It seems that keeping a layout clean means more than just keeping the clutter off the scenery.  I seem to have a lot of what is so called dustbunnies building up on the layout.  Spiders also seem to find my corners and seem to make webs everywhere I look.  Short of breaking out the monster vacuum, what do you do for general cleaning of said issues, and is there a way of preventing at least the critters from returning? 

Andrew and I met in the garage again last night. The garage has been pretty full of layout for the past week, and soon the layout is going to be the sort of thing that I don't want to find bikes leaning against. Time to get it out of the way! So, up it went, next to the ceiling.

Post your trackplan. We want to see it!

Please include as much of the following with your plan as possible:

• Prototype modeled (if any)
• Scale
• Minimum radius
• Room size
• Turnout sizes

No layout photos - just track plans please.

I'm ready (finally!) to start building my much-delayed layout. I'm trying to decide how I want to operate my turnouts. There seem to be two general schools of thought, I.e. hands-on vs. remote operation. I see valid points on both sides, but tend to favor the remote camp after seeing one guy break a ground throw on a layout he was a guest operator on and personally being responsible for knocking over a couple of pieces of rolling stock on an adjacent track when I was throwing a switch on the same layout.