The Union Pacific Elmwood Route

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(Post are now current. This is from last night)

Been working on the benchwork here and there the last few days.

First I picked up some caster wheels from Lowe's. Siever's legs come with a hole drilled on the bottom for their little adjustable foot things. I had to drill this hole a little wider and deeper for the 2 wheels. They've been working great so far. I still need to add angle bracing to each leg just for a little extra support, though they work great as is.



I then decided I would go ahead and pre-wire the 16 DCC bus lines that'll connect to the BDL168 occupancy detector board, along with a primary Rail A/B bus. I've got 8 run so far. Might be a little overkill to run all 16 wires the length of the layout, but I figure easier to do it now than later under the layout. I also labeled each wire after each cross beam so there's no guessing as to which wire is what.

I also installed a little shelf for the DCS100 to sit on. It's zip tied in place so it isn't going anywhere.



And lastly, I installed additional bracing to support the wire panel.