Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

postalkarl · July 25, 2019, 03:27:06 PM

Hey John:

Looks like you are moving right along. I'm enjoying the progress shots.

Karl

jimmillho · July 25, 2019, 08:20:09 PM

I love to watch what you are doing and the progress you have made.

John

S&S RR · July 25, 2019, 08:41:31 PM

Quote from: postalkarl on July 25, 2019, 03:27:06 PM
Hey John:

Looks like you are moving right along. I'm enjoying the progress shots.

Karl

Karl

Thank you for following along - more progress pictures to follow.

S&S RR · July 25, 2019, 08:44:59 PM

Quote from: jimmillho on July 25, 2019, 08:20:09 PM
I love to watch what you are doing and the progress you have made.

John

Jim

Thank you for following along.

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 03:39:21 PM

A few progress pictures of the control panel going together.

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 03:39:44 PM

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 03:40:04 PM

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 03:40:45 PM

Prayers for my train buddy Wayne Olson for a fast recovery. I called him this afternoon to see if he could work on the layout tomorrow and was informed he was home recovering from two surgeries to fix a broken hip and femur from a fall off a ladder in his garage. Wayne is 86 so it's more difficult to come back from these types of injures. I told him as soon as the doctors let him I was going to get him back over here to test all the track work in the new section. We will setup a stool in front of the control panel. Get well fast Wayne.

PRR Modeler · July 26, 2019, 03:47:55 PM

Really nice job on the control panel. Best wishes to your buddy.

sdrees · July 26, 2019, 04:23:23 PM

Looking good John! How did you mount the touch switch to the back of your schematic?

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 05:43:43 PM

Quote from: PRR Modeler on July 26, 2019, 03:47:55 PM
Really nice job on the control panel. Best wishes to your buddy.

Thank you, Curt.

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 05:46:29 PM

Quote from: sdrees on July 26, 2019, 04:23:23 PM
Looking good John! How did you mount the touch switch to the back of your schematic?

Thank you Steve. The schematic is taped to a piece of foam board the thickness of the touch switch. I cut pockets in the foam board to locate the touch switches and then put a piece of tape on the back so they couldn't fall out during construction.

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 05:52:53 PM

Here is a picture from a little later in the day when I started to fit the oak frame that will surround the control panel.

S&S RR · July 26, 2019, 05:55:30 PM

The third row of switches is for the phase V expansion - the upper level over the yard.

Dennis Bourey · July 26, 2019, 06:33:56 PM

John, Very nice job................Dennis