I’ve been working hard on the track and have 8 of the 10 switches operating. I think I could be done with track in about a week, though wiring of the track and switch frogs may not be done by then. Part of the remaining work involves moving the track for the car shed, as I’m not happy with it’s location. It’s spaced too far from the tracks leading to the engine house.

City Point Progess – Feburary

Despite doing considerable planning, one thing that has surprised me, is how much of this section of the layout is dominated by the track, itself.

Building and installing the switches has been extremely time consuming. Even after the practice of completing eight of them, it still takes an hour to build the switch skeleton and then a couple more hours to install, and that is without ballast.

Another thing, is how tight the spacing is for the three switches that lead from the main line to the engine house. For the same frog number, it appears that stub switches take quite a bit more space when compared to more modern switches.