Finally rewiring my layout. It started as temp wiring six years ago and myriad of obstacles have stopped progress. Well, I have 1000 feet of 12 ga, and TVS, breakers, and panel meters coming. Hopefully my back holds up while I'm crawling around under the layout.
Bob
i plan on getting my upper level up and running.nothing fancy mind you,just a loop of track using mth's pier's.
terry............
I have to get my curved stone arch bridge completed and finish that end of the layout. Also have to add several sidings for factories and rail side businesses. Just a lot of scenery work that I have been procrastinating about.
Art
Just finished a 20 X 20 addition (with full basement) to our home.
Goals are to finish basement walls and at least have trains running by December!
Buzz
I have to get my curved stone arch bridge completed and finish that end of the layout. Also have to add several sidings for factories and rail side businesses. Just a lot of scenery work that I have been procrastinating about.
Art
If good things come to those who wait, isn't procrastination a virtue?
Scratch build a UP Steamer in brass.
Start working on an 8 X8 extension that has been connected to my existing
layout. The set back here was that I completely redid the wiring on my current layout,
what a job it is under the framework however; connections and wire management are a lot better.
Need to get the room over the garage cleaned up and stuff moved out and ready to demo so we can build a 20' by 60' addition. The second floor will be my train room. Ground floor will have a work out room, 3 car garage, work shop and storage. Construction should start in March 2015. I plan on starting a thread showing progress. Been working on this project for about 3 years. Finally, I will have my layout. Planning on an around the room shelf layout with a center peninsula. Yippy!!!
Ground cover, trees, bushes, anything that will bring the layout to life.
Fix one location with some poor trackwork.
What is Your Big Train Project for this Winter?
Like to add a railroad turntable. Just thinking.
Work on the yard and start to seanic it. Then to get a dcs for the layout.
The start of a very small refinery, and other chemical industries. Building these Plastruct things are kind of a slow go. 
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I had no choice but to abandon my plans to computerize my layout using MTH DCS as the train and layout control system. Instead, I will pursue this project using Lionel Legacy, and hope to have it done, or well under way, by the end of winter 2014-2015.
Alex
Oh my goodness: I guess I should really face up to this. I need to rebuild about 100 square feet of my layout (that's about a third) due to a number of small by annoying problems and several opportunities to improve things, including access hatches, etc., in thecenter of the layout. It will be a big project and keep much of the layout torn up so I can't run trains for weeks, but it has to be done.
I must confess to having already started my winter project.
I plan on rebuilding my elevated track. Originally built on MTH and Lionel risers, I am building my new elevated track on Jim Robinson's Bridgeboss components. The length of this double track run is 22 feet and includes two 90 degree turns. I am also building a replica of the Boston Skyline with copies of the Prudential, Hancock and Faneuil Hall buildings. This will overlook my Fenway park location and I will include a stretch of Yawkey Way
The fun part of this is applying so much that I have learned here. The skyscrapers will be Plexiglas as presented by several of our Forum Members specifically Alan - leavingtracks and Jim Policastro. The elevated line and roadways will be built using many of the techniques presented by Rich Batista.
In addition I am incorporating a trolley line which will connect all of the major attractions.....
Fun, Fun, Fun...
I'm debating on working on layout construction, DCC installations, or both. I have 5 engines that need DCC/Sound/Lights/Smoke installed. The biggest upgrade project will be getting my newly 2 railed K-line Hudson ready to go.
Wow Mark, what a loaded question! 
I think I've come to grips that my real hobby is making lists of things to do. 
At least it seems that way. I've got at least 10 major projects underway.
But since you asked, here's the goal: By January, I want to have the PRR Panhandle ready to host another Train Smoker (my term for an operational gathering with friends). That will involve (at a minimum):
There's a lot of work here to meet that very ambitious deadline, but it helps to have a goal.
George
I am almost done with my trackwork. Then comes my signals system. After that comes ballasting and scenery. There is no reason why i shouldn't get well into the scenery this winter.
Norm
I was planning a 1/50 model of Grand Central Station. I must have got something wrong in the math, however. I think I inadvertently used 50% instead of 1/50th. When I started to calculate the cost for materials, it got out of hand rather quickly. So, I went and watched a baseball game on TV and began to think about a less ambitious project. Think I repaint the basement floor. 
To start on these O-9 kits and an On-30 railbus kit. James
What a super list of projects, every one of them. Yes, it was a loaded question. I thought I was going to get my plan for this winter done last winter., Ha, Ha, that's how it goes. Yes, we can have goals, but we need to keep it a hobby. I have read articles of guys that almost get burned out getting a layout ready for a convention. I don't need that. But I do want to get my trains running.
George, I have been following the Panhandle layout as you may recall, since I am from and live not far. I look forward to seeing what you do.
Elliot, well what can I say, yours is a masterful project.
Wood,
Your layout with the El reconstruction is a new project to me, but it is looking great.
So many others.
Jonathan, even thought I posted on a 3-rail forum, I am glad you shared what you are doing making these engines 2-rail. I have seen some of your posts before.
Norm,
Since we have met at Patricks, I look forward to seeing your progress.
Bob,
I understand what you are saying about a project maybe being too ambitious. I am glad you are thinking beyond your hip surgery.
One and all,
Thank you for sharing all the great projects! Keep them coming,
Oh yes, one thing Wood said. He commended others on the forum for giving him ideas and how to's for his projects. That is a big reason why we are all here. Even my meager project may inspire some other guy to do something similar.
These are all great plans for the coming winter. Thank you everyone for replying. Let's see who else responds.
Yes, it is a good idea to repost in the spring to see how we made out!
Several planned minor and major projects to be executed in parallel during next long depressing Winter season...
1. To build extension modules for my hi-railers modular layout
2. To assist in finalizing our club's layout
3. To repaint few diesels
4. To organize during X-mas a train show for the neighbor kits
5. To count the Rolling stock, some kind of inventory
6. To scratch-build tinplate models
7. etc.
Ordering the actuators and power supply to make my scratch built lift bridge operate.If I could cure my addiction to steam engines,I would have the money.Nick
I plan to clear out all the accumulated junk from the train room and do a rehab on my layout, maybe a little rebuilding too. I have no photos to post, and anyway you wouldn't want to see the layout in its present state. 
hello guys and gals..........
To finish building my Lionel F-3 freight set by this coming Christmas 
The woman who loves the S.F.5011,2678,2003,200
Tiffany
First, the hip replacement. Then recovery and therapy will follow. Then, on to the train room. Just another in the long list of set-backs.
I know the feeling Bob. A hip replacement, a knee replacement and just recently a shoulder replacement have interfered with starting my new layout for the past 3 1/2 yrs. Finally I'll be able to get started this winter.
BTW the surgery is a snap, it's the therapy that's a b#$%h.
I am planning to finally finish my layout design this Fall. I have been working on it for probably 8-10 months now. Lots of iterations to get things looking right. Then this Winter, I am hoping to paint the train room (20'x22' room), install track lighting, and if possible begin building the bench-work to fit the track/layout plan. I have been running a temporary layout stretched across a few 4x8 tables in the room. It was just some track and a few scattered buildings. I am looking forward to moving out of the design phase and beginning to construct the permanent layout. It will likely take a couple years to do all the scenery, but it seems to me that working on the layout will be lots of fun just like running trains on it will be.
-James
I hope to finish my bar area (train room,Man cave) by Oct 31 .
Also building new train tables .
I got permission for a Christmas train table for the living room ! 4x8 .
I had to bribe her with a Frosty the Snowman set from Lionel !
First, the hip replacement. Then recovery and therapy will follow. Then, on to the train room. Just another in the long list of set-backs.
I know the feeling Bob. A hip replacement, a knee replacement and just recently a shoulder replacement have interfered with starting my new layout for the past 3 1/2 yrs. Finally I'll be able to get started this winter. BTW the surgery is a snap, it's the therapy that's a b#$%h.
I couldn't help nosing in on this. While therapy is a pain, make sure you do all they tell you. My mother went through it a few years ago, and is glad she dis. A neighbor farmer her age had the surgery, but gave up on his therapy, and ended up in a home. His son told them he attributed the move to the home because his dad gave up on his therapy.
These are all great plans for the coming winter. Thank you everyone for replying. Let's see who else responds.
Yes, it is a good idea to repost in the spring to see how we made out!
Several planned minor and major projects to be executed in parallel during next long depressing Winter season...
1. To build extension modules for my hi-railers modular layout
2. To assist in finalizing our club's layout
3. To repaint few diesels
4. To organize during X-mas a train show for the neighbor kits
5. To count the Rolling stock, some kind of inventory
6. To scratch-build tinplate models
7. etc.
Beta Nu Sigma Phi,
Yes, while our winter can be depressing, it is nothing compared to yours I am sure. I am glad to see you have a list to keep you occupied.
First, the hip replacement. Then recovery and therapy will follow. Then, on to the train room. Just another in the long list of set-backs.
I know the feeling Bob. A hip replacement, a knee replacement and just recently a shoulder replacement have interfered with starting my new layout for the past 3 1/2 yrs. Finally I'll be able to get started this winter. BTW the surgery is a snap, it's the therapy that's a b#$%h.
I couldn't help nosing in on this. While therapy is a pain, make sure you do all they tell you. My mother went through it a few years ago, and is glad she dis. A neighbor farmer her age had the surgery, but gave up on his therapy, and ended up in a home. His son told them he attributed the move to the home because his dad gave up on his therapy.
Thanks. This isn't my first rodeo. Two knees, left hip, both corneas. I've got more new parts than a complete rebuild on a lionel steamer. This hip will be very complicated. I've got a titanium rod implanted in the right femur, that has been there since 1970, and there is a very high probability that it isn't going to come out. This means the approach to replacement of the hip must take on a very altered method, practiced in Finland, but not much here in the lower 48.
First, the hip replacement. Then recovery and therapy will follow. Then, on to the train room. Just another in the long list of set-backs.
I know the feeling Bob. A hip replacement, a knee replacement and just recently a shoulder replacement have interfered with starting my new layout for the past 3 1/2 yrs. Finally I'll be able to get started this winter. BTW the surgery is a snap, it's the therapy that's a b#$%h.
I couldn't help nosing in on this. While therapy is a pain, make sure you do all they tell you. My mother went through it a few years ago, and is glad she dis. A neighbor farmer her age had the surgery, but gave up on his therapy, and ended up in a home. His son told them he attributed the move to the home because his dad gave up on his therapy.
Thanks. This isn't my first rodeo. Two knees, left hip, both corneas. I've got more new parts than a complete rebuild on a lionel steamer. This hip will be very complicated. I've got a titanium rod implanted in the right femur, that has been there since 1970, and there is a very high probability that it isn't going to come out. This means the approach to replacement of the hip must take on a very altered method, practiced in Finland, but not much here in the lower 48.
Bob,
Sounds like you are the 6 Million Dollar Man!!
Since I started this topic, I say we can get off topic. 
Actually it is on topic because it relates to how you answered the topic question.
1) Put interiors and people in my passenger cars, that should take care of my time and $$$ 
2) Finish my B&O round-roof boxcar that Ed Bommer was kind enough to send me some data&decals for.
3) Finish my InterMountain SAL boxcar, got distracted and haven't picked it up since.
4) Repaint/letter by Weaver Pullman-Bradley cars I'm getting this coming week from a fellow forumite into Seaboard Air Line cars (again, more interiors&people)
5) Do more work on my scenery
And that's not including whatever I find at the Tidewater NMRA show this weekend
For 2015....
Gilly
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