Measure twice, build once.

There's an old saying particularly popular in the building trades: Measure twice, cut once. When starting to build Waterbury station, I gathered together my research material - a scale drawing of the station I converted into the proper Lego scale, dozens of pictures and track diagrams. I should have double checked my work. I was excited to use the style of track and ballast that Dawson came up with and didn't look closely enough at the color photos I had of the area which is why the newer pictures I've posted show dark gray, owing to crushed up slate soaked with coal and diesel in the area. So I had to remove this section and build the new station track in the correct color, no problem.

 

Until I looked again at the pictures and my math and realized I had the station too far away from the tracks and had to rip it up again. To be clear, I think it was way too optimistic of me to think I'd have this done for Octrainber considering I still don't have it finished owing to not being able to get inside the building since Amtrak is not running again in Vermont until July. That said, the delays and rebuilds were frustrating. Lego is great, because rarely are mistakes permanent, but learn from mine. Double check your sources and notes. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.

Done