I've made the pact with myself that 2026 is going to be the year I finally get round to restarting some long stalled projects. To that end, I decided to finally sort out the track work on Church Lane.
Electrically, there's nothing wrong with it, but aesthetically I was never quite happy with the run from the head shunt into the goods yard siding. The curves just looked a little... forced... for lack of a better word.
Mercifully, this wasn't too hard of a task. Unsoldering an isolating section in the siding and removing a few track pins as far as the point, the whole lot was taken out. A 'Y' point replaces the original left hand one to help with the curving problem. In doing so the siding itself unexpectedly changed direction, now curving into the scene rather than out from it, perhaps a blessing in disguise for any potential runaway wagon! For comparison, the pencil guide marks for the original arrangement can just about be seen on the board.
Another unforeseen bonus is that the 'view blocker' goods store now has a bit more wiggle room between the main running line and siding. Whilst it wasn't too tight before, there's certainly no fear of an odd engine or coach striking it now!
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