Great imagination. However a 59' long layout might be a little excessive for a basement. I can understand why the Gag Rule may have been voted by Friends and Family. :tb-tongue:
I *just* popped over here to post this very cartoon... XKCD is a daily read for me, and this one in particular made my Monday...:tb-biggrin:
The webpage is here: xkcd: Model Rail One of the fun things he does is embed comments in the "text replacement for the image, so you only see them if you mouse over the original. The comments for this one were:
HA! I love it! Never thought I'd see xkcd talk about trains. But awesome! Especially with a little fight club reference in there.
xkcd can be funny, but not when it spends the whole strip on science. For model trains, I happen to prefer this one: Wondermark In which a Choice has been made I know the feeling. Not so much regarding model railroading, being inactive currently, but there are so many things that feel like burdens after a while.