It's been almost two months since my last post.
For the past two months, I've had a furnace installed plus all the duct work and a new hot water tank which are all connected to propane. Electricity is very expensive in Ontario versus Quebec. I also took down my entire layout .............. yes, everything is gone, but I did manage to save about 90% of it.
Why? The main reason was that it wasn't an operational layout and access was limited. While building the layout, I found myself working off the layout since I couldn't reach areas. Another reason is that with time we all get older and having to go under the tables everyday is not easy.
During those two months, I had plenty of time to think about that decision. I contacted someone I met in model train forums, he's known as the Track Planner (Bill). We had back and forth conversation on the ideal track layout, such as access, operations, logistics and he will be designing my NEW layout.
There's so much to learn about this hobby. I was told by model railroaders who've been in this hobby for a long time that a layout is always work in progress and that by your third layout, you should of accomplish a satisfying layout. Since I'll be working on my second, I hope to prove them wrong and stop at my second try.
Here's part of the mess, my storage and part of the basement that still needs to be redone (removing the brick wall on the right, redoing the walls in gyprock and removing the ceramic tiles to be replaced by the same type of wooden floor)
I'll be starting a new section in the blog once I get started on my new layout
Hope to see you all later
Later
