Quick update, most of the track is now screwed down with all power drops and various switch wires. We started wiring today, and I snapped a photo off dad working out how to arrange the switch toggles at the control panel so I can build it for him.
This photo is 100% dad, I can hear his brain working over the sounds of football and the hum of a test transformer plugged in behind us.
It's not interesting from a train standpoint, but it's one of my favorite pictures of dad now. In the background you can see one of our MTH Premier superliner cars that he's been using to verify clearances to adjacent tracks and structures. In the foreground you can see his various snacks and brain food. On the table in the center is the block plan.
