Work continues on the layout-with-no-name
Started laying cork roadbed on the mainline. All I have left is the back stretch and one more turn. The yard is nailed down to the playwood and will be ballasted directly:
Started the control panel design now that the layout is pretty much set in design. I ordered all my components (toggles, wires, patch panels last night). Gonna stretch the yard portion out more for space for leds & toggles, not have that entry track so steep so stuff isn't stacked on top of each other pratically:
To keep things easy removable for service, moving, etc... the control panel toggles will be wired direct to a 24port cat5 patch panel. Tortoise will be wired to a surface mount cat5 keystone jack, with a standard cat 5 cable connecting the two. Makes for easy cable running, and keep everything easily changeable. I think I posted the link above for the how-to-wire with cat5 cable on the tortoise.
should be fun
And finally, a shot of the "train/office/computer junk/stuff with no other place to go" room: