Do you have a crew?

Just a crew of two.  It seems like we have been working on the layout for years. Its only been about one and a half years.  It also doe's not help that we run trains after five minutes of work.  Some day it will be completed.

Systems,  I am coming up with systems.  Next year I can cut a load off the build time.  My kids help with certain things, but their schedule for sports, school, scouting, homework really makes it hard to get more than a couple hours a week from them.  

When I was making my mountains out of shop towels and fast setting drywall mud,  2/3rds of the way through I came up with a quicker way to do it.  I also realized if I would have made most my rock casting (approximate 100+) before starting the mountains, I could have set the rock castings at the same time and I think it would have come out better.

This year I have been able to wire the layout quicker, because I learned from last year.  Just an evolution from year to year.  

Those "I learned it this way" tips are very note-worthy! 

All hints helpful.