Layout wiring help and advice

So for the fastrack, would this screw be good for my track, I have some type of foam board that I use on my layout. Also do you know of any examples of the screws I should use for my ditribution board on the internet? Also the washers as well. Theirs just a lot of #4 long screws out there.

I have found a lot of uses for plain old drywall screws!

I recently bought the screws for the track, but I also found this on MTH’s website about what screws I should use. They reccomend I use a #6 1 1/4. Has anyone else used these to mount the bird under there layout?

@TheRoyalHudson988 posted:

So for the fastrack, would this screw be good for my track, I have some type of foam board that I use on my layout. Also do you know of any examples of the screws I should use for my ditribution board on the internet? Also the washers as well. Theirs just a lot of #4 long screws out there.

Those screws will work for the track, but note that they have a Torx drive head instead of a standard Phillips head, which means you will have to use a special Torx screwdriver or Torx drive head to twist the screws into the layout top.

Although MTH may recommend a #6 x 1 1/4" screw to mount the distribution board, I'd try the #4 ones you already have and see if they work. You don't need anything special for the spacers - a stack of 4-5 standard washers per corner with a hole diameter slightly larger than your screw shafts should suffice.   

Hey guys, sorry if I was too busy last week. I must have forgot to tell you guys that I ordered the screws for the track on Amazon and they’re coming in this Thursday. In the meantime time I got the 14 gauge wires set up for the transformer, and I nailed the MTH distribution board down. I also marked the common wire with black sharpie marker so i know which one is which.