Yes, the height challenges are at the top and bottom of the plan, and the roof doesn't slope all that steeply. It'd be great at some point to extend further - but I'd have to see the impact it has on the workshop/guest sleeping area. The workshop might also be a poor site for tracks, I intend to have a sink there for easy wash-up, a paint-area, a TV, and a PC all present in that area. My original plan was much more ambitious with regards to use of space, but my architect suggested the delineation of space below as offering the best of both worlds for both a guest-space / a proper office / a proper workshop for train-related activities.

Looks good, and indeed, if it can work, why not, but as mentioned, I'll have to see physically whether it's possible to have that in that area. The sink and paint areas will be exactly where you suggest placing the tracks and I imagine they don't make good bed-side partners

That's a fact, but I don't plan to do any paint-work when guests are over, so hopefully that won't be too big an issue! I'm likely to buy a proper hobby paint-spray booth as well to ensure good evacuation of toxic fumes.

The idea certainly has merit though. It certainly would add an extra dimension to the layout - and I could actually really incorporate it by making that auxiliary line connect to the last train station thereby representing the connection to the rest of the world.

One step ahead of you there! 

I made images which I posted on my blog cataloguing the country.

The layout models the Arnou, Wouterke, Trekken line. Although I'm going to move Trekken and Adamstadt, so that at least two of my cities are named after people who are making the layout possible! If it proves physically possible, I could make the track the connection to the Netherlands.

The area will in any case, enable me to have Belgian, Dutch, French, German, and Luxembourghish rolling stock fairly convincingly, not to mention the once-in-a-while contributions from Switzerland and Italy.

Heehee! I'd already invested too much in HO to really consider the switch to another scale. It still remains a little too small for my liking in any case.

I am very fortunate in that regard that such a compromise won't be necessary for the foreseeable (touch wood) future!

I haven't had much opportunity to use AnyRail or to have the mental space to really concentrate on that. As the renovation works in my house come to an end though, I'm starting to be in a place where I can restart thinking about the train layout. I'll also have a much clearer idea of the space I'm going to have finally - difficult to judge when the room in question is part of a major renovation work.

I still have to get some parquet floor put in, and also need to save money to get a custom-made work table with running water and all put in place. Once that's done, I'll start being able to think about buying the parts for a baseboard, the perfect time to sink my teeth back into AnyRail methinks!

Thought I'd show you some pics of the space I'm going to be working in... these pictures were taken just when we moved into the new place. 





The metal struts are now painted in white, but it gives you a good idea of the space.

I'll probablyu as a result of the space need to reconsider the whole layout, but that's what AnyRail is great for, doing and re-doing layouts on a whim.

Aye, and even more in Z  - but I've already invested enough in HO.

Check it out guys, I was in Kerkrade in order to fix a Burger King crave (no Burger Kings in Belgium), and opposite the Burger King was a huge hardware shop Hornbach. In Belgium, parquet flooring tend to be rather expensive, so I thought I'd take a peek to see what the prices were like in the Netherlands.

Amazing differences in price, and I found a parquet which I just fell in love with - despite having no car able to take the order away, my partner and I bought on the spot the parquet! Partner and his dad are now busy picking it up as we speak.



Thought I'd share the colour with you! My trains better appreciate the effort being placed to make it a nice space for them!