I needed a shelf for the switches for the yard to sit on.  I also needed to make sure it was wide enough to hold my favorite beverage containers.

Jeff

Thanks, guys. Classic Burlington scenes on the pocket calendars, Bob.  Dave I don't have the loupes.  Out to about 8 inches, I can see better without the glasses.  There's a pair of clear non prescription safety glasses in one of the pics that I use if I'm doing stuff up close.  Unfortunately, with them on I can't see anything further out than a foot.    I have the Optivisor as well, though it doesn't work  well with my depth perception.  Today I finished wiring the "south" (near)  rail of each pair.  The "north" (far) rail will be on switches, so I don't have 13 sound locomotives come on at once when the power is turned on.  I doubt my 5 amp booster could handle it.  Now I just need to make a box for the switches and solder them and wire them to the rails.  It won't be a fancy box either, like I saw in one of Tom's recent pics.  After wiring, I tested all the tracks by using the small wire to bridge the gaps.  One of the tracks had no power.  When I soldered it, the wire moved, so I thought it was soldered, when it really wasn't.    I have since fixed it.

Jeff

The diorama is shaping up nicely, Karl.

Jeff

Wonderful modeling.  Thanks for sharing, Jan.

Jeff

Finished the trackwork in the west staging yard.  The first pic is from November 8th, when I was still building the benchwork and planning the track layout.  Time to start wiring it up!


Jeff

Nice work, especially the dock details. I think the white of the windows/doors looks a bit too bright compared to the weathering on the rest of the building, but it's probably the camera flash making it look that way. 


Jeff

I'll second that WOW.


Jeff

I agree with Tom.  Looks great.

Jeff

Thanks for looking in, Steve.  I've completed all but two tracks. Everything still needs to be wired up, however.  I whip the passenger train over the tracks/turnouts to see if there are any derailment issues/clearance issues.  So far so good.


Jeff

Awesome scene, Barry.


Jeff

Very nice.  Great job, Vilius.

Jeff

Morning, all.


Heading to work in a few minutes.   


Jeff

Thanks, guys.  I've completed the two rearmost yard tracks.  Ten more to go.    I'm putting them in using Tom's method of drilling a small hole in the ties and using MicroEngineering spikes to hold them in place.  I can remove them without damaging them this way if changes are made in the future.  It's a pain leaning in as that back track in the corner is 40 inches from the front of the benchwork.  I'm also starting to wire the turnouts.  Six down and seven to go.  Wiring the back ones will be not fun.  For those of you planning a layout, narrow benchwork is much easier to work on. 


Jeff

Just beautiful, Alan.

Jeff

After a hiatus for our Hawaiian trip, I've made some progress on the staging yard.  I've gotten the turnouts in for it.  Now I plan to start putting in the yard tracks, back to front.  I don't want to have to lean on the front tracks to get at the back ones.  Unfortunately, I'm running out of Peco Code 83 flextrack as well.   


Jeff