Item # 1.
Here is an excerpt from a comment I made on another topic yesterday. It will tell you the latest in my line of thinking.
Now, if you look at my topic that I have a link to in my signature (I'm on the iPhone now, or I would put a link here) I weighed the options, and decided against designing a plan that would let me run my Premier J 611 and 18" passenger cars. My space is only 11 1/2 ft x 11 1/2 ft. I even decided against running my J on my Ceiling Central RR in the next room, not because I was afraid of it falling off the track, but because I was afraid of dropping it when on a ladder trying to place it on and off the track. The cars were sold last week, and I'm going to sell the J as well. I don't have money to leave several hundred dollars just sitting on the shelf. Ha ha!!
While this course of action may seem drastic, it was one of those decisions I pondered for a while, then all of a sudden it was a no brainer!! I know my limitations lifting items to or above eye level, as I have a shoulder that was injured falling on ice 10 years ago that is not surgically repairable. I would absolutely not ask anyone else to lift that engine either, because I would feel terrible that he would feel he let me down if he dropped it.
I didn't mention my Weaver Gold edition B&O P7d Cincinnatian 4-6-2 or the MTH 18" cars that go with it. I will process that after I sell the J 611.
Item #2.
A Facebook friend gave me a tip on a shop where I could get GarGraves track at a very good price. I worked with the guy over the phone and email to get a good parts list of the GarGraves track. We had some stainless track sections on the plan which we are replacing with standard Phantom line. To make a long story short, he sent my order to GarGraves, and the whole order is to ship directly to me from GarGraves in another week or two. If receive what has been promised, I will share the gent's name and Web site here, but I don't want to make a recommendation until I am sure the deal is completed satisfactorily. I will still have to get the Ross switches, and; Oh yes, the lumber for the benchwork.
So while nothing is happening on the layout build, per se; there is a lot of behind the scenes action staging the big build!
