What did you do on your layout today?

Hello guys and gals.....

i don't have layout but did some work on mine S.F. 5011 tender using black marker to get rid of the shiney wheel sets, it turned out much better than expected.

the woman who loves the S.F.#5011

Tiffany

Worked on the Backdrop, cleaned up the garage where my Layout is and started a 85' brick chimney flat for my backdrop.

My railway time was mainly spent on locomotive maintenance. I had been awaiting some replacement parts from Lionel which arrived in the post yesterday. So I was busy swapping out a smoke fan motor and replacing the pilots on my F7s. The Legacy F units are such an absolute dream to work on, they are my favourite locomotives. 

I re-wired up a CW80 transformer that will power all my accessories on the layout this morning.  I also am running trains with my son again.   Tomorrow i am off of work and hope to get a few hours while the kids nap to get more plaster cloth on.  

Bought some metal shelving at Ocean State Job Lot to organize my "warehouse" room of trains. At $20 to $40 they are a great buy and I haven't been able to find them anywhere else. These are ALL METAL, no partical board so they are light in weight while still strong enough for storing boxed cars, engins, accessories etc.. The room is a mess right now and I have to get it organized!!!

Paul Goodness

I messed around with the ETD on the new Lionel BNSF Autocarrier and I plan to do some scenery tonight.

Run trains, finished a corner of the layout with my son.

I am working on my Korber Roundhouse to put on my newly built 3' X 5' roll around yard with Atlas O 2 rail track

My grandson and I repaired one uncoupler controller and put in a new uncoupling section, rewired a Miller Engineering sign and reprogrammed two switches to work by TMCC.  Next job is to complete some scenery around the Railway Express Terminal.

Hi,

Well after getting better lighting in my basement and electrical, the electrin left

and I finished installing 3 Z-Stuff signal and bridge lights.

Tomorrow start wiring the structure accessories to my AIU.

Trackahead

My TIU and remote arrived today and some 260 bumpers.  Bumpers installed, now I have to figure out how I am going to rearrange my control panel to fit in my TW.

Got halfway through finishing Smith Street. Hope to be completely done by houseplant appreciation day.

Converted from conventional to legacy today.I am going to sleep with my cab2 remote.

I ran trains for a friend and his kids who stopped by.

I found a place to buy styrofoam in custom cut pieces, so I bought some six inch by twelve inch by forty eight inch blocks that I could use for raising the track up to the higher elevation I needed.

Hey, I like this thread so much I'm posting to it !

I am trying to work on the layout every day. Not drudge jobs, though. I did too much of that prior to the Holidays.

Today I finished the wood planking for platforms by Munoz Station and weathered the tracks with Bragdon powders. I also started work on a small section house. Took some photos of the interior detail of my diesel shed.

eliot

Grandson Micah arrives 7:00AM (Sat. 1/05/13) with his GP20.  We spent some time hooking-up a TIU, Passive mode, signal only to the tracks.
The GP20 did not smoke well so we spent some more time improving smoke output. Re-arranged the fiber wading in the smoke fluid chamber. Added smoke fluid to the dry fiber wading.   By the time his father came, 1:00 AM, we had the GP20 running well. Still a little gear noise, but I think it will wear in.

What did I learn today from a 10 year old. ?
(1.) You can crash you engine without crashing it. Apparently there is a DCS crash sound sequence.
(2.) There are (3) different smoke volume controls.  Low, medium, high.
(3.) The number boards can be turned on an off.
(4.) There is a special place on the train shelves for his engine.

(5.) We'll run the engine "shiney" for awhile, until it gets older, then we'll weather it with grimmy black to make it look used.  
(6.) Lunch is at 11:45AM.

 Now that was a GREAT Day

Mike

Mike,

Isn't it great to share the hobby with the little ones? I never had so much enjoyment before my Grandson's got interested.

Great layout pics, thanks for sharing!

I 100% agree.  I have a 2 1/2 year old son and his eyes just light up every time he sees a train.  I have really enjoyed just running trains with him, and he is learning how to use the Legacy remote to control his favorite train, the PM 1225.

As for the work ont he layout today I was able to switch out some pins on some of my Fastrack Switches to make it mate better with my Gargraves track to leads to the wye. I used some Gargraves to Tubular track pins that a forum member sent me and it worked great.  I had to open up the switch and pull out the Fastrack pins.  Took me about 10 minutes per track and now the transition is so much more smooth then what it was.  

I haven't had much time to work on the layout over the last 2 weeks with my inlaws in town.  But they left on Wednesday and my progress has started to move forward on the layout again.  I have started to install a covered bridge that forum member Alex Malliae has built for me.  He also should have a water wheel done for me by next week, and after I receive it I will finish cutting my river out exactly how I want it.  I will spend the next 2 or 3 weeks laying plaster cloth over the entire layout.  

What have you done on your layout today?