Construction is proceeding slower than I hoped. Except for the yard area I have glued down roadbed on almost the entire junction half of the layout. I also found a few more code 70 #4 turnouts. This has allowed me to make a few revisions to the plan for the yard area. Revised plan and photos below.
For September I hope to have the staging loop track installed, wired, tested, and running. I purchased some constant on switch motors from Micro-Mark. Sweep sticks from FastTracks were also purchased to help with the track laying. Track for the yard area will be placed loose so that I can make any adjustments needed for buildings.
View from south end. Track going to right top is for the wye to turn engines.
Overview of junction. Elevated track in back will go to midpoint town. Cardboard rectangles are building place holders.
View of the wye/ Tracks in middle of wye are for the meat packing company. Far end of wye leads to staging.
North end of junction. Both curved turnouts are #8, 36 and 32 inch radius code 83. Spur tracks are for the team track (front) and furniture company (left back). I still need to join the curve leading to the midpoint town that is laying on the board in back to the elevated track.
