Second, Third and Fourth Baseboards in position and a description of the track plan and operation.

Here is the second main baseboard in position opposite the first one.

And here are all four baseboards in position;

In the far corner is a board linking the first and second baseboards together.
In the foreground is the lifting baseboard, yet to have its plywood top fitted.

This board will be hinged on the right hand side (as you see it in the photo) so that it will lift up to the right and allow easy access into the operating well in the middle.

On the immediate left of the photo is the first baseboard (with some track temporarily laid out), this baseboard will have the storage sidings on it, and there will be a high level baseboard mounted above it carrying the main terminus station.

The second baseboard on the right of the picture will be the main scenic section complete with branch terminus station.

There will be a continuous double track main line oval running around the baseboards, connected to the storage sidings, main terminus and branch terminus.

The arrangement of the tracks will allow trains to go from the storage sidings out onto the inside (anticlockwise) loop, then cross over and go up to the main terminus.
Trains will be able to go from the branch terminus onto the inside (anticlockwise) loop, then cross over and go up to the main terminus
Trains will be able to come down from the main terminus, go round the outside (clockwise) loop and off into either the storage sidings or branch terminus.

Hopefully this arrangement will allow realistic main line cross country services to and from the main terminus (with the storage sidings representing the rest of the cross country route) and also realistic branch line services between the branch terminus and main terminus.

I can watch the trains roll by on the two loop lines as well as enjoy shunting in the main and branch termini.