Another weekend has come and gone. How did you do? Friday after looking into a few more employment possibilities, I headed out to my storage unit and worked on more legs and cross braces for the four modules that are already built. Saturday however was too cold for me to work out there yet not cold enough for me to justify firing up the heater. So I sat down and spent most of the morning writing up a set of specs and rules if you will on my Galesburg switching modules we are calling "The City Job." Sunday was a bit of the same, so I stayed home and worked some more on the track plan and worked a bit more on my T-Trak bridge module. Not a lot to show but its nice to be busy again with railroad related items. My goal now is to get the modules ready for track so that in a few weeks we can lay track and have the next few winter months to build structures, roads and scenery. So how about you? What did you accomplish this weekend? Track work, scenery, painting? Whatever you did, let us know! We'll all come back here on Friday the 10th and start the process all over again. Until then, have a great week and... ​High Greens!
Mostly, I was working under the table. That's how political deals are done here in Massachusetts, but in my case, it was a good thing. After painting the base foam where the staging yard throat will go, I laid down a couple of turnout, drilled holes and glued on some plywood squares for mounting Tortoises. Then, it was time to wait for the glue to dry. So, I got out the DS64 quad stationary decoder and some clip leads and began playing with it. It's the first time I've used one of these. I had to add a few extra steps to the setup, as the directions left something to be desired, but I got it all programmed. The next day, I mounted 2 Tortoises and wired them to the decoder. Success! I've still got the frog powering to do, but I dropped green wires through for the frogs so I'm halfway there. Two more Tortoises to mount, but the plywood squares are glued on and I should have green lights all the way. I went to a train show Sunday, too. It was a bit of a disappointment - just a few layouts and vendors. I picked up a used flatcar and a Railway Express reefer kit, though, so the trip had some value.
The Train Pervert strikes again! I attended the North Shore Train Show on Saturday, and I found it rather good for a first try. The indoor arena had artificial turf, so it was very comfy on the feet. They seemed to have more layouts than vendors, and most of the prices were kinda steep. I did find an Atlas RS-3, and a half-dozen Roundhouse kits to satisfy my cravings.
I didn't accomplish much on Saturday, but between 6 and 9 AM on Sunday: 1) Ballast and glued spur for LK Valley Metals and the HVAC supplier. 2) Drilled and soldered feeders for the Main track from the old section to the switch. 3) Drilled holed for feeders for all turnouts, coatings plant lead track and the north leg of the wye. 4) Ballast and glued main track, coatings plant lead and the north leg of wye (Partial). 5) Scenery work around mouth of tunnel above the North Wye track. I'm in the process of getting quotes for a run of custom decals from Highball. I'm looking to complete at least a half dozen of my CC&CI locomotives by Thanksgiving.
I got what I wanted done. More track work. Decided I better rip out a course switches and drill holes for tortoise switches that I forgot to do. Reglued and put down some more switches on a curve section. Then my son worked on another troublesome curve. I had to ditch the idea of using a #6 switch cause it just wasn't fitting. Found a #3 Y worked out nicely. Once the track is in place my next projects will be as such: Build the roundhouse Put cork down in the roundhouse area Lay track for an industry that is waiting for semi completion of the roundhouse Start the process of soldering rail joints and running feeder wires Build the bench work (carts) for the staging yard Build the lift out bridge Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free
