Thank you, Andy!! Yes, I've had to get physical therapy on something 7 times before. Though this time will be different, I'm no stranger to the regimens.
I still haven't gotten up the gumption to start that kit, but I did something on the layout today. A couple days before surgery, I got an email form my LHS CT McCormick Hardware that my MTH Premier 2-bay hoppers in speedlettering were in. I unboxed them and set them on the track before surgery. Last weekend I noticed in the latest issue of that other magazine that Grzyboski's had 2 different 3 packs of Lionel WM 2-bay hoppers in the round herald scheme for a great price. They came yesterday, so I unboxed them and set them on the track. Now I have 22 Western Maryland hoppers. I split them up evenly between types and took the coal load out of one group. So, I now have an 11- car train of loads and an 11-car train of empties. Besides MTH and Lionel, I have 6 Atlas O hoppers as well.
You may have noticed I have more 2-bay hoppers of various road names on the overhead shelf. Here is a better shot.
Also, you can see where the signal house kit ended up. Maybe I will feel like it next week.
