Unfortunately I ended up without a passing siding for now (slated for phase II expansion), but there's still all kinds of puzzles to run.

lol literally posted that so i can study it later. light blue water is hard to pull off effectively

ahaha... i get it: autobiographical

... *but* I've learned some lessons and *won't* do what I did before: solder the bedded track to the unbedded. It's beyond my skills/tools and not necessary vs. only worrying about a smooth gap where they meet. *there is no joiner that really works well from Rokuhan to Atlas* that I could find

The next step planned is that that inner track to the left will bend around the mountain/tunnel and switch to Atlas unbedded, which had been test fitted on the branch line on the other side of the river. That'll lead back over the channel at a different spot and back to where you start from...

Elegant solution, engineering-wise!

"And when a steering wheel is endowed with the master’s extraordinary craftsmanship, it begins to feel not merely traditional, but like a helm that encompasses the entire span of human endeavor—a rudder guiding a long, enduring flow of time itself."

People kept saying "Z scale shunting is unreliable" but at the same time I saw videos of people doing it succesfully. One path that works:

1) *new* Rokuhan track carefully wiggled together
2) Rokuhan locomotives
3) Rokuhan freight cars
4) Reasonable speeds

When it works well it's SO much fun!!!