With a huge effort of will over Christmas 2008 I put most of the electrics into place before trying to run trains but I now have a near complete track layout on the front side and a simple rigged up circuit around the back (purely for "test" purposes).

I've tried to keep the electrics as tidy as possible allowing for the fact I have never wired up a DCC layout before nor done any soldering. Some of the track droppers soldered to the rails look rather hamfisted but I guess I can go back and redo. The glue gun is a new technique for me too and so far I'm impressed with how much tidier I can make it all look.

So with this done a few test trains could run. Sound fitted 37 254 takes a run.