I spent some of the weekend wiring up a switch for the train set. I now have two separate sections of track (joined so trains can travel between them but not joined electrically). I can control the sections from separate power supplies (allowing two trains to run at the same time) or control the whole board from the one supply. This is achieved using a switch and some fairly fancy (for me anyway) wiring.

On the list of things to do are:

• House the wiring and switch properly;
• Child-proof the two power supplies (so they don’t get pulled off);
• Fix a few sections of the track that seem to cause intermittent derailment;
• Take some photos (and videos) of the train set in action;
• Wire up the two “experimental” electrically controlled points (these will allow access to two sidings I have added);
• Fix some things that have been broken;
• Design and construct the tunnel, station and quarry.