I don't stop work completely on the layout in summer but on sunny days it's too hot in the loft unless I use the AC or go up very early or very late. I have other things to do as well. 

But come September and track laying is in full swing. I have noticed that my track laying skills have improved massively which given how much I have laid shouldn't be a surprise but it's months since I drilled a hole in the wrong place.

So progress has been made and for me this means the through station loosely - very loosely based on Wolverhampton is now finished and the 2 main lines are heading away with all point motors working, all track powered up and working, and only a couple of areas of concern for operations. 

So I can run trains on a shuttle basis between stations; having 4 platforms each and some sidings between, quite a lot of possibilities exist. At this point it's passenger services only - a legacy of what I acquired in the past.

To prove it works I logged 2 phones onto the z21 today and used one to run the layout and the other to make a clip of a passenger service run from one station to the next. There are no luxuries like platforms yet, this is just to show the perspectives and blocks that arise from having a loft full of roof support structure as well as a model railway.

Probably I will fail to attach the video file and it will finish up added to a separate entry! In fact I have to go and find out how to link to a yootoobe item.