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That sure was an impressive layout, with loads of well executed details Daniel !

Fully understand why such a beautiful setup, which obviously took A LOT of time and effort to build, would be missed greatly.

The good thing (for the rest of us), is that you by sharing this, has set the our expectation-bar pretty high, for the completion of your new outdoor model railroad 

Don't get your expectation bar set too high for me there Jan, as I really have no intention of doing anything like scenery detailing on my outdoor layout. Seasonal weather here in the High Desert pretty well precludes anything lasting well outside over the course of a typical year anyway, and I have no room inside to store stuff when not in use, nor the inclination to repeatedly put it out, then pack it away again, time after time. Fortunately the prototype I'm following was way more than 99% pure undeveloped mountain and desert country, and it even avoided the few towns it came anywhere near, running down the east side of the Owens River while all the small towns here in the valley were a few miles away on the west side. I'll be happy enough just to have the ability to run a few trains once again!