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Great work everybody! What I did is not exactly photogenic, but it will make my life a lot easier once the track has been laid and trains are running: a lift-out section to connect two peninsulas, with two tracks going in and three coming out. It's a 1ft x 2ft x 1/2-inch piece of reconstituted wood, with brass strips and C-bar attached at the ends. These serve a dual purpose: (1) to maintain correct alignment, and (2) to provide electrical connections for the track. It took many hours to drill all the holes, cut the brass to the correct shapes/sizes and solder the C-bar sections to the strip brass. But in the end, nobody will have to duck under to reach the 'inside' of my layout, and they won't have to be Arnold Schwartznegger to lift it and realign it. Here it is by itself, on my driveway: [img]http://www.railimages.com/albums/kenlarsen/acv.jpg[/img] A view of the benchwork with the liftout ON... [img]http://www.railimages.com/albums/kenlarsen/acw.jpg[/img] ...and OFF: [img]http://www.railimages.com/albums/kenlarsen/acx.jpg[/img] Here's a closeup of the connections: [img]http://www.railimages.com/albums/kenlarsen/acy.jpg[/img]
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