Well 2010 has closed and we have begun 2011.  The members continue to expand thanks to referrals from Roy's Trains and a couple enterprising individuals who gave our club membership as a Christmas present.  Some of the newer members have some time conflicts so they are not able to join us quite as often as they might like, but we will accept their time and support whenever it is available.

Club members are going to provide the labor to replace the museum roof over the entrance to the layout.  This should help reduce any water damage during wet periods here in Arizona.

Our recent train running nights have highlighted a couple areas that needed some rework.  THe Tempe and Phoenix feeds to the Salt River bridge are being modified to ease the tightness of the curves.  Also, we will be adjusting the right of way through Wickenburg and Glendale to allow additional room for structures to hide the Strawberry shortcut.

Upper level trackage has been laid in about 35% of the layout.  Still need to work on the Superior mine area as well as the track from Picacho yard to Chandler.  This is our next priority so we can be in better position for operating sessions to start in mid 2011.

The club will hold train running nights one night a month, final dates still undecided at this time.

So, in summary, 2010 was a very active year for the club, making great headway on completing the track plan so we can start to install structures and identify local industries across the layout.