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Good Morning - yaaaawn! I got my times mixed up - we reset the clock last night. Europe does that on a different schedule than the Americas / UK, for whatever reason. Flo, I´d like to have a big Sunday breakfast, lots of coffee, scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, pancakes w/maple syrup and buttered toast, please. Jeff - I like your story about the squirrel and I am glad it escaped [swg] We don´t have that many around in our neck of the woods, so they are just cute, and not a pest. I am with Chris, you have a talent there! Chris - whenever politickians start to talk about railways - I am afraid there is nothing good coming out of that. Opening new lines seems to be a craze nowadays, but I doubt that those folks, who are deciding on the issue, do understand what actually is necessary to turn that line into a success. It is not enough to put a new loco and some new cars on a freight line, add a few platform and call this a passenger service. Unless train travel is nearly as convenient as taking the car, you won´t get people to change their habits. Unless trains take the people to where they really want to go, they will continue to use their cars. You need to have a dedicated network of public transport facilities available, which is costly to build  and operate, while at the same time never being able to earn its keep. Commuter traffic relies on subsidies and always will. It works over here, because our society has decided that rail travel is needed and we are willing to dedicate tax money to it - a lot of it! I know  that a lot of decision makers in the US look at Europe and the fantastic network we have, but I am afraid that this just can´t be transplanted to the US. Amen! Been checking my track plan, i.e. counting the number of switches. It is actually not more than 10, plus two turntables. Although this is still quite a chunk to swallow, it puts construction of this layout a little more into reach, should I get this job ... [:-^] You all have a good day. Btw, my father is feeling much better. Chances he will be able to leave the horsepiddle this week are pretty good.
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