Firstly, the latches are in place, and make the whole business of connecting the layout together much easier.
Secondly, I now have adjustable feet for each board, which makes leveling the connecting tracks a lot easier.
Third, and most importantly, I have placed a cork underlay under the track. This will hopefully make the ballast stand out more, and make for smoother running. This involved taking up ALL the existing track and placing the cork bed underneath... time consuming, but worth it!
On the progress front, I have laid and wired up the return loop for the 3 existing boards.
Finally I decided on doing a test run of the mainline :) I am happy to report that eventually, after much cleaning, both the diesel and the steam loco went around forwards and backwards without derailing! And the narrow curve was navigated with collision.
Cooking on gas...!
