The Transcontinental PRR

[Dave V]

I don't.

Well sh!t, you sure you want this house then?

[eric220]

I hope so! We're payin' a pretty penny for it!

[peteski]

I hope so! We're payin' a pretty penny for it!

And  that pretty penny does not cover a layout room (or basement) or even a hobby-room/workshop?    Drats!

[eric220]

Basements more or less don't exist around here. When we were looking, I specifically wanted a three car garage so that I could use the third bay as a workshop. For this place, that's one of the options for a layout space, so things are a little less certain. The other leading candidate for layout space involves construction, and I'm not sure that's going to be in the budget for awhile. The kitchen upgrades may have to come first in the name of household harmony.

[MichaelWinicki]

Good & bad with garage layouts...

To make it work (well) the room within a room is the way to go.  In other words seal it off from the elements and it can work just fine!

Also having it in the garage allows access to guests without having to march them through the house and then down (sometimes up) stairs.

[eric220]

Good & bad with garage layouts...

To make it work (well) the room within a room is the way to go.  In other words seal it off from the elements and it can work just fine!

Also having it in the garage allows access to guests without having to march them through the house and then down (sometimes up) stairs.

Very much my thoughts. If we do the garage, the plan would be to build a climate controlled layout room in the third bay. Inside the walls, that space would be just about exactly 11' x 20'. Not a bad space, but much smaller than what I have now.

[Dave V]

I'm thinking between your house situation and the climate, it's time to go full garden railroading.  Fn3 DSP&P FTW!

[MichaelWinicki]

Very much my thoughts. If we do the garage, the plan would be to build a climate controlled layout room in the third bay. Inside the walls, that space would be just about exactly 11' x 20'. Not a bad space, but much smaller than what I have now.

My space is similar in size... As is Gary's. 

And Gary is running multiple 60+ car trains and I can move over 300+ cars over a full operating session on mine. 

That's still a lot of railroad'in.

You may well find that amount of space liberating as far as what you can accomplish in the time given.

[Dave V]

My space is similar in size... As is Gary's. 

You and Gary have compared sizes, huh?   

[MichaelWinicki]

You and Gary have compared sizes, huh?   

Mine's a little bigger. 

[Cajonpassfan]

Very much my thoughts. If we do the garage, the plan would be to build a climate controlled layout room in the third bay. Inside the walls, that space would be just about exactly 11' x 20'. Not a bad space, but much smaller than what I have now.

That's a nice, respectable space. You may need to shorten the transcon a bit, but hey, it happened to many a proto railroad with "& Pacific" in its corporate name...
Congrats on the house. Family harmony comes first
Otto K.

[davefoxx]

You may need to shorten the transcon a bit . . . .

Maybe you'll choose to rein it in a little and just model a piece of the PRR rather than the transcon?

DFF

[CodyO]

Sucks to see it go eric but hope you can get started on a new one soon. Being without a layout was being me down for a little bit!

[chicken45]

I'm a little sad, too, but you got to do what you got to do.
I randomly came across your website before I was on TRW and got to know you. I really love the whole concept of your layout. Sounds like you just got to put it on ice for a while, and that's okay too.
I'm currently in a slump myself, being in this house for a year before we buy one.

[seusscaboose]

Just more time for you to Weather the Fleet