Over the last month I've managed to complete the track laying on the final board of the rebuilt Fen End Pit. This board is completely new and will feature a two-road engine shed as well as the unloading point, conveyor and rotating screen. Most of the point work and track has 3D printed track bases simulating the corrugated steel sleepers of Hudson Jubilee track.

In addition to the shed I've added a siding at the front which I'm hoping to use to collect the 'reject' material from the screen. I also decided to fit in a ridiculously tight 'Type-1' point which has a radius of 13'3", yes, that is 13 feet, 3 inches prototype radius, just over 8 1/4 inches in 16mm scale. I hadn't actually expected locomotives to get around this, the short siding was going to be more of a scrap dump, but thought I'd wire up the point any way.

Much to my amazement both the Ruston LBT and the Simplex actually get around the curve (just)!

There is a bit of work to do to level up the rail joints and then I'm in to spraying the track and 'ballasting' with a large bucket of sand.

David