As I lay more track down, I am starting to see how this will operate. I am thinking about putting the freight station in the middle of the front two tracks (the front track is not laid yet, but the #6 switch is in place). As I lay more track, […]
John
The Gandy Dancers from Laguna de los Borrachos worked on the Washington Blvd yard tonight and Rule G was quickly broken. They got the job done quickly and got the two sets of crossovers connected. They plan to come back in the morning and work on laying track in the […]
More yard work
Back in October when I went out to Shawmut to chase the Big Boy, I picked up a pair of spikes from the old Sunset Route mainline. They have been sitting on my tool box since. Today, I decided to put them to a good use while working on the […]
Found a use…
So I am using #4’s to get the yard tracks to fan out quicker. The yard feeds off of the interchange track. There are a pair of #6’s on both ends of the interchange and PE mainline… I was able to find a spot for the very first laser cut […]
Laying out the yard
While the wife ran out to pick up dinner, I had enough time to go out to the garage and cut some flex track to fit. I nailed the track in to place, and I plan to start gluing the flex down tomorrow morning.
Configuring the junction
The Pacific Electric MOW department has been very busy. They have tore out the Playa Desnuda junction, and are reconfiguring it into a real junction. While nothing is nailed/glued down, here is the basic layout of the track geometry. I am not worried about the tight radius, the track that […]