Over the weekend when not stripping tiles from a bathroom wall, or hauling bags of said tiles, brick, and other related sundry to the dump, I managed to temporarily fit the turnouts for the crossover and siding, as well as do all of the preparation for the servo mounting on the foam - core boards:
and cut the gaps for the second crossover further down the mainline:
The siding turnout will be manually controlled, so I was able to lay the siding track. It served as a great well-lit spot to take pictures of a new acquisition. Here it is with it's likely mates, as seen in prototype operations across Minnesota on the Dakota line (which eventually became DM&E/CP):
It will probably be a few more weeks until everything is running again, as this work involves running more wire and more Intermediate Block panels, both for block control (DC/DCC) and turnout control.
