03-28-2010, 12:14 PM
Well, it has been quite a while without any work on the layout. So last week I invited a model railroading buddy to come over this Sunday to run trains.
Sure enough - that got me started again - can't let my friend down - so I replaced the small yard at the front of the layout (which had some convoluted twists and turns) with two longer tracks with easy access, wired up a couple of industries more and got the tracks ready for the warehouse district.
Ran out of time before I got the warehouse district wired, but we still had a good time switching a bit with my trusted RS-3, before we put his transition era Norwegian steam engine on the tracks. It ran beautifully - had an amazingly slow creep speed and made some great chuffing sounds as it ran.
We also had a look at a layout section he is working on - he also took a tip from Ian Rice (and me) and is building his layout from 1/4" plywood. Looks good.
Would have shared some pictures from my camera, but I can't find the charger for the camera battery so I can get it charged enough to download the pictures from the camera.
Oh well - we'll probably find it somewhere during "the quiet week" (ie Easter) - I'll be off work from mid-day Wednesday until Tuesday morning - this Easter I hope to get the warehouse district tracks operational.
Smile,
Stein
Sure enough - that got me started again - can't let my friend down - so I replaced the small yard at the front of the layout (which had some convoluted twists and turns) with two longer tracks with easy access, wired up a couple of industries more and got the tracks ready for the warehouse district.
Ran out of time before I got the warehouse district wired, but we still had a good time switching a bit with my trusted RS-3, before we put his transition era Norwegian steam engine on the tracks. It ran beautifully - had an amazingly slow creep speed and made some great chuffing sounds as it ran.
We also had a look at a layout section he is working on - he also took a tip from Ian Rice (and me) and is building his layout from 1/4" plywood. Looks good.
Would have shared some pictures from my camera, but I can't find the charger for the camera battery so I can get it charged enough to download the pictures from the camera.
Oh well - we'll probably find it somewhere during "the quiet week" (ie Easter) - I'll be off work from mid-day Wednesday until Tuesday morning - this Easter I hope to get the warehouse district tracks operational.
Smile,
Stein