We have reached slot max a couple of times at our club. We know how to fix it when it happens, but how do you prevent it? We have read several ways to dispatch your throttle. This one makes most sense to me, you have reached the end of the session, so (you hold down the disp button and plug your throttle in, then let go of the disp button) is that correct?

I'm just started my journey from the armchair modeler to an active modeling life in the basement. During the preparation for this transition I have acquired some (or better: a lot) tools. I basically got almost anything I read about or I thought it could be useful, or even better I just "needed". 

But how can all this get organized? As you see below I kind of suck at this. Period.

So how do you categorize, store and whatever your model railroad tools?

After gluing down a spur track and testing it with a free-rolling car, I noticed that the car wants to roll just enough out of the spur to foul the other track. There is just the slightest slope, of course in the wrong direction to this spur. I think I will need to remove the track, and rasp down the foam to give it a little slope in the other direction. But, that is going to be a pain so I thought I'd ask if anybody had a better solution. So, do you?

I am planning my model railroad on the Southern Pacific Coast Line 1946-1953 for the lower deck and Denver and Rio Grande Western 1930's for the upper deck.  I would like some input from fellow modelers on my track plan.