Tips and tricks wanted on making locomotive wiring look nice

The power wires and front and rear lights are on one side, the motor vco are on the near side.

Bill 

Thanks for the photo Bill!

Nice wiring Bill.

Post a picture of what it looks like now. I put PS2 in a GP9 this year. Talk about cramped! Stare at it for a long time. You only have to make it fit. Look for for places that it can fit. Tie wraps are good. If you cut a wire and have to run it across an area that interferes with the shell.... I did that!

Not to pick on nice wiring in a 'trainmaster' but the issue becomes a really big deal when working on something like an 0-6-0 switch engine. My tip to prevent pinched wires is using a product called 'duct' seal which is used by electricians for a variety of reasons. It is grey, comes in a brick, and is plyable like silly putty but firms up after it sits a while, never hardening though.

Look at the attached pictures and you can see where I pressed wires out of the way from putting the cab back on.

Some units/locomotives require each wire to be position just right.

These Weaver tenders, Pennsy A5 and G5 were difficult.

Since I wasn't happy with the placement of the ERR CC and RS boards, I did a complete strip down of the locomtive. Here is a picture of the locomotive with the ERR and RS boards removed with the previous wiring. The lengths are a little excessive on most wires, so I'll shorten them.

I have to modify the the chasis by grinding out the raised metal supports that the old TAS board sat on. This will allow me to move the ERR board closer to the front of the locomotive so the RS board won't interfere with the Hot and Common wires coming from the rear truck.