Today I got the last bit of mainline installed on the layout. All that’s left is the bridge.

You can see the small extension I added to accommodate the last curve.

Shaun Track

Phase 1 of the new Turnout/Signal wiring panel is done.  Phase 2 will be adding the last 2 SIGM20 boards in the future.  The wire terminals on the DAC10 boards are small, so switching between regular DCC and programming track wires was a pain in the past. So this time I added some toggle switches in case I need to adjust any settings.

The two boards on the left are the DAC10 boards and control 16 tortoise turnouts by DCC.  The (soon to be) 3 boards on the right are the SIGM20 Signal controller boards.  Each SIGM20 can control 8 signals with 3 aspects each.

And work on the last bit of track is underway.

Shaun DCC, Track

Took a break from track work and started working on the hills for the island, mainly just installing some profile pieces of foam to get the general profile in place.  Cardboard strips will be used between the foam to form the actual terrain face.

Then I went back to track work and started working on cutting and fitting track on the last portion of the layout.  Just need to buy a couple more pieces of roadbed for the mainline, install the mainline and the upper deck bridge and the track will be done (minus bus and feeder wires).

And lastly this morning I finished up the Shed building in Walthers’ Yard Office & Shed kit.  Turned out real nice.

Shaun Scenery, Track

Been making a little bit of progress on completing the mainline on the station side of the layout.  I have the mainline, with siding, installed all the way to walkway opening.  I haven’t run DCC bus wires or dropped feeders yet, but the track is all powered from the staging lead as I haven’t cut rail gaps yet. I’ll get to the wires one of these days.

At the BNSF Interchange I have all the track except the crossover to the backdrop section installed but not glued down yet. I’ll have that done in the next day or so.

Shaun Track