Thought I'd share a little progress on my layout and show how I accomplished a little track isolation, since the question comes up from time-to-time.
This is my industry yard which sits inside the mainline:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4724/39545044945_768bc205f4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23fsG8K)DSC_1112 (2) (https://flic.kr/p/23fsG8K) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
I put in quite a bit of scenery, BEFORE I got around to powering up the track. Gotta make it operational now.
To start, I need to be able to park my locos that will push the freight out onto the mainline:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/25570160257_2ff04cbbd8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EXxKN2)DSC_1115 (2) (https://flic.kr/p/EXxKN2) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
I used a dremel and cutoff wheels to create an isolated parking space for my 4 locos. Then jammed a piece of plastic in the cut. Secured it with CA and trimmed the plastic. Finally, added a bit of paint to hide my work:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4658/39545048465_9489067b21_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23fsHbr)DSC_1106 (https://flic.kr/p/23fsHbr) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4671/40397239672_bbeb9a1b9a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24xLpWh)DSC_1104 (https://flic.kr/p/24xLpWh) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
I'll drop in a bit of fine ballast and diluted glue to hide the gouge left by the dremel.
Then I need to solder a couple feeder wires to the track and connect them to a switch to turn on/off the tracks:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4758/26570374608_cd221bd2d8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GtW7F3)DSC_1123 (2) (https://flic.kr/p/GtW7F3) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
I'll number the toggle switches and track to know which switch is which...
Next, I need to add feeder wires to power the track. I used some solid core wire... because it was free and I have a lot of it. I soldered the feeder wires to every-other track joint. I use to over-engineer and add feeder wire to every joint. Getting old and lazy:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4630/40397237812_de0413d835_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24xLpod)DSC_1108 (https://flic.kr/p/24xLpod) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
Again, a little paint and ballast should hide my work.
Finally, I need to clean the track, loco wheels, and test my work. These little 0-6-0s can push quite a few cars on level track:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4764/40397234992_d125fb75a4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24xLoxA)DSC_1119 (https://flic.kr/p/24xLoxA) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
At some point, I will need to build/modify a curved loading dock for this industry:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/26570721438_9c6c5aaf91_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GtXTLS)DSC_1116 (2) (https://flic.kr/p/GtXTLS) by Jon Vogel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152929963@N07/), on Flickr
Anyway, making progress...
Regards,
Jonathan
Looks really good man! I really like the first pic.....the wide view.
Very nice addition to a basement in my opinion. ;D
Sid
Thanks, man!
Regards,
Jonathan