Another wet week so the potatoes are still in the ground! However good progress with the ballast on the mainline:

As originally constructed the exit from the goods yard / station was a simple diamond crossing with dead frogs:

This was then changed for a single slip. There is more metal rail on the single slip which gives superior running. However the rather abrupt 'turn left' is too tight for some engine / tender combinations and is in restricted use.

The change from 'diamond' to 'single slip' required the insertion of a new 'pink button' on the control panel to operate the 'turn left' solenoids. The orginal 'straight across mode' being catered for by the existing buttins:

Now a close up of the newly ballasted crossing: