Well, it's been a long time since I posted on my layout's progress... or lack of progress, whatever the case may be. I am hoping that posting my progress on my installation of the detection portion of my staging yard will keep me more motivated and hopefully I will complete this sooner than later.

I plan on purchasing the 5A Super Chief Duplex system for running my layout. I also plan on using their BDL168 detection boards for my hidden staging and DS64's to throw my turnouts.

When reading the pdf manual for the detection boards, Digitrax states that Home wiring is the best method. This makes sense to me, but their diagram doesn't make sense (or at least it isn't clear). It shows a typical installation for a detector board with Direct Home and Whole Layout Common wiring. I can't understand (from their diagram) where the differnce is between the two. See below:

It has been a long while since I have posted anything related to my N scale Kamloops division point layout. I have made a bunch of progress with getting one third of my staging in place, handlaying more track and installing the wiring.

Here is  a shot of my handlaid trackage to date.

I have made some progress in the last little while on my N-scale Kamloops Division Point layout. I have glued in some ties and made a few turnouts. Here are some pics of that:

The blue paint is relatively new....

Lots of ties...... :p

In continuation of my earlier posts, I thought I'd post my pictures of the benchwork for my layout: the Canadian Pacific Kamloops Division Point.

I am modeling in N-scale within a 10x10' room.

 I have also added a workbench to one wall for making switches and doing other tasks.

Here is a screenshot of my layout plan for my N scale layout. The staging tracks to the right are underneath the layout and are accessed by 2% grades either side. I am planning on having lift-out sections for emergent train-wreck cleanup as well as viewing ports in the fascia so I can guide my hands up into there (from underneath) if I have to.

I have just completed  a Layout Design Analysis of my CPR Kamloops Division Point Layout.