@Mark Boyce: we're cutting the wood elements from leftover 1x4 we used for the table framing and from ripping strips of plywood from the original base that Dad's 1952 set was on (so it lives on in the new layout!)
Yesterday we continued work on the ramp, connecting to the existing grade through the curve. But we really dove into electrical work today as well, including getting the control panel mostly wired up.
Although we had hoped to be more or less done with track and electrical by Thanksgiving, I think we figured it was an awfully aggressive goal. So now it's Christmas...