Vigdis' train room

[Svein]

Time for another update, this time without the roundhouse

Now it's Christmas vacation, and Vigdis finally got around to do some more work in the basement, as a break from the finicky work upstairs. Yesterday she checked all the Bullfrogs and made the final adjustments before pinning down the turnouts in their correct positions, and today she's been busy laying track on the main line.

She started on the section just left of the doorway, where the track curves around the chimney and rises up towards the highest elevation, the grade here is 2%. The track was testfitted and bent in shape before feeders were soldered on, then a thin layer of brown Tec7 caulk was used for fastening the track temporarily held down with T pins. In the easement curve (right in front of Vigdis) there's also a track joint, så extra care was taken to make sure it's smooth:


A simple mirror is a very handy tool to ensure that the track has a nice and smooth curve without any kinks:


Svein