Peninusla construction finished

Construction on the peninsula is finished. The black areas will be the water locations in Punta Gorda. I tried a new approach for the cork. Rubber cement works great. I installed the backdrop between the foam sections and just glued it in with foam glue. Now I am ready to install the wye leading into Arcadia and the yard tracks emanating from it.

Peninsula is born

The peninsula has been constructed and attached to the wye end of the railroad. The wye will feed the Arcadia yard and the far side will feed the Punta Gorda dock. The next step is to get the floor coverings back in place and then cut and attach the foam and backdrop sections.

Wye staging in service!

This row of palms gives a demarcation between the main layout and the staging stub ended tracks. There are also two double ended staging tracks behind the tank cars. I'm off to Home Depot to buy the lumber for the central peninsula that will be the next phase of construction:)

Scenery has begun!

Actually this was required because the next step is the addition of the central peninsula that will make access to this area more difficult. It was fun working with the palm trees.
The stub ended tracks are for staging and the trees screen the staging area. These few are a test for clearance, many more are on the way.
Some of the grass in this area is spring green that is unfamiliar to us northerners as is shown in the bottom photo.
The peninsula will be approximately 3x8 and contain both the main yard and Punta Gorda port facility. Off to the Home Depot tomorrow for 1x2's.

Lakeland track is done

Lakeland track is finished. The switching should be fun.

Lakeland trackwork

Tracks extend from Wye down into Lakeland.