Chipboard and woodwork adhesive on the menu this weekend. A 40 foot long stretch of roadbed has been installed on a rising gradient to link the lower level to the middle. Still very much work in progress when this picture was taken 30 minutes ago, the clamps are still in place while the glue dries.
I hadn't planned on starting work on this section just yet, but things were getting a little cramped on the layout. Having only one of three fiddle yards installed so far means there isn't enough space to park stock, particularly apparent when trying to test the automated scheduling of local services as I've been doing for the last few days.
This view from the other end of the layout shows where the new line has climbed above the lower fiddle yard. Merely installing the main line trackage here will give me two long sidings in the short term - useful for shifting some of the trains off-stage.
None of this new line will be visible on the final layout, it will be concealed behind/under the middle level and exists purely to get trains from one level to the next.
Bearing in mind the ultimately hidden nature of this trackwork, it's worth including this photo as it shows the different levels to good effect. The new section of the main line where the RES 47 sits has risen by about 2cm at this point, while the reversing loops of the fiddle yard have dropped enough to give sufficient clearance above trains with raised pantographs.