After a little bit of work this evening I was able to get the spurs relaid into Calion Lumber. With the cork glued down I was able to sand it to a slight slope to get the tracks back down to ground level.
I also repositioned the warehouse with a slight angle so I could spread out the tracks a bit and keep it from being parallel to the layout edge.
A few hours later I caught the Haskell turn with #675 and friends as it was setting out a couple of cars on the new spurs.
Even after I thoroughly cleaned the new track and turnouts, I wasn't getting power through the points of the first turnout. I scrubbed a little bit more, but no change. So I decided to try something different.
Recently Quin and I spilt a 2oz bottle of the magic stuff to color the rails with. I've always heard about the wonders of Neolube but never had any to try. So I grabbed the bottle and added a just a tiny bit to the surfaces on the point rails and stock rails, let it dry a bit and BAM! I had power through the points!
I still plan to drop feeders to the two spurs, but until then I now have power to them thanks to Neolube.
All Hail Neolube!
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