It's been 10+ years in the making, but last month we finally broke ground on my detached garage/workshop.  The overall dimensions of the building are 68'x42'.  There will be a 10x14 ft 'model workshop' and a 28x32 ft layout room.  I've been working on the layout design for about 4 or 5 years.  According to our GC the detached garage/workshop should be done by the end of the year.

Here is the floorplan and the layout overlay on the train room:

Here is my new design for my Tonopah and Tidewater RR.  The old model railroad had to be moved from a 15X15 room in Reno to a 3rd car garage in Las Vegas and it couldn't moved intact.  Only the left side and the top with bridge is intact. The new design is influenced by Trevor Marshall and others who advocate simpler switching layout designs.  So the new version depicts a small section of the railroad in Goldfield rather than 30 miles depicted in 25 feet.  If you have not been in Nevada imagine desert scenery with mine hoist and mills everywhere.

Found this article today.  Just sharing;

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/10/hps-sprout-pc-is-like-a-real-vers...

However, note it states it may be after 2016 before we see one from HP.

Den

I currently have a fully functional N Scale switching layout that needs scenery and buildings. It is working great but I don't seem to be switching trains as much as I thought that I would be. It seems like each time I operate the layout, I complete the exact same moves.