Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

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Thanks Jim!  Silverfish would be a disaster on my layout.  

I have been looking for a simple in-town bank...  No luck with the cardstock models, so I resorted to picking up a DPM #118 (1st National Bank Building) for White Haven.  Design Preservation Models DPM 118 1st National Bank kit HO SCALE - Premium Rolling Stock & Model Trains for Collectors and Enthusiasts

Since I reconfigured the styrofoam base for the front end of White Haven, I ended up moving about 6 locomotives, a flat car, a couple of hoppers and a bunch of miscellaneous parts and pieces that ended up on the styrofoam because it was a convenient flat surface.  Because I moved the styrofoam, the locos and rolling stock ended up amongst the clutter of my desk.  I'm going away on vacation soon and I felt like I needed to clean up.  However, these locomotives and the rolling stock all need some sort of attention and I don't want to put them back on the storage tracks.  What I really need is a "fix it" track...   Got me thinking.

My old DCC system allowed me to program AND run on the programming track - hence it was two full sections of flex track.  New DCC system?  Only programming in a stationary setting on the track.  So, I really don't need a whole lot of space for the programming track, and the old programming track can become my "fix it" track!  I just needed to add a new short section of track for programming.  This also solves the problem of storing a bunch of locomotives on the programming track only to have to remove them if I want to read the CVs on a single loco on that same track...

Got a piece of 1x4 and scabbed it onto the old programming track base with a few biscuits.  The glue is setting up right now...  

   

Rerouted the wired rail joiners from the longer track to the new short programming track and now I have a nice area to hold my stuff to be worked on AND a short programming track complete with a rerailer.  Now to clean up the rest of the mess...