A point that serves the goods shed at Ballarat has been providing trouble recently. First the point blade broke, which was repaired then it stopped providing electrical current beyond the frog. I decided it was easier to remove and replace rather than attempt to fix it again.
This was achieved by first wetting the ballast to assist with breaking the glue bond. A Dremil was used to cut the track joiners at each end. A chisel was then used to gently prise the track from the baseboard. The ballast was removed and dried, then sleeved so that it could be reused with the new point.
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The replacement section of track had been painted, the side of the rails a rusty colour and the sleepers a dirty grey colour. It was secured in position with track pins then the ballast was pushed between the sleepers with a small brush. The ballast was secured in place with diluted PVA glue.
With the point replaced the centre track into the goods shed can again be used.
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