, you can have a more complex layout in the middle with multiple fingers.  First step has to be knowing what kind of space it is, and how much space is required for the work area.

The interior space will be 28 wide x 26 deep, this will only one bay of a 90 foot building, the other bays will be for yard equipment an tools and my Son Inlaw's wood working shop.

@Bill W posted:

Our new building will have 750 dedicated Air Condition space for a layout and work area, how would you divided up the space.

Obviously this is a discussion about a new space/building for a layout, etc. and NOT a Lionel discussion thus it has been moved to the correct forum.

where did you move the layout building post to.

Try looking near the top of the page; that will tell you which sub-forum you are reading.

Chuck

Seems like the building has already been divided and you have a layout space identified. I don't understand what the question is.

@turkey_hollow_rr posted:

Seems like the building has already been divided and you have a layout space identified. I don't understand what the question is.

Bingo!  It helps to identify the actual available space and the restrictions on it's use.

What to do with 90 feet? I sure would love to have that problem.