For anyone interested, if you have a Yahoo account and join/access the HiRail group in Yahoo Groups, there is a folder "Construction of the Cabin Lake & Western" which details the methods, progress, etc of building this layout from the beginning empty room to the current state of affairs. Many "hints" like how we did the hidden track wiring using "slugs" inside the rails to firmly secure the wire, and so on.
Couple of hundred photos now I think ....