Model Railroad Hobbyist | January 2017 | #83 PUBLISHER’S MUSINGS Joe Fugate editorial End of an era: Dismantling the Siskiyou Line Yes, you read right. I’ve decided to dismantle my current Siskiyou Line layout. This time, it’s not an April Fools joke. I really am doing it. The final op session on the layout is Saturday, January 21st, after which dismantling will begin. However, this is not the end of the line for the Siskiyou Line in total. This is the end of the line for what I’m now calling Siskiyou Line-1. In its place, Siskiyou Line-2 will rise. So what happened? Last year at this time I was celebrating the 25th anniversary of Siskiyou Line-1, and a year later, I’m disman- tling the layout. It’s a long story, but basically the kids are all gone and my wife and I are now at retirement age and we want to get out from under a house payment. The way to do that is to move out of the subdivi- sion we live in and move out to a rural location. We can get rural property with a shop outbuilding and put a modest manufactured home on it and pay it off completely. • INDEX SUBSCRIBE (free) • TABLE OF CONTENTS