Last spring I started dreaming about expanding the layout. My first instinct was to shoot back along the hedge the whole depth of the backyard until I got to the back property line, turn around and come back. So all year I was looking forward to the fall to build-up the side garden and start laying some serious track. I bought the switches I needed and kept a track sketch beside my monitor at work to daydream about. I started moving dirt and booked a day off to get the job done. It was on that sunny day, with a shovel and my hand, knee deep in dirt and track pieces everywhere that I stopped and asked myself "What the heck an I doing?". I hate weeding. The layout is already I nice size and I have sections of track that I never run the train on. I decided to put down my shovel and go back to the drawing board to come up with a new plan to optimize my track space. The winter came fast and I never got the opportunity to get back outside until a couple of weeks ago. My new plan is a switching yard with a siding for the road engines to drop-off/pick-up lines of cars. The switching engines have their own dedicated tracks to assemble, sort, deliver rolling stock without interfering with the road engine's track loop. I asked for additional track for X-mas and my mother-in-law came through for me. I still have to build my industries for the new destinations, but that gives me new things to daydream about and plan for in the future.
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