![Train Order](http://smallmr.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Stop-Look-Listen-sign-IRM-7-7-07.jpg)
Things are really busy around here. I committed to have the Boat Yard operational for the 2016 National Train Show and things are getting tight. To date I have all module frames completed and more than half of the track completed. All the track that is completed was hand laid. That was a big job. I have gone ahead and purchased the remaining turnouts to save time.
![Hand laid #8 double crossover for the Boat Yard](http://smallmr.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_3840_small-768x1024.jpg)
I am scheduled to be on a few business trips in May and will have no time to work on the modules then so I must complete most of the work in April and leave June for touch up and shake down.
![Rail barge taking shape that will be part of the Boat Yard](http://smallmr.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_3692_small-768x1024.jpg)
I am really looking forward to the show this year as my daughter Becky will be joining me as an assistant to help setup the modules and run trains on the Free-mo setup. Becky joined me at a prior train setup and really enjoyed the operation of the layout. She hates to just go and look around.
![Becky at a Free-mo event last summer](http://smallmr.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_3523-768x1024.jpg)