Ogden & Cache Valley, Part II

[Onewolf]

And then I caulked and painted the homesote.

What did you use caulk for with the homasote?  Filling in joints? 

dave

Yes, I caulked the joints between pieces of Homasote.

[Onewolf]

Nice update.  Don't forget the cat's up there!! 

Jerry

I debated whether to let her get down on her own or to stage a rescue intervention.  I opted for rescue intervention.

[ACL1504]

Doug,

Great to see you still working. It is fantastic and will be fun to watch the track installed.

Tom

[Onewolf]

I am working on laying the lower level return loop/staging tracks. There will be 8 loops with the outside loop representing the UP mainline east of Ogden. Each loop will have a rerailer on each end. All of this track will eventually be hidden (either under the city of Ogden or behind the Ogden city backdrop.

The 7 staging tracks range from 250" to 296" in length.

I started working on the eastbound side and installed 3 turnouts but then I decided that I should focus first on the westbound side because I need all 7 of those turnouts in order to complete the outside (mainline) loop.

The 2nd photo is a closeup of the track gapping for the turnout ladders. Per this DCCWiki https://dccwiki.com/PECO_Insulfrog Peco insulfrog turnouts should have both point rails gapped to prevent shorts on the frog. On my previous layout I did not know this and I experienced intermittent shorts for this exact reason.

The point rails gapped at #2. The rerailers are double gapped (#1) on the right side to create an isolated occupancy zone (the whole loop). Repeat 14 times for each of the turnouts.

The Norfolk Western 50ft boxcar has been designated the sacrificial lamb for initial track testing.
 

[Jerry]

Doug this is sure to be a beautiful layout when your done.

Jerry