Shady Creek Model Railroad

I worked on the scenery on the corner module that sits between the original NTrak module and the end loop module containing the mountain ridge and engine house.

I ballasted the track on the end loop module that I have been working on.

After years of planning and many months of construction, the layout is up and running.

 The track has been laid on the final two modules.

 After spending an hour here and an hour there, I have laid track on two out of four modules.

The roadbed for the track has been laid.  This part went quicker than I thought.

The track centerlines have been transferred to the last two modules.

 I scanned in the turnouts as previously discussed.  I imported them in to the track design software to compare them to the templates I was using.

After waiting over two months, I received my track order.   The last couple times I have ordered from this company my order was promptly shipped.  I guess I should have bought the track locally.  Now I can get back to work.

It does look like the turnouts do not match the templates I was using in my track design software.  My plan is to scan the turnouts with my scanner.  I can import the scans in to Autocad and trace them.  Then, I can export the traces in a file format that my track design software can import.  One I create the new templates I will update my track plan.  I do not plan on any major changes unless I have to.

I set up a work area to start drawing the track centerlines on to the new modules.