04-22-2014, 12:09 PM
I think there are several very good things you're doing here. For starters, the great majority of railfan film before the video era was silent, and DVDs with this film almost always have sound dubbed in. (Now and then the advanced amateurs took tape recorders along, but those DVDs are rare.) So the sound you have with the video matches things as well as what you often see on DVDs from the 1970s. A very good effect!
Also, I agree with the idea of breaking operating sessions down into smaller individual jobs. Lance Mindheim on his blog advocates simply building a layout so small that it takes 45 minutes to operate, but obviously that's not the only solution, and a medium-size layout gives the opportunity for smaller jobs. (Also operating variety -- I was inspired by John Allen's idea of designing a layout that can be operated by several different schematics. This has kept my interest in the layout up over 25 years.)
Also, I agree with the idea of breaking operating sessions down into smaller individual jobs. Lance Mindheim on his blog advocates simply building a layout so small that it takes 45 minutes to operate, but obviously that's not the only solution, and a medium-size layout gives the opportunity for smaller jobs. (Also operating variety -- I was inspired by John Allen's idea of designing a layout that can be operated by several different schematics. This has kept my interest in the layout up over 25 years.)