December 2012 Progress

December was a pretty productive month for my layout.

I finally got around to adding the rest of the lighting to the layout. I went with CF this time, now I need to add the valence. I like these better than the halogen puck lights I used on other sections of the layout. The lenses keep falling off the puck lights. I don't know how they work under kitchen cabinets.

Let there be light

I also decided to include the proposed I-90 Propane Trans load  facility in my version of Grafton. Unlike the RL people of Grafton, I have the full support of all my neighbors.

So I tore out the original and got ready to start over. My track work in this area was pretty bad, so I new it had to go, this just gave me the excuse. Once I removed the track I was able to get to the backdrop supports, and move the backdrop back 2 inches, which will give me a little more space for the new yard track,

Out with the old

I finished laying almost all the track in the yard, and dropped most of the feeders. I hit a snag when I realized that I didn't have the extra frog juicer that I thought I ordered, so I can't finish this section up util my wallet recovers from Christmas
I decided to go with N Scale switch throws. I plan on making some modifications to make them look like back saver switch stands, but still be functional. We'll see how that turns out







I printed out most of my car cards, so I starting building the boxes to keep them in.