Thanks Guys! A lot of the credit has to go to Patrick, without his help over the last 7 months, I might have thrown in the towel. Now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but in this case it is a good thing that it is the train.
Track laying will resume soon, probably in October. My wife and I are taking a 3 week road trip to the west coast in September. I'm worried that Patrick will suffer from withdrawal while we are gone.
In an earlier post I had mentioned the idea of having all the track on the lower level done by the end of this year. In light of the fact that we took time to do the drop ceiling, and the lighting (which was never in the original plan), the timetable has been pushed back slightly this year. I still hope to have all the track on both levels laid and powered by the end of 2014.
I think we will have the last of the heavy construction done by the first part of next year, with one last material delivery coming before the snow flies.
I told Patrick yesterday that scenery should start in 2015, although in a way, it has already started with the blue sky.
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