Starting my first permanent layout!

looking good. Cant wait to see what you have planned.

That's a great looking room! Above your garage? Congrats!

Bob

WOW Tom talk about a train room from heaven! You have an amazing space and what looks like to be a fun layout plan. I can't wait to see it progress. Thanks for posting!

@RSJB18 posted:

That's a great looking room! Above your garage? Congrats!

Bob

Yes, sir. I built a 30x40 detached barn and work on the farm equipment downstairs and my wife suggested I put a second story on for the trains.

@Godale03 posted:

Since I have finally started building my layout, I would post some progress. So far I am just working on the benchwork frame. I am going to be trying to use a blend of tabletop and open grid. We will see how it turns out. Im certainly excited to finally r making progress. I’ve been collecting trains for almost 25 years so it will be nice to have a place to run them where I do t have to clean up the trains when I’m done! Here are a few pictures of what I’ve got so far. I still have some more framing to do as well as add some braces to the existing frames too.

Tom

Fantastic - can't wait to follow along

THAT'S WHAT I CALL A TRAIN ROOM.

What's your minimum diameter going to be?  Unless you're doing a point-to-point design I can't see anything larger than O6x.  With that amount of space I would look at an around-the-wall layout with multiple peninsulas and bump outs.

Jan

Looks great!

The room looks fantastic!  The beginnings of your benchwork look well done too!  Congratulations on the start of your layout!

@Jan posted:

What's your minimum diameter going to be?  Unless you're doing a point-to-point design I can't see anything larger than O6x.  With that amount of space I would look at an around-the-wall layout with multiple peninsulas and bump outs.

Jan

My maximum diameter is 108. It will be an around the room track plan with two peninsulas with a 34” turntable and roundhouse as the centerpiece.

Tom,

All I can say is wow! Things are coming along, from the beautiful room to what you have done so far with the benchwork. With the support you obviously have, this is going to be something special. Please keep us posted on your progress. Congrats!

Dave

That looks great and I love the design where people can walk around it, very smart.