the last version was going well but there were too many tiny things eating away at me, certain areas of trackwork that just wouldn't function properly, siding length in the fiddle yard, and the constant bottlenecking of trains around the layout
so I decided it was time to just try and build the most ambitious layout yet (I'll finish one I promise) incorporating a lot of design ideas I've gotten from European layouts
so far I've completed an absolutely ridiculous fiddle yard and I'm currently in the process of wiring it up for automation, and I've also finished the trackwork on the "parade route"
I'll add the current scenic track plan, but I'm leaving a lot of it in flux as when I start building an area I often get better ideas than looking at a plan on a computer
anyway here's a barrage of photos
