Laying Bitumen Roadbed

The next step was to install the the turnout assembly. It needed to come down a bit into the foam, so that the turnout track and the new track will end up at the same level. After some work with a saw, a utility knife and some sanding paper I arrived at this.

The turnout assembly in place.

 

 

With the turnout finally where it belongs, and the track at the correct level, I proceeded by cutting bitumen mats into strips, the width of a tie (I wrote about the bitumen mats in a previous post). The bitumen is self-adhesive and it stuck fine to the foam.