The ice age has ended with the coming of a moderate temperature monsoon and slowing making a return to colder temps.
Two of the three free scenery panels were removed since they were in the way for installation of the NW elevated area.
Ted and Jim, our O-Gauge Superintendent, worked on replacing the old Gargrave's track pins on the trestle track with new ones. Unfortunately, our stock of new track pins is near depleted and we'll have to clean the old ones before final assembly. Want to insure conductivity thru the pins even though we're soldering all joints.
Ted's Big Boy reappeared. Checked clearance on some cars at the NW corner curve between tracks 1 and 2 (an area where the curves were relocated). Cars were short and had no problems but the track spacing gradually decreases to 4 inches at the beginning of the trestle and may cause some problems with the Big Boy. At the other end, coming into the trestle on track 1, have a big clearance problem with the Big Boy, so can't run it in that direction. Running it out of the trestle at that end was not a problem. At the NW end, coming into the trestle, there is interference with the vertical support. This will be eliminated with a redesign when the flat area is installed.
Started to layout and cut the plywood for the elevated flat area at the NW corner. Thru a minor miscalculation, the plywood was too long and was recut. Unfortunately, the recut was also a tad too long (the upper right hand corner in the pic). Decided to call it quits since it was getting late and my right knee was acting up making it uncomfortable to stand or walk.
Two museum guests visited hoping to tour the museum but the museum was closed. They are past residents of Lakewood. We had some historical discussions about the building and Lakewood. Ted gave them a cook's tour of the dungeon.
