What is a good model train scale for a 12.5" by 44" area?
It is going on my headboard. Its is going to be a logging train and it will go through a mountain. I would like for it to be like a late 1800s or early 1900s.
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"N" scale...but even THAT has limitations
12 inches or 12 feet?.....i think your wasting time & money
I would check into HO narrow gauge (if you're very motivated and handy, then try N scale narrow gauge). The secret for a small, narrow layout is to add a lot of details. Since it's small, you can spend a lot of time on making the trees and building details - sawmill interiors, track side shanty, hunter's cabin, etc..
I'd make it two levels (a switch back layout) with a sawmill on the lower level. You can start the train - small engine and 1 or 2 cars at the top, switch down into the lower level and spot logs at the sawmill.
Stop at the library or hobby shop and look over some back issues of Model Train magazine for more ideas and track plans.
Don't believe folks who say your area is too small. I've had smaller layouts while living in the barracks in the military.