I came home to a box of Lionel tubular track and a pair of 022 switches I bought, so I started tinkering with track plans. I use Johnsons Rubber Roadbed for sound abatement(highly important for someone on the autism spectrum). So I dug out what I have of that, but I still need more of it(mostly straight sections and another 031 circle of it). I only wish Lionel OO 3 rail track was this easy to come up with, and as inexpensive! I have a love affair with the prewar OO line and the NYC Hudson. But the horrid cost of original track keeps that dream as that right now. If only someone made switches to match the Gargraves OO track. So for now, I am enjoying O and hoping to add an upper level with a simple loop of OO in the near future. It is that loop that will use that bridge. I did run the Berk a couple laps just to see it run, with my wife sleeping in the other room, a good run with some cars will have to wait till tomorrow. I am still undecided on track plan beyond the angled section as that corner is where the control center will be and I have laid it out to see how I want to fasten it all down before I drill any holes. Only the type R is screwed down so far. There is a plug strip/surge protector mounted under that area. AD
