Making Room

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Any possibility of you posting a floor plan drawing so we can see exactly what you are doing with the new space?

Sure! For reference, most of the photos in the gallery were taken from the upper left corner - actually about 7 feet beyond the edge of the drawing. The wall that was removed is in the center of the lower loop (the plan has not yet been updated to show the work) and the three vertical dotted lines on it were the three spots I was considering making the cut - I ended up using the right most one.

The plan is the lower of two levels and is very close to the final footprint of the benchwork and general track plan, though details are still being brainstormed - where industries will be, roundhouse location, how to transition from lower to upper level, access to the south return loop (top of image), etc.

The general plan is based (very loosely) on a John Armstrong design; a loop - loop disguised as a point to point (in this case, there is also a junction midway between the loops that represents the mainline to the upper level). The lower loop does a good job of disguising it's return mission - I'm still working on the upper...