Writing a list of "givens and druthers" and a presentation of my dream layout is still on my "to-do-list", but I have spent some time this week playing a bit with 3rdPlanIt because a flu kept me indoors.

This is what I hope to see when I have entered the room:

Looking back from the other end of the isle:

My history with model trains include both the Arctic and Arizona. I have never  been in Arizona, but my model railroad is inspired by the Peavine – the Santa Fe branch from their transcontinental mainline to Phoenix.