The unpacking of cars continued last week. That is so time consuming. I unpacked a brand new set of Atlas Maxi-IV well cars only to find the connector tongue missing from the "A" section, making the entire set useless Sent Atlas an email, but haven't heard back from them. I'll give it a few more days and try again if they don't respond.
Patrick came over Saturday, and we worked on a couple different things. First, we extended the 110V accessory circuit from an existing box under Red Wing over to...
a new box under the big helix.
From there, it went under the aisle. up a leg and across the bottom of the benchwork, to a box by my south turnout relay panel. Here Patrick cuts the conduit for the transition from flat on the concrete, to run up the leg.
After that we worked on getting the track laid over to the turntable as well as the garden tracks around it. This crazy little section, connects the diamond in the helix to the rest of the layout. Down a hill with a mild "S" curve. Even the challenger should be able to make it.
The center lines are draw all the way around the pit, but being that is a 4x8 sheet, a number of the lines are too short to be useful. If a switcher or piece of MOW equipment can fit, I'll put it in. This is primarily for looks anyway, as I already owned the pieces from enterTRAINment.
This is how we left it Saturday. It'll be a while before I bring power over here. Then I have to custom build the drive and control system. The original Bowser drive is useless.
Progress has been a little slow this month. I've been fighting a couple new nagging injuries, which I think I picked up at the gym last Thursday. Something is going on with my left calf, and lower back right side. I don't think these are train related.
