Prepping for this Saturday's Op session.
Got the Bachmann's PRR GG-1 out to test the mainline. This thing runs around 200 SMPH so can test, quickly, the 400' mainline plus another 200' of sidings and interchange track. My steam engines would take an hour.
Had one jumper wire that needed soldering in the interchange track. Basement stays around 68-70 degrees all year but the humidity ranges from the 30's in winter to the 60's in summer.
One paper building on plastic board fell onto the track.
One set of block signals were blank at one turnout...
Signal board had power so unplugged it and re-plugged and that fixed it: my kind of fixes: quick and easy!
See my lens needs cleaning from being in the shop with all the dust from building RC planes.
Dispatcher's panel working OK: signals and occupancy and turnout positions. PC said it needed to do updates and would take a few minutes: I keep the 'outside world' wire unplugged except for when needed, so I'm not sure how many updates it could perform!
Tested the UP challenger that I just got back from BLI. Works great and they put the original engine number back into the decoder.
Love the smoke that comes out of the steam whistle when blown.
The smoke stack works pretty well, also!
The commercial world is 'catching' up with me; lighting the classification lights and number boards...
plus the tender lights.
Next: need to work on the remote control of turnouts via the virtual dispatcher's panel. I burned out my capacitor discharge board for the switch machines and just got some new ones in from Australia. Also, got some bridge rectifiers. The seller also sent me some parts to fix the old one.
My summer project. So far all my flyins through July have been cancelled so building plus railroading.
Corsair F4U, 93" wingspan. 85cc engine. About ready for first coat of primer.
