I had a great time visiting my friend, Thom Radice, and his fabulous Western & Atlantic HO scale railroad last Wednesday through Sunday. Andy was down from New York City and we had an all too rare visit from Dr. Lebron Matthews. We also had a great operating session. I was stoked...

That is Lebron behind me in the photo. I was able to discuss my revised stage 1 track plan with both Lebron and Thom. They offered some good suggestions: the major one was to lengthen the overall dimensions to get a  4' x 12' layout. Here is the newest plan.