Many thanks to all for all the positive feedback. Yeah Jim that pointer is "old school" isn't it. No working laser pointers here !
Mallard4468: Mike G made a great suggestion which was we should have done a walk around with the video camera, but in lieu of that, here's some overhead photos down below, which may fill in some of the blanks. Sorry for the mess, I am in the middle of installing all new weathered Pennsy Stone Block Walls between the lower and upper level.
I don't have any photos handy of how the sections are joined. If I can get some photos in the next day or so, I'll post them. The sections, at least the large main ones have two things in common. The joists travel with the section on top of the L-Girder benchwork, and the mechanical joints between sections, are tapered blocks on like a 2 degree taper. So assembly is accomplished by positioning the section up on the L Girder assembly, then pulling it in at the tapered blocks. It forces a perfect alignment. No tracks or switches traverse a joint. All wires meet at terminal strips at the section joint, the only exception is some large multi-conductor cables for the signal system which only go from the main 24 relay control panel to two or three signal signal locations, but the cables are labeled as to which set of signals they belong to.
Phil, glad you noticed the continuous run train capability as well as some decent "operating" options. It was on my "Must Have List". It's wonderful sometimes to just sit down in a comfortable chair "rail fan"....
Since Christmas, I have managed to run 3 long trains on the main line simultaneously. It's pretty cool. 240 feet of main works out to roughly 2 scale miles, so 3 trains spread over 3 miles works. Keeps your attention when you're running alone.
We'll do another operating video late winter, early spring, maybe show the use of the Arrival Departure Tracks, the interchange, the Mine Run
