I found a very cool portable light which throws out 120 watts of bright light; perfect for working on troublesome track, so I attacked a troublesome turnout; it wouldn't let me run one direction with most stuff, and derailed a number of locomotives going the other direction:
The turnout on the left hand side (above) was replaced with a Peco long radius turnout:
Next project is to get the jog out of the tracks on the left-hand side of the above photo so I can get the wiring done, and run both mains. But at the minute I can run both directions at good speed through the one loop...
Also, these were taken under the new light with the iPhone:
I'll bring the camera and try it under the light next time, and get some videos as well..
The next day I took the plunge and re-laid the other offending turnout at the end of the passenger station to remove the kinks in the track. The previous:
The new:
A wider-angel view of the work showing the new smoother lines. I tracked a string of Micro-Trains Pullmans and Athearn Maxi-Stacks through to confirm the smoothness:
Hopefully next time I can get some wiring done and run trains on both lines next time...
