Brooklyn Park: Christmas Update 2024

[@JosephMusgrove]

Always fun to visit Brooklyn Park! Merry Christmas! I understand about layout burnout and anxiety. There have been occasions where I start thinking about all the things I still need to do on the layout and feel overwhelmed. Taking a break helps me focus again. “Certainly a reminder that my switching layout is big enough!”😊

[@thebritishrailroader]

@@JosephMusgrove many thanks and Merry Christmas to you too.

[@jasongeritz1602]

Thanks for the update Steve. Have a great Christmas mate. If it’s too cold you can always come down under. 🎄

[@thebritishrailroader]

@jasongeritz1602 Happy Christmas to you too mate. Given half a chance, I'd be down with you guys like a shot. Have a good one 👍

[@awblenko]

I completely agree about the accessory wiring bus - I think we only think about that as we add new lighting, so we are always playing catch up. Happy Christmas mate, a a great Christmas jumper you have there!

[@thebritishrailroader]

@awblenko cheers mate. Happy Christmas and will speak soon

[@thecnwmondovilinepaulscota7304]

Thanks for the update, Steve. Merry Xmas to you and yours!

[@thebritishrailroader]

@@thecnwmondovilinepaulscota7304 thank you, you too

[@jimbarrett1975]

Great update Steve, and some very interesting thoughts on how we develop from one layout to the next. Planning the next layout whilst working on the current one allows you time to think about the features you might be missing, and to refine your ideas through experiences, good and bad. You've also inspired me to squeeze one more video in before the holidays if I can!

[@thebritishrailroader]

@@jimbarrett1975 thanks Jim, glad you enjoyed it, I look forward to seeing your next update 👍

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Thanks so much for your thoughts / insights about your current layout Steve, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@thebritishrailroader]

@@What_If_We_Tried thank you. Merry Christmas

[@danielbonham9336]

I have burnout so know what you mean , take care ,Merry Christmas Steve 🎉

[@thebritishrailroader]

@@danielbonham9336 Happy Christmas mate, have fun and take care too

[@Gaz3801]

G'day Steve, Another great video to finish the year off. It is also great to see you talk about what may be coming in the future. Like you, I have not done a layout updatet due to too many other distractions. As for burn out, we all go through that. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs British Railroader. 🎄 All the best for 2025 from down under ! 🙃🌏 Cheers, Gary.

[@thebritishrailroader]

@Gaz3801 cheers mate and Happy Christmas to you and yours, I hope it isn't too hot for you 😉😁

[@Gaz3801]

@@thebritishrailroader Beautiful weather currently, although Christmas day will be 30*C and Boxing day 34*C... 😉 Cheers, Gary.

[@thebritishrailroader]

@Gaz3801 mate, that is no temperature to eat turkey 🤣. Have a great time

[@Gaz3801]

@@thebritishrailroader Very rarely do we eat turkey down under, it's Christmas ham (baked), seafood and salads, followed by Christmas pudding ! Yummo. 😋

[@clivewilkinson6076]

Steve,, you and your family have a great Christmas and New Year. Your thoughts on what you might do differently are particularly useful as I should be starting a new build in February, provisionally called Lakota Springs, and having had a garage conversion done as a railway room. I have learned a great deal from you, so thank you.

[@thebritishrailroader]

@clivewilkinson6076 hi Clive. Glad you enjoyed the video and that I have been able to help in some way. Merry Christmas to you and yours

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

Great update, Steve, and it's interesting to hear your thoughts on possibly your next layout. You're right. There are always lessons to be learned for future reference and improvements. I'm trying to improve things on my next layout, which will be a 009-layout. It's still at the early stages at the moment. There's the baseboard built and lots of mocking up the scenery, very similar to what Dylan has done. The trouble is that it's been in the same stage for months. It was photographed in this stage several months ago for a bookazine, which came out a couple of weeks ago or so. It has reminded me of the fact that I've done nothing to it, so I'm determined to crack on with it in the New Year. Have a great Christmas...cheers, James 🎅 🙂

[@thebritishrailroader]

@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY hi James, glad you enjoyed the video, always thinking ahead and reflecting on what I could do differently. Have a great Christmas and say hi to Dylan for me. Steve

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

@thebritishrailroader I'll be showing Dylan this video when I see him on Monday, but I'll be talking to him later on the phone, so I'll say hi to him from you 🙂👍

[@GenxDiorama]

Nice, the sweater also! There are alleays minor downsides to any layout, but I think yours is really great for that space. Last two weeks I had had a small burn-out myself. All the woodworking and big projects were a bit in the way so I switched to operating and modeling to fire the engine again. Making videos was getting more important than enjoying myself with my layout and trains. And that was not what I intended when I started this project. Coming weeks I will tweak my concept to get out of it what I want and not what I think my subscribers want to see. Do you have an operating plan for your space? It helps me a lot to have a story and a plan for that, so I can model things following the operational logics of it. Merry Christmas Steve, get yourself a present by finishing the diner you british Boomer! 😂

[@thebritishrailroader]

@GenxDiorama Hi Sebas, Merry Christmas mate. I know what you mean and I am changing the way I make videos by planning and filming ahead where I can. I am also going to refocus the channel a little in the new year with a bit more emphasis on tutorials and reviews as they seem to do well. I do have a back story to Brooklyn Park and a loose operational plan where I can run sessions where I switch different numbers of industries or even none at all (MOW moves by the LIRR). Have a great Christmas and Happy New Year

[@GenxDiorama]

I tried doing tutorials but definetely not my favourite part doing. Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m doing myself and just going with the flow and tend to forget getting the instructions in the video haha. I like seeing them tho’! Keep up the good work and enjoy these days!