After an absence to visit relatives in Iowa and other interruptions, I'm back into construction and seem to making progress!
The top photo shows the beginnings of the yard and passenger depot tracks. The depot will be about where the loose pile of rail is in the upper left hand corner. The second photo is from the other end of the yard/depot area.
The third photo is midway across the "top" of my horseshoe-shaped layout. The roadbed is white pine, glued to the particleboard table top. Balsa ties, stained with water-thinned burnt umber acrylic paint, have been glued to the roadbed, then Code 100 rail was laid on that.
I like solid trackwork, so I spike every tie. It's not necessary, but it is indeed solid! I make my own turnout components, including frogs and switchpoints. The frog flangeways are solder-filled and filed to the corrrect depth. All turnouts are #6, and all are manually thrown. I use "hot frogs" and power is routed by the points, which are connected with two brass "tie rods." There are also brass tabs soldered under the stock rails adjacent to the points to enhance electrical contact.
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