Designing My HO-Scale Room Layout

[Justinmiller171]

The Construction of my Ho-scale East-Rail Miami layout is nearing completion and I Began thinking of what I would do when the weather gets too bad to go out to my trainroom to work on my layout, I live in the California Foothills and During Winter and Spring the weather can get pretty bad, Heavy Rain( And Even Snow) During winter, and Rain and Hail during spring. I Decided to build an around the walls shelf layout in my bedroom.

My Main Inspiration for this layout is once again Lance Mindheim. I was reading through the December 1996 Issue of MRR and it featured his Ho-scale Monon Layout, He had to build it in a bedroom so he built it 70" off the ground, I will be doing the same, I will be using a stool to work on the layout.

Here is a list of Needs and Wants for those who would like to help me Design the Layout.

Needs:
Shelf Layout with shelves no deeper than 24"
Continuous Operation
High scenery to track ratio
Uses Atlas track with Minimum Radius of 22" and #4 Turnouts

Wants:
Small Freight Yard
A good amount of Switching
an Interchange Track
Easy to take apart (built in 2x6 or 2x8 pieces)
Ability to have 2 Operators

I have Included a Xtrckcad file of my room and basic Benchwork, I will be posting some of my Ideas later but if anybody is bored and feels like designing a layout please do so!

Edit: Another Inspiration for this project was some of Steinjr's Wonderful Designs he made for me back when I was too stubborn to realize I needed a smaller layout, http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/show...p?t=118794