Looks great!

Looks great Wayne. A very interesting track plan with lots to keep a crew busy! Not overcrowded at all.

How will you deal with operating that yard that goes thru the wall?
I think that would drive me bonkers.
Any chance on removing the wall between the yard and the door?

I'd like to invite you to post your track plan in the Trackplan database thread:
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/13844

Cheers!

Nice layout

Hey wane, looks good. I grew up in Ft Worth myself, back before the FWWR. There was an article on the FWWR in one of the RR mags some time last year. I've got a copy at home and can get you the info if you like. I'm using it for some ideas on my line listed in my Sig. Good luck with your layout. 

Looks great!

Sorry Bill but no. That doorway was already in the wall just reopening it. I live in a old house that was put together many years ago, there are areas that i am not sure what they were trying to do so they just added on. I'm afraid to remove that short wall, it might fall apart. All I did was cut a hole, approx 15"x20" so the yard could go thru. I was trying to hide the opening early on in the design but nothing fit the way the two room were. Yes its a pain, but it a compromise I decided to make.

Here it is from one room:

and from the other:

Headers

Cancel that. I see there is electrical in the wall there. So please ignore my suggestion.

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It wouldn't take a lot of effort to put in a header as a beam to open that space up a bit.

You could easily go 7 ft wide.

Checking with a local tradesman wouldn't hurt of course and if there is electrical in that wall it becomes a bit more complicated

Food for thought:

FWWR

Wane, If you don't have it, look for  Railfan & Railroad magazine from Aug of 2012. It has a article on the FWWR and some pictures you may be able to use for ideas. They may have it on their web site.  http://www.railfan.com

Nice layout plan

Wayne, I see you are in North Texas so am I and a member of a small club with a large HO layout, a small trolley layout and a medium N scale layout. Our club is in Commerce, Texas and we have the rear of a former school building on Pecan Street. ETMRC is the name of the club and if you are in the area on a Saturday, 9 to 12 or Wednesday or Friday or Tuesday evening 7 pm to about 9 pm stop by. Web site

East Texas Model Railroad Club - ETMRC - Visit emccamey's ...

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I have a couple of articles that the various publications have done on the FWWR, I will check if I have that issue but pretty sure I do. I've been documenting this area for the past 8 years, since i moved here from CA. This layout is based on this area. Some things have changed to fit my area but its pretty close. I've taken lots of picture of structures and track to hopefully come up with results I want. With my drafting background I have been making plans of the structure. So when i am ready to start building I can create a accurate representation of them.

Hope that this weekend I can get some work done. Spent the last 6 weeks getting my daughter ready to graduate from Texas A&M and into her new place, so not much progress.

"the approach to the yard and encompasses most of the park"

  I like the uncluttered nature of the design, it looks very realistic. Do you have car storage shelves by the workbench staging track? .DaveBranum