Rob

Just finished watching the video and I really enjoyed it. Is the layout ever open for public viewing? The path you chose to run your railroad is very interesting and I would love to see it sometime. 

That's a long way to cover

That's a long way to cover San Diego to Seattle!  The layout in your video is one of the more massive home layouts I've seen.    You cram a heck of a lot of railroad in the space with all those decks - holy crap - 4 decks.  I would assume there is a small army of hobbyists who have contributed - either that or you are independantly wealthy!  :D

I have to admit, I'll be also proto-lancing my planned layout as it will be the easiest to incorporate features I want without getting too much into the minutiae of all the industries etc.

I visited the Owens Valley as a geology student at California State University Sacramento - interesting route to follow.

Having grown up in California, I enjoy the theme and setting for your layout.  It would be very cool to see such a layout with 70's era trains running!

I'd say that it is an ambitious project....

....but ya'll seem to have it so well in hand that it doesn't seem ambitious at all - just big. 

Interesting route you've chosen - I'm going to be interested in seeing how you get from Wishram to Seattle.