It did, and has interested me how it was originally. The fun was in putting together trains and then disassembling it in different combinations. Over the years, I've bought more locomotives and rolling stock to add variety to it. I'd rather leave more trains on the layout, than have to continually trade them out. That's why I added more spurs. I've always wanted to have a scissors crossing too, which is what I added first of all. I'd always intended on expanding it that way on the bottom to connect at some point to another layout---maybe in 5 years.
Those commandments you attached are very interesting. There are a lot of good ideas in there. Thanks for posting them!