Track painting is now complete, which is a fairly tedious and delicate process whereby you apply a line of rust coloured paint to the visible side of each rail with a very fine paintbrush. I've saved 50% of the work by not doing the 'back' of the rail (which is the side we will see when operating it, from the back), and you have to be careful not to touch the top of the rail with the paint as this is where the train wheels take power from the track. Just the ballast to add now to finish the track work. Photo below:
 

Here's a couple of shots of the layout as it currently stands:

And a couple of photos showing the station platform, where I have now tapered the platform ends, and installed the cable trunking for the signals:

and this is the entrance to the goods siding, which is up a bit of a slope to add some visual interest to an otherwise flat layout. I've also installed some cable trunking here to a relay cabinet and what will be a ground signal on the left, and made a start on the retaining walls to the yard behind.

Next job is to put in the concrete hardstanding for the depot, which I did using Polyfilla on my other layout, which seemed to work quite well so I'll probably do that again.