Let The Fun Begin, Laying Out The Track

This morning it was time to start laying out the track and hoping that everything fits together. It was great to be able to follow the “Manning Oaks” layout that I got from the KATO USA website, having the product number of all the track pieces made it a breeze.

Track pieces all organized..

Track pieces all organized

It took me about an hour to lay all the track pieces on the board, and then maybe about another 30 minutes to hook up the temporary wiring. For now I just wanted to get the track quickly wired up so we can do a test run.

Once it was wired up, it was time for the test.

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