I was supposed to go to an NMRA meeting this morning, but when I woke up at 9:15 for a 9:30 event, it was obvious that I wasn't going. I had been going back and forth about it all week. What I really wanted to do was work on the layout, so I got downstairs by 10:00.
I spent the first two hours transcribing my work from Friday into the computer. What this is, is a list of all the signal heads that will be on the layout, 169 of them. They are broken down by masts, and each mast one, two or three heads. Each head has a long name in the first column and a short set of initials for JMRI. This is all about staying organized.
I did a little more work on my river banks.
There was no way around having to use the saber saw to cut that angle in the plywood. What a mess! Most of the sawdust stayed up top, but a bunch rained down on the trains. I spent about an hour cleaning that up.
I added some lights to the hidden yard. Unfortunately, they didn't have the desired effect. They don't throw off enough light to keep the cameras in color mode when the room is dark. I still like them, and have two more strings to hang.
While I was at it, I tied up all the wires. There are only a few wires for the signals left to add. Those will be easy because they will be Cat5's.
Now I just have to put all the trains back together down there.
