What Can I Do With This Layout?

As the reality of this opportunity set in, the ideas spun around in my head as to what I could do with the layout, and how I could utilize my available space.  We have a 26x28 garage, with a full upstairs.  This would be plenty of space for a layout, in fact it was a big selling point for me.

My raw space, shortly after moving in back in 2015.

My plans for using the space for a layout were derailed a year later when my wife started a home business.  Over the past year and a half, that's been the use for this space.  However recently, she's been winding the business down.  So with some negotiation, some space here is now available again.

So what can I do with this space?  I quickly realized that the layout was composed of two sections, linked with a narrow connector.  You can see the two sections, with a single track connection behind the oil tank in the photos below.

Since I knew I needed to minimize protrusion into the room in order to best share my space, what if I "bent" the layout into a more linear design?  Instead of a 90 degree curve where the oil tank is shown above, what if it was straight?  I think this will work.