Joey on Rails

Here is a progress shot of my layout. As I stated earlier I have the track laid on the inner loop.

Work is now complete on the inner loop of my layout. I laid the last piece of track just a few minutes ago. The parts I have completed are in red. Next I'll tackle the turnouts at the upper left and the tunnel tracks.

While still difficult, track laying is becoming a bit easier for me. It was just a matter of working out a technique.

I finally got some more trackwork done. I completed the curve coming off the upper left of the crossing section all the way around to the next turnout. Then I completed the upper industrial siding and placed the turnout for the lower industrial siding. A few more pieces of flextrack and I should have enough track laid to make some decent test runs.

I also decided that I would replace the gravel pit with a large industry. I got the idea from an old CD case I had laying around. I think the CD case is probably too big, but I could scratch build something out of styrene or find a kit that would be the right size.

I'm most concerned now over the 2nd level of the layout. I still don't have a real plan as to how I am going to handle it.