Decide to totally revise layout to avoid duck-unders

Prepare rough sketch of new layout

Create checklist of criteria for new layout

Draw diagram of layout using EazyDraw software

Remove all structures and track from version 1 of layout

Build and install new tables for version 2 of layout

Place ground cover on tables

Read about classification yard track layout

Place track for classification yard in Coaldale

Place track for Black Diamond coal mine

Place track for Queenston switching yard

Place track for Pine Ridge lumber yard and The Channon

Revise track layout for Black Diamond to make better use of a receiving track

Revise track layout for The Channon to add an above ground coal yard

Visit Trains & Such in Calgary

Visit local model train club

Visit Roundhouse shop in Edmonton

Join local model train club

Read "DCC Made Easy" by Lionel Strang

Google the Web for DCC sites

Visit local train show by the Southern Alberta Model Train Club

Purchase locomotive that is DCC ready & sound

Purchase DCC system

Read MRC "Prodigy Wireless User's Manual"

Read MRC "Prodigy Express User's Manual"

Set up Program Track for DCC

Test locomotive CN 6700, a True Line diesel locomotive C-Liner wired for DCC and sound.

Connect DCC and reversing loop module to layout

Run CN 6700 over the entire Mainline Track, including the reversing loop

Clarify overall plan

Test arrival track switching for trains entering the Coaldale classification yard

Tack down track for Outer Mainline

Run a test train (5 cars) on the Outer Mainline

Wire Outer Mainline for Power Districts

Tack down Outer Mainline reversing loop

Add an Atlas Twin controller & wire for the reversing loop

Run a test train on the Outer Mainline reversing loop

Build an Outer Mainline control panel

Wire Outer Mainline turnouts to control panel

Add foam bed to Outer Mainline track

Run a test train on Outer Mainline track

Attach foam bed & track to tables for Outer Mainline track

Run a test train on Outer Mainline track

Tentatively lay down Coaldale yard track (including grain terminal)

Run a test train on the Coaldale yard track

Add foam bed to Coaldale yard

Nail foam bed & track to table

Add uncoupling magnets to Coaldale yard

Run prototypical train operations in Coaldale yard

Tentatively lay down Black Diamond yard track

Revise Black Diamond yard layout

Add foam bed and uncoupling magnets to Black Diamond

Run a test train on the Black Diamond yard track

Run prototypical train operations in Black Diamond

Nail foam bed & track to tables

Run prototypical train operations in Black Diamond

Spray paint ground cover and building with black paint (aka coal dust)

Tentatively lay down Distillery Row yard track

Add an end-around capability to Distillery Row track

Add foam bed and uncoupling magnets to Distillery Row

Run a test train on the Distillery Row yard track

Nail foam bed & track to tables

Run prototypical train operations in Distillery Row

Clarify overall plan

Wire Inner Mainline for Power Districts

Nail down track for Inner Mainline loops

Run a test train on the Inner Mainline loops

Build an Inner mainline control panel

Wire Inner Mainline turnouts to control panel

Tentatively lay down Queenston yard track

Add foam bed to Queenston

Nail down track for Queenston

Add uncoupling magnets to Queenston

Run a test train on the yard track for Queenston

Run prototypical train operations in Queenston

Tentatively lay down Pine Ridge track

Add foam bed at Pine Ridge

Nail down track for Pine Ridge

Add uncoupling magnets at Pine Ridge

Run a test train on at Pine Ridge

Run prototypical train operations at Pine Ridge

Tentatively lay down The Channon yard track

Add elevated track for a coal yard in The Channon

Add foam bed at The Channon

Nail down track for The Channon

Add uncoupling magnets at The Channon

Run a test train in The Channon

Run prototypical train operations in The Channon

Complete Oil Tank kit

Complete Oil Loading Platform #1 kit

Create oil refinery diorama

Complete Oil Loading Platform #2 kit

Complete wooden trestle kit

Complete UGG grain elevator

Complete coaling tower

Purchase hay bales. 'nodding head' oil pump

Paint hay bales & place on layout

Assemble 'nodding head' oil pump

Complete grain storage bin

Complete water tower

CN 7847 Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive operational

CN 665489 40' flat car, CN 501417 40' steel box car, G.A.T.X. 22691 36' tank car, CN 78213 steel caboose all operational

CN 500899 40' wood boxcar, CN 322660 3-bay hopper, BAOX 635 40' single dome tank car all operational

CN 522360 40' stock car, CN 473966 box car operational

Update Filemaker Pro data base for model train maintenance

Assemble CN 5930, an SD40-2 diesel with the NAFTA logo

Assemble six 100 ton quad hopper cars & cover the Union Pacific logo on the sides

CN 1706 GP7 diesel locomotive operational

CN 79793 "Old Timer" wooden caboose, CN 74009 Pte St Charles caboose, CN 123411 41' gondola, CN 461010 wooden box car all operational

Purchase 200 ton crane with CN logo & place on layout

Dust off, check couplers, and place on layout all remaining rolling stock; update data base

Dust off and lubricate all diesel locomotives

Lubricate CN 76, clean wheels - operational

Lubricate CN 1706, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 7847, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 6707, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 6708, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 7985, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 9408, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 2010, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 4346, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 7824, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 6707, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 8502, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 5506, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 9156, clean wheels

Lubricate CN 9162, clean wheels

Dust off and lubricate all steam locomotives

Buy and trim coal loads for 100 ton quad hopper cars

Review layout and supplies

Install scenery groundcover

Visit Trains & Such in Calgary

Visit local model train club

Visit Roundhouse shop in Edmonton

Join local model train club

Read "DCC Made Easy" by Lionel Strang

Clarify overall plan

Tack down track for Lower Mainline loop

Run a test train on the Lower Mainline loop

Wire Lower Mainline for Power Districts

Build a Lower Mainline control panel

Wire Lower Mainline turnouts to control panel

Tack down Lower Mainline reversing loop

Run a test train on the Lower Mainline reversing loop

Tack down yard track near oil refinery

Run a test train on the yard track near oil refinery

Tack down yard track for main town

Run a test train on the yard track in the main town

Clarify overall plan

Insert wooden trestle into Upper mainline loop

Tack down track for Upper Mainline loop

Run a test train on the Upper Mainline loop

Wire Upper Mainline for Power Districts

Build an Upper mainline control panel (will need to be revised when Upper Level Extension is added)

Wire Upper Mainline turnouts to control panel (will need to be revised when Upper Level Extension is added)

Tack down Upper Mainline reversing loop

Run a test train on the Upper Mainline reversing loop

Tack down yard track near lumber mill

Run a test train on the yard track near lumber mill

Tack down yard track near coal mine

Run a test train on the yard track near coal mine

Complete Oil Tank kit

Complete Oil Loading Platform #1 kit

Create oil refinery diorama

Complete Oil Loading Platform #2 kit

Complete wooden trestle kit

Build table structure for high level bridge

Build table structure for furnace room

Build table structure for second small town

Tack down track for Upper Mainline extension

Run a test train on the Upper Mainline extension

Wire Upper Mainline for Power Districts

Build an Upper mainline revised control panel

Wire Upper Mainline turnouts to revised control panel