Joshua trees, chollas (ouch!), creosote bush and Ocotillo.

As a Californian (and a Knotts employee!) I'm delighted that you'll be representing our distinct Mojave desert look on this new layout. I do love the red rocks of the Colorado Plateau too, but it's even better to have both!

For those worried about the TM2.0 or Bandit Canyon Ry. or other of Dave's projects, did they question Picasso when he started another painting? Did Davinci stop at the Flying Machine or Mona Lisa?! BUILD DAVE! BUILD!

In Europe, we have a BD about Lucky Luke, "The man who shoots faster than his shadow". Dave is the man who starts layout projects faster than his shadow! Most amazing is that you finish at least 50% of these projects at incredible speed. I'm looking forward to see the Shay working hard on some big ramp.

Can't wait to see the next announcement of the Santa FE, Denver, and Carolwood model

I can’t wait until the forney gets a whole video!

As someone who spent the first 50 years of my life in California, living near Knotts and spending lots of time exploring the Mojave Desert (Including the Ghost town of Calico) I am excited beyond words to see this new vision come to life! Great concept and it shows the essence of Imagineering! Thanks for allowing us along on this fantastic voyage Dave!

Nice addition to an already unique experience Looking forward to future episodes. Keep up the great work Thanks for.letting us travel along

Very exciting. I am looking forward to watching your adventures in On30 railroading on another layout. I really enjoy your shows. Thank you for sharing.

I love the idea of having another layout with another "theme" that still interacts with the main layout. It's refreshing, without feeling totally disconnected from everything else. Excited to see the kind of locomotives that will run here! Maybe even some 2-8-2s or other larger, more gruff looking machines might make appearances?

Props for the TOS phaser on the wall with the knives and revolvers. 🏆

This is such a cool turn of events and amazing way you arrived at this new idea. Brilliant thought process and Imagineering at it's finest!

Excited to see where this goes!

I love it when the first domino falls...then the second...then the Goldfield and Calico! Dave I love your vision.

Suggestion for a workbench Wednesday - how do you create a logo that feels right? That Goldfield & Calico logo looks like it would fit right in on a line of dusty boxcars rolling through the desert.

Having been to Calico and driven through the Mojave desert many times to Vegas, this project looks very interesting to me and I can’t wait to see it happen.

So excited for this! A+ plan here, I agree its the best ideas for Calico and TM!

Great plan Dave! Excited to see it all come together. Thanks for sharing!

I have been along Highway 395/14 from Carson City down to Lancaster, through Death Valley, and the scenery is downright spectacular and begs to be modeled. Glad to see you taking up the challenge with this layout, and also re-using part of the old Thunder Mesa too. As for the switch to "nowhere" currently, I love adding in the idea of expansion, even if you are unsure if it will ever become a thing.

Well Dave , you did it again. Your talent and ideas never cease to amaze. Look forward to it

Dave, I live your new concept and idea for Calico and Calico Mountain. While I watched the video I again thought about how I notice when working the BNSF property and contract mapping project Bartlett and West Engineering worked in 2013 and 2014. What I noticed was whether the subsidies were standard gauge or narrow they were almost always named someplace and Santa Fe. This included the Parent Railroad the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. This held true in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

Great to hear how your creative mind comes up with ideas and inspiration.

Sidewinders and Mogul's, oh my.

I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Dear Dave, absolutely awesome plans and inspiration! Railroad eye candy in the making. Very much looking forward to seeing the reports of your quest for the ON30 pot of gold at the Goldfield & Calico Railway. Cheerio

This is really exciting! I love the new era (my favorite era of American steam railroading) and the conception of the "rough around the edges" mining town. As usual, I can't wait to see more!

Yes, Yes, Yes Dave. Great inspiration. I'll be looking forward to see updates on the Goldfield & Calico

You sir, have a problem. A compulsion, or addiction. And we’re here to fuel it. 😂

Well Dave.... you certainly have set out a heck of a lot of work for yourself. Not to worry, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel...and in your case it actually is a train.😏

Can't wait to see this new idea come together!

Everything you described I love so you have my permission 😂 Can't wait to see what you do.

I just found your channel and I really like the style of your layout. Growing up, I was into model trains but now I am into 1/18 and 1/24 rc rock crawlers. I love how you carve your rocks and I would like to build a similar style layout for rock crawlers instead of trains.

Looks like a great project, can’t wait to this plan come together 👍

I enjoy the way you give into your creative impulses. My only suggestion: I think you might want to put the depot on the mainline. It'll keep that area there more "yard like" and give you the ability to tell more yard stories (like having cars being repaired).

Sounds amazing to complete

I am looking forward to another one of your great adventures! We were just at Knott’s last weekend for the Peanuts Celebration. Calico Mine Train had over an hour wait, so we bypassed that. We’ll be back in couple of weeks for the Boysenberry Festival and all that great food. Best part of being a Knott’s Annual Passholder is there aren’t no reservation needed like you do at Disneyland- And Knott’s annual pass was about 1/16 of the price of our Disneyland Magic Key annual pass. But we still go to Disneyland every week!

I am so excited! So inspiring 😍 can't wait to follow the process. I love this idea.

As a potential on-line customer of the C&G, hoping them cattle pens might hold a Jersey heifer or two 'waiting consignment to our 'stead. 🐎

This is going to be fun to see

Seems like that southbound line could have a turnout to optionally continue south, allowing connection to other scenes via the backstage area, and becoming a truly “modular” layout. 😊

Just outside Beatty Nevada is the Rhyolite ghost town . I think you would like the railroad depot. It's in very good shape, in arrested decay, maintained by the BLM. Several other structures still there, including a restored bottle house.

This is going to be cool. In a way it's a model of a real world version of Knott's Calico area. If you get a 2-8-0 and a Goose it will be complete!! I like the idea a lot........as I have been looking at some of your smaller plans for a On30 layouts. Thanks

What a great concept, Dave!

This sounds like an amazing plan!!!! Can’t wait to see how it progresses 😊😊😊

Absolutely love these ideas Dave, can’t wait to follow along.

sounds good to me!!

Great idea

I see the creative bug has bitten you again. The unused switch could be used to allow service to another mine/logging operation. Just a thought I don’t know haw much room you have. Good luck and as always, keep us informed. Love the layout.

continue incedendo = Keep Moving Forward??? Love all your videos.

WOW!!!

It’s funny you mention the Carson and Colorado as I’m working on a fictitious lumber and mining layout set in the eastern sierras that’ll include a junction with the Carson and Colorado to move goods up to Carson city and maybe Bodie too

You are a talented man I love your videos

It would be cool if they connected to each other

Dave - this doesn’t really have to do with this video specifically… But yet it does. I was watching Adam Savage Tested YT channel where he answered a viewer question about what he thinks is the next big thing for Makers. His answer was about how much 3D printing has gotten as it is now more of an appliance and so much easier to use. But…. The issue is how does one take what is in there head as a 3D object, design on a screen that is 2D and then get it back out to the 3D printer to a 3D real object. He then pulled over his Apple Vision Pro and said he hoped this could be the answer. One could design their object and be able to virtually walk around it, inspect it, adjust it, etc. and then be able to output it without having to learn or use CAD software. I think I recall you do not own a 3D printer, but this could certainly apply one day to using a laser printer. Interesting because I could defiantly see this happening relatively soon. And once Apple gets the price down for the Vision Pro to more in line with a MacBook Air, this could be a huge benefit for the home hobbyist “maker”. What are your thoughts? I watch Adam Savage’s channel all the timer, and I think any kind of maker would find his videos fascinating and useful. He often talks about what they had to do on Myth Busters to get things to work right, etc. The link to his video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/raqblsmjsK-Rm40.htmlsi=PSN5FSYXsc-2Ikui. - only the first few minutes he talks about this.

High Dave, interesting Ideas. thanks to be envolved. I would like to ask you "why don`t you implement the Station (as u say Depot) into the flow / Track. now you seperate it. that will create alot of Shunter work. my Idea just to be creativ: from the tunel commig passed the track crossing place the depot including a Evasion line. Forget the 2nd move from the turntableto the line. may u place the Blacksmith there. ... put the engine Shelter on the track near the Slope Mountain. only an Idea. thanks for your creativ work and influence. I tell U what boy. ... u are guilty - why I rebuild my layout.🙂 greatings Wolfgang from Germany

Hello one and all!

where is the community tab for the track plan and this throws a wrench in the larger O18 on the ThunderMesa

I understand you have only so much room, but too bad you couldn't add Tonopah.

I just love your videos and skill but I have to say that it seems your voice is eq’d so extremely that it sounds like it comes through a telephone. Wondering if that is an deliberate choice or a “quality” of the mic or camera you are using? The music sounds full and great and I think your voice has much more richness that could come trough with a little work. Levels are ok. It’s purely eq. (Sorry, audio nerd here) Keep up the great work. Fan forever!

Will a standard, unmodified Shea, make it around a 3' turn?

Will this one be dcc like thuder mesa