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So, before the holidays, I took a lot of time to reconsider the layout. I was having a lot of trouble running trains and for the space, it felt very complicated. It's 4x8, but there were lots of ways for trains to go. I found it was hard to enjoy. So, I stepped back, redesigned it a bit, and ended up ripping up a lot of track and scenery. I'm still doing a LOT of work on scenery, and haven't gotten the reversing loops tested yet. But the outer loop works great now. I felt so good about it, I staged ...

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It’s been a while, but I am finally making progress again. We had some basement issues in March, and then the weather got nice, so I spent most of April, May, and June either in the backyard or in the garage working on house related items. But now, I am back to layout in the evenings. I’m giving up on all the TV I need to watch too.

Wiring is done. There’s a lot of it for a 4x8 as I have a lot of turnouts controlled by DCC. That took a lot of time. And I’m scared to death to test it. ...

Updated 11th Aug 2022 at 09:17 PM by techhobbies

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