pennsynut posted:However. Is there is something mysterious lurking in your post Dave? You wrote that you "are not starting over", but then followed it up with "this should be the last o gauge layout I will ever build" . I wonder if you, like me a couple years ago, have a pebble in your shoe that is bothering you and the discomfort is growing to the point that you want some changes, but don't want to go through the disruption and what might be a lot of work. When I redid my layout starting a couple of years ago, I left the basic benchwork track design the same except for a few important doable changes that made a pretty big difference for me in operations. It did take a lot of time for me but it was worth it.
I seldom went down to the basement to run trains for a while because I disliked what I saw on my layout. It was a mental block. So if you are still having fun with things as they are, and I hope you are, then that's what counts. If you want to get rid of the pebble, now or later, that's OK as well. I hope to see more of your layout.
Pennsynut:
First of all congratulations, I think you nailed it. Here is the story. Almost two years ago July 11, 2015, I had major heart surgery and almost died or as they told me I died twice in the recovery room. After about the first year I could start making it down the cellar stairs. I am now feeling a lot better but I still get very tired and I have trouble getting over and under the layout. I have minor maintenance to do and dusting plus I have much wiring left and many days I can't make it down to the layout and sometimes I get tired fast.
Why I said it's the last O-gauge layout I will ever do is that over the years I have amassed a large amount of N-gauge product to build a layout someday which when room becomes available upstairs.
Everyone else,
Thank you for all the kind words. They gave me encouragement to carry on with this mess. I'll start by patching the holes from the "earthquake" ( the 'earthquake was caused by a combination of cheep wood and a slight moving of the whole layout.
Also, the Amusement park is being rebuilt.
Thanks Again!
