In my long list of projects to tackle some day are the Stockton Station tracks. There are 3 station tracks. We’ve been using the outer-most 3rd track for the Passenger automation track since the beginning. I’ve always wanted to start using the other two tracks at some point. The first pass, completed today, was to clear the tracks, clean them, and vacuum them:

In the picture above, the two tracks at the left are the mainline tracks. The station tracks, from left to right, are tracks 3, 2, and 1 -- track 1 is the one along the station, which makes sense.

Tracks 2 and 1 were occupied by a static display of a Pennsylvania GG-1 and its passenger cars, as well as a NYC Berkshire and its NYC passenger cars. The Pennsylvania GG-1 and the PRR passenger cars have moved to the unused siding at Walong:

With the tracks free, I was able to test them. The turnouts all seem functional. They all have DCC power from the station panel, and I explicitly marked the block boundaries:

The blue tape is just temporary:

I want to experiment with something else -- either laser-printed labels or DYMO labels. Something with a brown/sand color rather than black and white. There are other places on the layout where I’d like to have clear markers of block boundaries, and I should probably avoid littering the place with my trademark blue tape.

After cleaning everything, I reinstalled Thomas, the cable car, the BART, and the LRV1, although the two latter are conveniently on the 3rd block so that I can turn it off as they are DC engines that can’t be powered on the layout -- there’s also a piece of blue tape yet it’s carefully hidden under the BART: