Here's my "oasis of peace". Photos are compiled from the last several years.
My Lionel clock, given to me by a friend. The heralds are of the roads which I model. Not shown is the B&O's herald which has it's own special place.
Behind the sliding door to the left is additional shelving, work bench, tools and scenery items storage.
Looking east. This set of shelves, which I call " Shelf Yard" for my beer cars, cabeese, and various other cars.
Various photos of train related items. Some taken by me.
Looking west. 
This is how I store the passenger fleet. I keep spacing between the cars so the cars don't get scratched. 
A view taken from the center of the layout looking southwest. The sign that reads " Eat Bertha's Muscles" is to commemorate Berthas, one of my favorite Baltimore restaurants over the years. Bertha's is famous for it's muscle dishes. The owner himself is a musician ( classical guitarist ) and train fan like myself. The building on which the sign rests, is a wonderful replica of Bertha's built by Dick Starsnick of Catonsville, Md. I made the sign by cutting out a Bertha's post card. There are only two Berthas buildings of this kind, mine and the one inside Berthas, both built by Dick. The firehouse, by OGR, is customized by Corky Dozier of York Orange Hall fame. It contains a bunk room, and rec room with interior lighting. 
Looking south across from the control stand. Mr. Bo from Miller Engineering is always keeping an eye on this section of Patsburg, I call " Brewtown" and contains the brewery, barrel warehouse, a whole sale distributor ( not shown ) and a retail bar, the Silver Dollar Pub. If you like beer, Brewtown has it all LOL!
Looking east. When entering the train room the first thing visitors eyes are fixated on is Mount Randolph. I named this mountain after my good friend Randy Harrison ( who frequents OGR forum regularly ) who was an immense help to me when I built the layout. The bridge is a replica of a bridge whose prototype is actually a couple of blocks from my home. It's an iron suspension bridge designed by Wendall Bollman for the B&O Railroad. This type of bridge was the first iron suspension railroad bridge in the US. The B&O had about 100 of these bridges throughout it's system around the Civil War period. Check out Civil War photos of Harpers Ferry, WV B&O mainline and you'll see Bollmans. 
Again looking east. In late 2019 I painted the facia black, and added some black foam board, instead of skirting, to mask all the stuff under the layout. 
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In run 314, there is a nice plan drawing of the layout where you can see that the main part of the city is really an island in the middle of the room where there is access from all sides.
