Another week, another blog entry. The subway is really running smoothly and I have placed some of the "surface" above it and started to lay track. I know some guys think track laying is the epitome of model railroading, but to me it is tedium incarnate. I can't afford to DCC all my locomotives, so the whole layout has to be block wired. Who would have thought that a 6 X 8 would have so many blocks? Nevertheless, time and trackage wait for no man, so onward it is! I have completed the passenger terminal, and the approach to it, and I have started on the combined freight yard and engine facility.
Basically, everything labeled Freight Yard and Passenger Terminal is in, wired, and running smoothly. Also, "the Met" is good to go. All the track so far has been atlas, but from that middle turnout on, I am going to switch to unitrack. I may go back to Atlas for the Shiretown Terminal, but I won't need to decide that for a while. The reason for the Unitrack main line and industrial area is that it is "bullet proof" to borrow a phrase, and as I move further from the control area, I want fewer problems. As I said, track laying is not my long suit, and I think Kato will get me out of it safely. The above mentioned "Met" is almost exclusively Unitrack, and I am very pleased with it.
So there it is, another week's worth of progress, and while it may seem turtle paced to some, I prefer to go at my own speed and test and tweak as I go.
Till next week then...
