That's a fine activity that you are doing Ian.
He had a fantastic layout in Cyprus and at one time he invited me over there, unfortunately I never took up his kind offer.
The death of a model collector is a pretty difficult subject and more so in this hobby what does the surviving family
really want to do with the material and all of it's associated and installed equipment.
I talked about this with my wife and she said rashly that she would keep it all but I would prefer her to dismantle the railway and sell it.
In the wake of recent events I am currently catalogging all my stuff so that it'll be easier for her or someone else to dispose of.
I would say on this forum that if anyone did pass away I would be humbly prepared to do as Ian and help the surviving family deal with train related matters.