Category Archives: Track Work

Layout Progress Update – Wiring and First Train Run!

Posted on April 24, 2024 by timf

Today I soldered all the feeder drops onto the rails and turnout frogs and then hooked them all up. I realized that since the layout was just on saw horses and there was no scenery yet, I could stand it … Continue reading →

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Layout Progress Update – Trackwork!

Posted on April 20, 2024 by timf

After doing some work on the house (and messing up my back, twice) I’m finally able to do some track laying! I soldered the joints and glued the track down with white glue in five sections.

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Layout Progress Update – Roadbed

Posted on January 27, 2024 by timf

This morning the postman dropped off the cork and rail I ordered. So that meant I could get to work! I laid down all the rest of the cork roadbed.

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New Year, New Layout!

Posted on January 14, 2024 by timf

Since the basement is still full of boxes to sort out and find locations to put stuff (including model railroad stuff) I decided I’d build a switching layout on a shelf in my office for the time being. I should … Continue reading →

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Build Update

Posted on November 3, 2020 by timf

Well, I haven’t made a build update for a long time. And there is a reason for that. My hand built turnouts are giving me troubles and I got disgusted and stopped working on the layout. If you read my … Continue reading →

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Ballast Testing

Posted on November 11, 2019 by timf

On Friday and Sunday I put down some ballast on the track on the Northeast end of the layout.

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Creating and Crossing Lutgens Creek – Part Two

Posted on October 19, 2019 by timf

In the last installment about Lutgens Creek I had created the creek bed and painted it tan. The next step was to paint the bottom of the creek bed a darker color and then shade the sides a little. I … Continue reading →

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Installing Turnout Controls

Posted on October 14, 2019 by timf

I spent some time trying to determine the best way to throw the turnouts on my layout, as you can see in this blog post. After I determined that I was going to use the BullFrog turnout controls I ordered … Continue reading →

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Turnout Control – Sorted!

Posted on September 30, 2019 by timf

I’ve been mulling over the issue of how to throw the turnouts on my layout for a while now. I bought a BullFrog controller a while back to test but I was disappointed because it wasn’t working very well. It … Continue reading →

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More track work, and wiring!

Posted on July 16, 2019 by timf

The last update showed turnouts that had been completed and painted. Last week I installed six of them and some more straight sections of track. I’m pretty much done with laying track until I can get the bridges sorted out … Continue reading →

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