From 1985-2005, one of the largest home layouts in Winnipeg was Ray Goy’s Twin Lakes Terminal & Transfer. The five-level layout, which featured mid-western railroading in the 1960s-70s near a Chicago-like big city, filled every inch of Ray’s 1,250 square foot basement.
How big was it? Put it this way: It had between 700-800 turnouts, of which 80 were double-slip.
It may just be this picture showing the unfinished section of this huge layout, but, generally speaking, layouts of this size and type really don´t catch my fancy. I prefer small, but highly detailed and atmospheric layouts.
For no money in the world would I want to have such a behemoth! Just think of the hours you have to spend cleaning the track [(-D]
I’m with Ulrich on this one. As time goes by I am thinking my current layout is just the right size. I have the room to more than double the size if I choose and that was the plan, but I think I have changed my mind about that. Detailing is where my efforts will go.
