I've never had the talent for planning. I can envision a concept, give it an appealing appearance, and make it work, physically and aesthetically, but I can't plan it. When it comes to "what goes where", it's a matter of, distribute the elements and re-arrange them until I like how it looks and works. (my new module thread demonstrates that "method").
What if?...........I always ask what if?.....until I get a satisfactory answer. What if I turn this building just a bit "this way"......what if there's a problem "here", or "there"?.........all this while construction is ongoing.
I don't have the talent for planning. (we really need a "shrug" smiley)
Doctorwayne brings up a good "what if" with the placement of the engine house/roundhouse. It may not have been part of the plan, but it does address a possible problem, pre-solved. An "ounce of prevention", if you will......that can be planned for!
I don't have the talent for making plans, but I do have the "talent" for picking holes in them, or recognizing when someone else has "picked a hole in one".
Understand, plans are a great way to start, but experience teaches that in truth, "The best laid plans" etc.
Our greatest successes come from learning from our mistakes, and I've made more of those than I'm quite ready to fully admit. In that sense, I am "well
educated".
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!