Did everybody else get the email announcing Model Railroader going digital?

There is a section of Easy Model Railroad Inventory named Favorites where you can save the Internet path to your favorite sites and categorize the pictures on your hard drive. I am working on a new building for my layout and wanted it to look really good. There were details that needed to be added that I knew nothing about. The back walls of buildings, scuppers, gas and electric meters, dumpsters. I went to my friend the Internet and Google Images in particular. I found a lot of pictures.

This past Friday we had my very first (and probably last) operating session at the Richlawn Railroad.  Four of the six guys showed up which made it easier going in my little alcove area.  I ran the video and still camera while the guys ran trains for the first round, and then I got to operate for the second round.  The important thing is we all had a blast!  I'm really sold on operations now and will make sure that my next railroad is all about ops.  Here's a video I produced on the session:

I started this thread just as a friendly discussion on how to adapt and/or change the current use of DCC and sound technology for the smaller scales.  Please lets keep it focused on the idea.  Remember it is just an idea for those of us running the smaller scales.