01-23-2011, 05:31 PM
Lears2005, biL is right, shipping to Germany takes abit longer, butthis time it took even longer than usual ... and you know what? Yesterday, just one day after I was so fed upw with waiting that I bought some stripwood to cut my ties from, the package was delivered 
.... but now that I had already started to finish my turnouts, I did not want to use two different kind of ties, so that I don’t need the Fast Tracks ties anymore ... well, at least not for this layout. Anyway, I made some real substantial progress this weekend . It may not show in this pic, but MY TRAINS ARE RUNNING AGAIN.
![[Image: bliss9.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/bliss9.jpg)
All the turnouts on the main part of the layout are finished, all trackwork is completed, everything is wired and the turnout controls are installed. Only laying track on the extension remains to be done.
![[Image: tc8.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/tc8.jpg)
I already ran all my engines and some cars several times through all the turnouts – no derailments, no stalling engines on my dead frogs (sorry Tetters, I hate to disappoint you
), no problems whatsoever. These handbuilt turnouts are pretty convincing. The same applies to the turnout controls, they are doing their job flawlessly. So this weekend was quite successful.
.... but now that I had already started to finish my turnouts, I did not want to use two different kind of ties, so that I don’t need the Fast Tracks ties anymore ... well, at least not for this layout. Anyway, I made some real substantial progress this weekend . It may not show in this pic, but MY TRAINS ARE RUNNING AGAIN. All the turnouts on the main part of the layout are finished, all trackwork is completed, everything is wired and the turnout controls are installed. Only laying track on the extension remains to be done.
I already ran all my engines and some cars several times through all the turnouts – no derailments, no stalling engines on my dead frogs (sorry Tetters, I hate to disappoint you
), no problems whatsoever. These handbuilt turnouts are pretty convincing. The same applies to the turnout controls, they are doing their job flawlessly. So this weekend was quite successful.
Kurt