Thank you Cape Cod Northern, Dan, Mike, Bob, Scott!!!
Wow, I never thought of staggering the rail joints like that. That would make a smoother transition!
Dan, Thank you. I learned neat wiring working for the power company on the controls in substations. Believe it or not, this wiring on the layout is not nearly as neat as they required. Then the second half of my working days, I went to the telecom. In the central offices the wiring was pretty neat, but what was out at business customers was sloppy.
Mike, I have not run any trains across the bridges yet. I haven't gotten a lot of time for the layout this last week, and when I did, I was working on realigning the raised tracks. I still have to put in the power connections for the bridges and isolate the tracks leading up to an open bridge. I forgot about that when I was doing initial wiring. I find myself getting ahead of my self more as I get older. 
Bob, I'll bet you are right that this material was meant to be flexible. I salvaged it from my mother-in-law's basement, and she has only been there 5 years. It's hard to saw what the previous owner had in mind.
Scott, You are correct. I replied to Mike that I have been slow, but in reality I have made a lot of progress even though sometimes it is one step forward, two steps back. LOL Do you call that little engine TIMEX because it just keeps on ticking? I actually have a couple engines that I run when testing something out in case there is a major snafu that I didn't notice. Thank you for the offer. Don't sell yourself short. I was running O gauge trains on the floor when I first got them. Our daughters were both at home, or at least their stuff was at home, because they were both in college. I had already sold all my HO after deciding I couldn't see it as well as I once had and had given up on building a layout since we are in a small house. I felt like when I first got my first HO set in the late '60s and my Mum would make me pick up the track so she could sweep, although my wife is much easier to get along with than Mum.
"MARK BRIDGE MADNESS" Madness is the word! LOL April first. That sounds like a reasonable date. My late father-in-law's birthday! If we can do it, I'll make it in honor of Rex; a great guy who the Lord saw fit to take home earlier than we mortals would have wished.
I am working with Jeff (Scouting Dad) with some good ideas he has on scenicing the town around this raised track area. I report in on that when I think it's time.
