Here's couple pictures of the revised track layout: one from the south end and one from the north end. The exposed spaghetti wiring is for easy access to testing switches and some accessories. My younger son and future daughter-in-law gave my grandson a battery powered train set for Christmas, which weirdly enough, the engine and cars fit pretty nicely on our O-Scale track. The black engine with red drivers and the tender are from that set, the other engine next to them is also a battery operated toy that he has had for a while. He really enjoys running his trains around the Fasttrack loop while I run the other train on the inner layout. He plays in this room quite a bit when I'm at work, and is always very careful about things. This first picture is the north end, which has two sidings and part of the loop that allows direction change.
The south end will have the 97 coaling tower, which now fits with the offset siding on the one side. I'm hoping to work on it this weekend, and get it cleaned up, lubricated and operational. I've also got a few of the operating coal cars that need to be worked on. I'm going to be busy with going through stuff tonight and tomorrow to figure out what parts I need, make a list, and pick them up this Sunday at the monthly train show at DuPage County Fairgrounds.
