Work this weekend started with the laying of the interface track from the fiddle yard to the goods loop/yard. This short section is parallel to the main running lines and whilst it aligns perfectly with the fiddle yard tracks it can only be used when the mainlines are out of alignment.

With this completed, focus now shifted to the main running lines across board 2. Firstly another layer of caulk was added to the ballast shoulder area before the Templot track layout was glued in place. The track is C&L bullhead with the webbing cut out prior to laying. Previously I've then used a homemade spacer to align the sleepers as the track is glued but on this occasion I slid them into place roughly from the Templot track plan before glueing and then re-adjusting any sleepers that had moved. Once dry cosmetic fishplates were applied with superglue at plain track intervals (as set on the track plan). Later I will cut a small notch in the rail head at these points. These were quite fiddly and as such will be applied as track is laid rather than leaving a large monotonous task later on. I did find that the fishplates fouled the wheel flanges, even on modern stock and so a few strokes with a file was required to prevent this.