0perations on the Kings Port Division

[Ralph]

Thank you Charlie! The layout has been under construction since we moved into our home in 1993. It underwent a revision about nine years ago or so when we needed electrical work done in our ceiling and I had to dismantle a section of the railroad to accommodate the electrician. After he left I removed an annoying duckunder and the current track plan was born. I tended to work faast with scenary and structures but have been going back to improve things. Its been a gradual process. My thread in the Blog section (which I haven't posted in for a while despite continued changes) describes changes I've made and has some photos of how things used to be. I am trying to be more patient, thoughtful, and careful in my improvements. I'm pleased with some of my more recent efforts.

Focusing on operations is a new part of this aim to improve the layout. I'm trying to take full advantage of the layout as it is and figure a good ops scheme. Most modelers do this the other way around, of course, design the layout for operations and THEN build it!

Its been very rewarding to work on all my recent improvments and I look forward to seeing what else I can tweak. Photos of the layout are my best motivation. They give me a good objective view and lead me to think.."I can do that better".

By the way, the info you sent me about train symbols will definitely make operations more interesting and fun!

Thanks!
Ralph