Some track laying pictures:
I made a couple of jigs to keep the straight runs "straight-ish". I have 2 runs of about 20 feet each that are essentially straight, so I figured it was worth the investment in time to make these. The holes in the jig are for drilling holes in the deck for wire drops. Because I am laying track on short-napped carpet (a sin for some people on the forum 
), I heat up the drill bit with a torch and drill the holes through the template and I get no puling of fiber in the carpet. Works like a charm! We have run trains on carpet for our club for years and never once have I ever had to pull carpet fibers out of a locomotive. I see it as instant ballast. It looks great against green carpet for grass or brown carpet for "summer grass".
Dennis
