the aisles on the front and side of this peninsula will be three and a half feet wide, so only the rear aisle will be excessively cramped, and I'm going to make an effort to keep the action back there as simple as possible.
If I round the corners, it will be only slightly, as this design will have a lot more track, and less room for my beautiful mountains, and every square inch of scenery will be at a premium.
On the lowest level ( and we are talking low here) the track level will be close to 18 1/2 inches high. at the end there will be a creek, and possibly a passing siding at the end, but ideally there will be some scenery dividing a log camp on the back side, and Montgomery furnace ; coke ovens, iron furnaces on the front side. the mid level will be supported by a stud wall in the backdrop /divider, and all thread near the corners hidden by trees sticking out of tall rock outcroppings.
On the second main level , ( not counting the southern staging loop directly below it) Harlow, the River (as of yet not named possibly the Tomawillie) will be at the end of the peninsula. I want to have the river a much more scenic theme in this version of Harlow, with a dock with a rail spur, and facilities to handle coal and logs from barges and my beautiful steamboat the Daisy (which might become the Daisy Mae which would provide yet another Grateful Dead reference). If I round the corners It would drastically reduce the river area. The ends of the top level of the peninsula will be supported by all thread also, one hidden in the smokestack of the Harlow water works building, and the other from a odd rock formation sticking out of an improbable Snag Island, which will conveniently have a massive tree growing out of the odd rock pillar, both of which will hide most of the length of all thread.
On the top level, the end of the peninsula may be higher than most of the peninsula, supporting the narrow gauge as it winds down from the top shelf, at a much longer, gentler circuitous grade. that would make that end of the peninsula reminicent of my current Gizzard, where the sharp corners are not that much of a distraction.
As for a full throttle operating session, that would take more clean up, and repair effort than I am currently willing to put into something I'm trying to find the time to tear down. I do defiantly need to get the mountain operable and clean; if only to get Bob over there to demonstrate the aesthetic advantages of high bench work in advance of his new project. My railroad as it currently exists is a great tool for evaluating benchwork heights, as I have some way too high, and way to low, and at several levels in between.
The biggest obstacle to a operating session, would be the effort needed to clean out the aisles, but I will probably need to clean them in advance of destruction. I will study the problem, and get back with Y'all