The rebirth of the Canyon State RR

[ezdays]

I am moving on to getting the trackwork onto my new section ("B"), but I created a challenge when I added it. Section “A” is a hollow door that can be swung up in any direction to allow me to access the wiring. It is sitting on a boxed support so that I can mount my terminal blocks as well as store things underneath. Section “B” is a sheet of MDF that is not attached to the open frame so that it can also be swung up in any direction. Layers of foam keep both at the same height. It is this way so I don’t have to crawl under the layout to work on the wiring, I’d have to call 911 to pull me back up if I did.  At my age, all agility is gone, getting down is easy, trying to get up would not be a pretty sight.

The problem is that I need to be able to disconnect the green tracks in two places when I open either section. My current plan it to put in two locating studs to keep the two sections aligned and to cut the tracks where the two sections meet then pulling “B” away from “A” would allow me to swing either section open. It sounds simple, but what are the chances of the tracks aligning back each time without having some adjustments for the track? That should not be an issue in theory, but this is the real world, something is bound to move when I'm not looking.....

Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated, otherwise I’m going to proceed as described and hope for the best.