Updated 8/13/2012:
Have made some serious progress on the Weirton Junction portion of the layout:
- After an abortive attempt to apply decals to the power shovel, I came up with several fixes. One area is getting a small "plate" (piece of Evergreen sheet) to make the Bucyrus Erie decal lay flat. The other decal is being redone to eliminate white lettering on clear paper; we are using a prototypical older decal that puts red and black letters on a white base. See below.
- Feeder wires have been run from the Eastern Power Distribution panel to the Standard Slag dump track and to the Caboose track. These are shown at the top of the photo (4-position terminal block) below.
Disconnecting the 4 feeder wires at the terminal strip and the 6-wire push-in connector for the switch machine allows me to pull the hatch out.
In the near future, I will apply the decal fixes and the decals, install the 6 wire connector for the DZ-2500A switch machine, and complete the scenery work that remains.
George
