Goods Yard

Most of the points and track for the goods yard has now been fitted. This is probably the most complicated bit of track laying, but unfortunately had to be done first…

The track is laid on 1/16″ cork sheet – this hides the holes for the point motors and make the trains run much quieter. Eventually, ballast will be glued on the cork, so little of it will be visible.

Point Fixing

The first points are now fixed – the holes in the baseboard are for the point “motors”.

A small cork sheet is “sandwiched” between the point and the (pre-wired) motor, then glued to the baseboard. I found it easiest to use a bit of double sided tape to stick the point to the cork sheet first.