Spectacular HO layout design for Sydney; part 1

It’s been a very long 4 years Peter. I am so happy that we are finally under way!

I like the new layout better that the fist one with more long runs.😊

Very nice harbor layout and a great use of the available space. Nice to see the Cannery make a comeback. 😃

I'm convinced that one-room schoolhouses are the result of a plan to build a 10,000 acre university getting resized by a planning commission. I cannot wait until next week's conclusion!

Dear Peter, very interesting how you presented the idea of modelling towards a western location of a harbor and an eastern one. Very curious for the next iteration of this layout design. Cheerio

Impressive design work.

WoW, just amazing.

Ah, Anyrail is your marble, a final layout design is your David.

Hello Sir, This is my first time in watching your videos and may I say I'm very impressed with your work and I'm sure I will be learning alot and taking lots of notes to help me understand what I will be working on. Would you mind if I could ask you a question about your experience in model railroading design? I have a layout in mind that came out of a track plan book. The book is called 101 Track plan. I'm sorry, I don't know what the page number is at the moment, but the track plan number is #97 and the scale that I'm interested in would be 3 rail O-gauge and I would be using Lionel Fastrack System. In your opinion, what would you think about this layout, because it has so far what I'm looking for in a layout. Not only does it have a large railroad yard for supporting both freight, but also a passenger line. Do you think that would be true? There are some changes I would like to have to benefit the use of the layout. Starting with the size of the table a 24'x52' I would like to have if it's possible that the large space where the terminal yard facing at a angle come straight down to the bottom left side of the table and to have the street level trolley line running along side passing the terminal building as it shows on the layout then it goes into a loop and then travels back to the other side of the layout. What I would like to do is to make the middle part of the table stretch out a bit so it's not too crowded and have some industries and some warehouses for some branch lines if it's possible Please. If by any chance you don't have this book is there a way I can send you a copy so you can see what I'm talking about? Sorry for the the length of my comment I hope you can help me with this issue. Thank you for your time Sincerely Allan

Question: Could the abandoned track be merged into the parrallel tracks going to the steam turntable? Thus you could have a MoW equipment storage track.

I don't get this left/right thing at all. An east-coast port can be either to your left or to your right, depending on whether you're facing north or south. Even if you insist that you're facing north (why?) then, say, Baltimore is on your left if you're in Philadelphia and on your right if you're in Pittsburgh.