Rocky Mountaineer posted:RD, you made your last post while I was typing my last post!
So you've begun to articulate some of the things I was talking about. Sounds like your creative wheels are turning... and that's what it's all about from this point forward. Enjoy the ride, and keep us posted from time to time.
Best of luck!
David
Hi guys,
Following up on Davids request to " keep us posted" I thought I'd do a quick update. It is still full speed ahead with the plan as we left it. The hope of having the room done by May turned out to be a pipe dream. I've been steadily working towards that end but it looks like Santa Fe Jims prediction of end of August/September is a more realistic goal for finishing the room and starting benchwork.... I really want the room to be right before I start messing it up. To that end it is almost empty of all the trains and misc crapola that accumulates over 15 years. Once that happens it's a thorough cleaning...man the dust...new carpeting..track lighting .. tune up the bathroom... exhaust fan etc.. it's going to be comfortable.
I am also really considering a loop around the ceiling ..like Pat Mariano has ..dedicated to the Acela which I will have to do before I start benchwork.... and all this time is being put to good use saving for track.. lumber.. etc. Power and operating systems are covered.. I have aLegacy system and nabbed a like new ZW-L from a fellow forum member at a GREAT price ..also I have a ZW-C along with at least ten 180w bricks and a couple of 135w.... this plus a couple of postwar ZWs, a KW and a TW should handle it.
I have also been toying with the placement of the layout in the room. Because of the open spaces and the way the Station tracks are separated give plenty of options to stack staging tracks and think levels.
So I figure if I finish the room by mid September start benchwork before the holidays I should be well on my way to laying track by the new year. If I get the family to pitch in things could even go quicker....maybe.... that's it for now...
