Available Space

Unfortunately I don’t have a dedicated shed that I can use exclusively for a railway layout. I do have a garage that isn’t used to hold a car and, after some fitting out, was a suitable space for a layout.

In order to make a layout that would fit the garage space, I needed a plan. In fact, I needed to create an accurate plan so therefore I decided I needed to be quite precise about the trackplan. That meant I needed a software package a went with AnyRail. I tried out quite a lot of different software packages, including XtrkCad and SCARM. As I am going for a relatively simple track plan, I decided to go with the free version of AnyRail. Its 50 piece limit was enough for me.

Next step, developing the plan.