We've started moving in to our new house, so I have now secured the ROW. Here's a picture of the future home of my Los Angeles Junction Railway:

I've been a little behind in reading the magazine, so it was just a couple of days ago that I read Joe Fugate's column The "One-Module" Challenge (http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh-2013-05-may/rr_one-modul...).

Thanks IAISfan for the suggestion about Lance Mindheim. I do read his blog, and I've already got two of his books. His incredibly realistic modern era modeling is one of my inspirations - although I dare say Los Angeles is every bit as interesting a modeling subject as Miami.

After too many years of not even having room to store a module, I'm finally going to be able to build a real layout. My wife and I are moving into a new house where I'll have an entire spare bedroom to use as a combined office and layout room. Okay, so I won't have room to model the entire BNSF Southern Transcon, but I'm still excited. The new place also has plenty of space for a workshop in the garage, and a big enough yard that we can have a dog.