Did not wire as much track as I wanted to. I had to mostly work underneath the layout. The old layout design had all spurs connected to one power district. In the new design the spurs are split between two power districts. So I had re-route wire under the control board to the various toggle switches.
I did manage to drop two more pairs of wires. I extended the yard up to a turnout and wired spur 1 to the control board (this is how I discovered my routing error above).
The spur contains a lighted bumper I made from wood. I have made both wood and plastic versions. I do have a bunch of Lionel lighted bumpers that I will be using for the time being till I build more of my own. I discovered that the lights on the Lionel bumpers are rated at 12 volts so have a very limited life span when connected directly to track voltage. I found red bulbs rated at 18 volts and am using these on both my bumpers and the Lionel bumpers. (Note - for the Lionel bumpers you need to remove the socket and the leaf springs so it is actually easier and cheaper to buy the unlighted versions). As shown below I connect the bulbs to the track using Atlas O joiners.
Everything will be hidden once ballast is applied. Below is a picture of the bumper. The four vertical posts in the front are designed to fit in between the track ties so the bumper does not slide back when a locomotive hits it.
