Mike, The upper level and the lift-out look great. I will have to second Richie's observation about the building flats against the upper level curve. I would think about a retaining wall transitioning into a sloping hillside if it was mine.
Bob, The painting on the track cleaning car looks great so far. I know the car will look super when completed. The GunrunnerJohn crossing signal controller is really nice sounding. I have a couple GRJ John Will circuits to install in addition to a bunch of his LED car light circuits. Maybe I'll live long enough to do it all. 
Tom, I sues some of that spray foam insulation on a previous layout, and it worked out well. Good use of material you would have had to throw away otherwise.
John, the jigs for the venetian blinds are brilliant!
I was able to get my engines to run nicely over the two switches leading to the long sidings. The only problem was that I had forgotten to make a power connection to the left hand siding. That was quickly remedied, but I didn't have a chance to test it out until last evening.
Now it's time to get on to the next project. Should I wire in the DZ1000 switch machines or the power drops to the AIUs first? I'm thinking the power drops, so I can easily turn off power to sidings that are holding engines not in use, instead of having to lift wires. I can do all that seated on my rolling stool, whereas I need to bend under the layout to get wires connected to some of the DZ1000 drops. That would let my lower back get a little better first.
You can see it all over at my Blackwater Canyon Line topic.
