20x16 layout

Beautiful work!

I agree, beautiful work, nice plan.

Looking forward to updates. What trains are you planning to run?

Your room looks beautiful!  One thing you might consider:  I notice you have a lot of hard surfaces, walls, floor, etc.  This could be a very noisy place!  Before you add your plywood, what you might consider is picking  up a roll of roofing paper (also called tar paper) and place the the tar paper over your "rafters", and under the plywood.   Just staple the tar paper loosely in place, and then the plywood will hold it in place permanently.  I did this on my layout and it does help mitigate the transfer of noise.  (Some noise for trains is good though!)  Just a thought!

@Lionelski posted:

I agree, beautiful work, nice plan.

Looking forward to updates. What trains are you planning to run?

Thank you. I am all over the place with trains from big boys to diesels I like them all lol. The minimum curve radius is 0-72 for that reason. I plan to model modern stuff for the most part. I have all Lionel legacy engines but I will have legacy and dcs on the layout.

@AMF posted:

Your room looks beautiful!  One thing you might consider:  I notice you have a lot of hard surfaces, walls, floor, etc.  This could be a very noisy place!  Before you add your plywood, what you might consider is picking  up a roll of roofing paper (also called tar paper) and place the the tar paper over your "rafters", and under the plywood.   Just staple the tar paper loosely in place, and then the plywood will hold it in place permanently.  I did this on my layout and it does help mitigate the transfer of noise.  (Some noise for trains is good though!)  Just a thought!

Thank you. I will look into that sounds like a great idea!

That looks awesome!  That fact that you are taking a measured approach and getting lighted display cabinets an such from the get go is pretty cool.  In fact its down right inspiring to see someone taking all those planning suggestions to heart.  Looks like it will be a gorgeous place to run your collection and hang out.  I think the noise concern is valid.  Some type of sound deadening under under the boards and cork or foam road bed should do the trick.  If you want you could always hang decoration noise deadening panels on the walls as well.  (can get pricey).  The over-under track plan should provide some nice visual interest.

I look forward to following your progress.

Beautiful train room. Can't wait to see the progress on this one Tyler.

The design and workmanship are beautiful.  Just hoping that the corrugated metal and wood ceiling won't be too noisy.

What a beautiful space and foundation.  I also like the air planes.  I have three U control planes that survived my teen years hanging on the stairways to my train/all purpose room.

One question:  Do you have a way to get to those three windows that the  layout appears to be against in case you have to sometime?  I learned it was inconvenient to access parts of train layout and walls against wall, when on the floor.

Charlie

Wow! Tyler that's beautiful work.

John

That is a magnificent building, and the benchwork looks very impressive as well.  I'll be following this build!