This one’s the 2025 Side Track Sunday Holiday Show—Sidetrack Sunday #3, and yeah… it started out exactly like you’d expect with me fighting the setup and hoping everybody could hear me. Once we got rolling, I pulled the gang out of the green room and we settled in for our annual holiday hangout: a bunch of model railroaders talking trains, projects, and whatever else comes flying off the rails. I called out a pile of familiar names in the chat, we joked about the usual streaming gremlins, and we got into what everyone’s been working on. Brian talked about his Z scale projects, including a small self-contained layout with a folded figure eight concept and battery/portable control ideas. We also got into the reality of the year—work changes, life changes, and why sometimes the “holiday season” sneaks up on you whether you’re ready or not. Then, like always, we drifted into Christmas setups: lights, inflatables, trees, and the classic “why did this string of lights work yesterday and not today?” kind of talk. It’s not a how-to episode—this is more the crew getting together, swapping stories, and keeping the hobby fun heading into the holidays.