As my first benchwork test section nears completion, I'm preparing  for the next stage, laying track.

I've overspent my modeling budget this month, and ordered a point form and turnout jig from Fast Tracks, as well as some bulk ME rail, ties, and connectors from another source, which should give me enough materials for 10 turnouts and just under a hundred feet of track. If you can't guess by now, I'm looking to lay my own track, but use the Fast Tracks based turnouts.

As I approach the next construction, I am interested in using materials that would limit as much as possible material travel due to changes in humidity. At my domicile stabilizing the humiidity level is simply not fiscally feasable, so I am wondering if there is another way to deal with the issue.

Here is my idea for the first level of the next Test Phase. I'm not going to sweat this too much, this is not as much about the specific track placement as it is an overall concept. Still, it appeals to me as it stands. The yard should be sufficient from an operations standpoint to allow me to run this and get used to how to break down and make up trains.

Firing up the chainsaw, or "Honey, call 911 if you hear the saw stop and the screaming start"