Stand corrected on the ties, then. The incidental light angle and depth of field issues on a couple of shots blurred the ties to make them look light gray to me.
... I wonder if he would entertain offers for sections of the layout? ...
That is how I would have to incorporate it, anyway - as unmarried sections. F'rinstance, I basically could only recover the peninsulas, lopping off pretty much every curve. (I am, however, sympathetic to the original space constraints. That's a lot of railroad in the space.) That would mean the loss of significant amounts of nice scenery work. Then, even Robyn protested about the narrowness of the aisles just from the plan. She didn't see the picture of the operating session with everybody crammed in there like so many circus clowns in an old Fiat. That's easy enough to fix, though.
This is a nice layout. I hope somebody maybe a little closer can take advantage of all the work. Somebody mentioned David Popp's layout - that was basically
not recoverable as something else, the value was in the scenery, and the locale was über-specific. But it was not easily adapted without stripping off nearly everything. Mark's layout is more flexible to locale, and can be used as a basis for nearly anything in the Northwest.
It's not like I'm trying to talk myself out of it or anything... like we've said, the logistics for anything other than a local move are prohibitive. But like the prospects of winning the lottery, it's fun to think about.
