Appreciate the offer, Shamus. I need all the help I can get
Wiring is the one thing I have NEVER done. The last time I was in Model RRing, I was 19 years old. That was 30 years ago. My father did all the wiring. I have to learn now how to wire the yard.
I think I may be changing that to allow for more space. I think I will bring it straight up with the ladder and possibly another siding or two. But I have to learn how to wire it so I can leave a loco on any of the spurs and not have it run away
I got an early birthday present from my parents yesterday. They got me a Bachman starter set. Actually, they knew I was doing an "Old Time" layout (circa 1880-1900) and they could not decide which Bachman set to get me, Bachman has 2 with 4-4-0s in them, so they bought both sets and my father gave me one and my mother the other. They were down in El Centro California for 3 months, after pricing the sets at LHS and being told the sets were $120.00 each, she found Trains World online and placed a telephone order, his price was 50% of the LHS, so they bought both sets.
I don't think I will use the Bachman track, except maybe as a template for cutting my sub-roadbed.
Anyway, going to take a look at my Orangeville Yard and see if it can be better arranged. To do it to scale would take about 13' in N and I have a table that is 6.5' long. Time for selective compression.