Meanwhile, up in Massachusetts:
While I've been G Gauging down here in CT, I've managed to make it up to Mass to help my dad out wit the HO. (AM I NOT MERCIFUL!!)
We've pulled some sections from the "old layout" that were put in place around the time I was born...
So...
...the old stuff was mostly rail tacked directly to boards. The idea is to replace it all (eventually) with a more sceniced version that will represent the Back Bay area of Boston.
2 weeks after the above photo, I made it back up to help with:
...a more modular, "freestanding" series of "tables."
Here you can see the supports for the next table too go in:
And here:
the first table in place. (the platform is temporarily placed to show roughly the alignment of the future Back Bay station tracks and platforms.)
By the end of the weekend:
The second table is in place!
The tracks in the foreground above will be temporarily connected to the South Station yard throat module, so we can access:
...the better looking part of the layout, via:
...the temporarily in place lift bridge between Back Bay and "Southie."
All in all, not a bad couple of weekends of work.
