Although it perpetually remains 1965 on the Carleton Railway, a new year in the real world means setting new goals and priorities for the layout. Since the open house and first operating session om the expanded layout in October, I have been concentrating on maintenance (track cleaning, locomotive wheel cleaning, soldering and filing, coupler spring replacement, etc.). With a larger layout, there is more maintenance to do. My goal is to be ready for regular, scheduled operating sessions in 2020, which means completing some projects first (staging tracks at the east end, some wiring updates, and possibly even a dispatcher position).
