The ROCK 3.0: Various Progress Updates

I made some slight changes to the track plan.  Reviewing the operations in my head, I decided to add a crossover from Main one to Main two just west of LaSalle on the lift out section.  I also added a locomotive pocket track at LaSalle Yard.

I updated the crew instructions assuming the expansion will be complete by the next operating session.  I also added instructions for train #113 Joliet to Bureau Turn as its duties have changed drastically.

Turnouts, flex track and cork are arriving the week.  The Anderson Powerpole connectors arrived today.  

This evening, I painted the brick on the last wall section of Westclox.  I sured up the building with straight edge supports (long balsa wood strips).  I also painted all the windows black.  I'm really pleased with how this structure is coming together.  Not an exact replica by any means, but I believe anyone that has seen the building in person would instantly recognize it on the layout.  Really, that's all I'm after.

Painting the brick made a huge difference on this structure.

I noticed I will need to realign the track slightly on the left side of the structure, but I expected that.

Here are photos of the prototype I took last summer.