| The next step is to place the roadbed
where it belongs. The track has to be put down and you run a test train
(I ran it for 25 circuits without "incident" before I marked
the location of the track for the bed. |
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| Here is the end view... |
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| I took this picture to illustrate one of
the things that annoys me about the products that are available. Sure, I
made the choice to go with "snap track" rather than flexible
(or even laying track by hand), but couldn't someone make
insulators a color other than yellow? |
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| Every wire on the layout exits at the
front right-hand corner through the Styrofoam "profile board". |
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| After the track has be laid, it is time
to "test run" a train again. A full 25 circuits are in order
(alternating between the "mainline" and the "passing
siding" to make sure the switches are aligned properly. |
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| I found several places where the glue had
been on my fingers and had gotten on the tracks (not difficult to do)
and had to be cleaned before I could get a successful run out of the
train (note the "Bright Boy" track cleaner in the near loop). |
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| Just a close-up of the train I used for
testing. |
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