The roto-tiller abuse continues. Obviously we’re taking a break from running trains at this point, but many loads of dirt taken out and many of gravel put in and parts of our layout at least are starting to take shape. The gazebo is mostly finished as is one end of our water feature. We had 13 tons of gravel brought in for the track ballast. It is not exactly to scale, but it will stay in place much better. Rain drops are always 1:1 scale and will knock around ballast that is actually the correct size.
We are also putting in the wiring during this phase. There will be a 110 VAC circuit along with 12 volt landscape lighting. Each loop of track gets two feeder connections and all of it goes back to the pumphouse which we’ve designated as the Train House. Our two Bridgewerks train controllers will live in there as well as the landscape light controller and electrical distribution box for the 110.
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