Now that the apparent shortage of Micro Engineering Switches is over, I have been able to mostly complete the track laying in the town area of the layout. I haven’t shown much of this side lately as I have been focused on scenery on the other side of the peninsula. One of the great things about building a model railroad layout is that there are always several things that can be worked on. When I get burned out on casting rocks I can switch to structures or track work.

Today was one of those days where I was ready for a change of scenery and started laying track. As I have been running the trains quite a bit also, it is exciting to have some more track to explore.

The above picture is an overview of the yard area. The building outline in foam board to the right is where the Car Maintenance Shed will be located.

One new trick I learned during this iteration was to use a 3/8″ Forstner Drill Bit to start the hole for the Tortoise switch throw bar. This results in a much cleaner edge in the Homasote that I don’t have to trim in order to avoid interfering with the throw bar.