I was able to get a lot accomplished this weekend. All the track is laid down, except for one switch I didn't get to. I also still have to wire my sections. Remember I'm on a budget so direct current has to work here and I already have a lot of the stuff I need. Anyway, picture #1 where the hammer is, is the north table looking all the way back to the SouthWest table. I will have a grain elevator and a farmers supply type of building there and probably a couple of misc little building. The next picture is a that same table(north) at the corner. The third pic is of the control board. So I have five working sections and need to wire another 15. Shouldn't be too hard besides taking forever to do

. The last pic is the Southwest table. It will have a coal pile, power plant, and a place to park engines along with freight cars. The entire layout will look better with more buildings and some scenery, but for the time being that mainline that runs all the way around from the North table to the Southwest table is working just fine. I had only one issue with a derailment, but was very happy to learn the trial and error of pulling a nail was the only problem. I wouldn't call it skill, i just say I got lucky with my radius. Therefore the canvas is all laid out and the painting is of a flat terrain, dating from the 1970s-1990s. Grain and Coal trains are the norm but there will be Boxcars, gondolas, etc. My railroads are going to be Soo Line, Rock Island, Penn Central,Conrail, CSX, and NS. More to come as it keeps evolving.