Well, I never went downstairs on Tuesday, though I had the best intentions. Patrick's work schedule changed, and he'll be here on Saturday instead. I did get a couple of train related things done though.
I got a shipment of new Atlas 40' containers from Mr Muffin a few weeks ago. I never opened the box, until I got an email from Jeff saying to check the contents, as some cases had been mislabeled. Sure enough I had gotten a solid case of one road name instead of an assortment of two each of four road names. So after a call to Atlas last week for a return shipping label, I got that bad boy in the mail today.
The other project involved a bunch of emails with a few people regarding an upcoming layout tour where I'll be one of the hosts on May 4th. I'll be hosting two groups that day, the NMRA division, and my fellow Narrow Gauge convention layout tour hosts, as part of a round robin, so the hosts could visit the other layouts, since most were busy hosting during the convention.
I had chosen to be open every hour possible, and the attendance at my house was very disappointing. So far we've had two of these tours, and I went on both, seeing progress on a few layouts I had previously seen, and seeing a few for the first time, and a couple for the last time as they were going to be torn down.
It's good to get out and see what others are doing. Maybe that's why we like this topic so much, even though we just post pictures and videos on line. If you get a chance to visit peoples layouts in person, do it. I've seen a lot of great layouts in my life.
