I'm taking a page from Marty McGuirk's playbook and painting the lower half of my walls the same color that my fascia will be on my layout.  I think this will look pretty clean and should frame my shelf-style layout nicely. Deciding on a color has been a tricky (yet fun) process. I think I've decided I want to go with a darker color that will compliment the scenery (which will be very similar in color to that of my old layout) but do I go with a green or a brown color? Perhaps something more neutral?

I have the need for 2 duck unders or 2 lift outs or 2 hinged bridges to access the layout and to exit the layout into the garage, the layout room is 7 x 21, I need some advice or input from experience, I am getting older duck under not so comfortable especially for guests, so its lift out or hinged bridges?? the other option is to dismantle the along the walls layout and rebuild a long narrow 4 x 16 ish layout that centers the room allowing walk around and trough to other door to garage...

I'm modeling a terminal grain elevator and would appreciate info and pictures of what the clean out track looks like. The era is 1950 so nearly all deliveries are via 40 foot box. I have been able to find a lot of info on elevators in general but not anything about what is needed for the clean out track.