I made some minor progress today. I slightly reconfigured the passing siding on the outer loop to incorporate 1 3/8” track sections. I also added a couple of extra feeders and tied them in to the main bus. This section of track is ready to be wired as a separate block. I also drilled holes underneath the other sidings but did not drop any feeder wires off of them yet.
I’ve decided to go with toggle switches instead of using LCS to control power to the 6 blocks. In tandem with that, I have to decide on how to arrange the toggles, a couple of LCS modules, and a few other things on a panel so it looks neat and is accessible.
I still have to mess around with the 3 or 4 switches to get them programmed or hook up the standard Lionel toggle switch. I need to do that sooner than later because I will want to incorporate the switches on the control panel, so I need to know how many to make room for.
The other thing I want to do is add uncoupler tracks to the sidings. Some of the eBay purchases included a section or two. They need to be tested to see if they work. The standard Lionel buttons look a little big so I will probably want to consider an alternate switch/button and then include them in the control panel. I’m open to suggestions if anyone has them.
Finally, today I reached a milestone. I have no more room to store rolling stock. 🤣 Soooooooo ……. I need to cool it with the eBay purchases and the trips to the local hobby shops. The two filing cabinets I purchased are filled up except for one drawer. That drawer has to be reserved for the engines I have on pre-order. Besides, until I get the bigger layout, I can’t even fit half of the rolling stock I have on the current layout at once.
Here’s a very brief video from today’s run session…
