After writing my initial post here, I took a job in the UK and now live in Northwest London. One of the nice things about V-scale model railroading is that there wasn't any packing to do beyond transferring the files to my laptop so I could keep working until my household goods caught up with me. Having carted a good bit of HO stuff with me during my military moves in the 80s and 90s, I found it very pleasant to make a move without any worries about damaged models!

This post will talk about the layout design, with the bulk of the write up and a map in the first comment.

I've been hammering away at a representation of the Michigan Southern in Trainz:A New Era for about a year. Here, the MSO 907, a GP9 I commissioned from Jointed Rail, runs westbound from Sturgis to White Pigeon, crossing Klinger Lake Road.