Week 212

Week 212

Sunday, August 19, 2018 thru Saturday, August 25, 2018

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Jan's B-day today.

No train activity.

Monday, August 20, 2018

Train Day!

 with Rob Fair

6-7:30pm

Rob Fair gets ready to solder.

For some reason, the overhead lights went out.
Rob Fair is checking the connections.

This time with no flash.

Soldering the LED light bar.
We are preparing for the Lake Street bridge lights.

Before we install the lights we need to cut a piece of hardwood to simulate a wall.
But, before we do that we need to fill in the gap between the sidewalk and the wall.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Emily sent me this picture with the caption from Ida...

"Is this Boppa's train?" -Ida
Also enjoying the ride are Mabel and Henry.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Train Day!

With Ed Nelson and Jordan Osborn

4-5:45pm

Jordan Osborn prepares for our afternoon session.

Ed Nelson is getting ready to paint the LED light bar.

Nice work!

Ed Nelson gluing the wall in preparation for installation.

Now we need to do the other side.
First, we need to measure and cut the hardboard.

Jordan Osborn changes out the knife blade so our work can be sharp and effective.

Back at Lake Street...
Ed Nelson and I drilled the holes and now getting ready to install the LED light bar.

We decided it would be much easier to remove the bridge.
So we did.

We  installed the spacers to make sure the glue would cure in the proper position.
Ed Nelson is using a black marker to help hide the wires.

Lights on!

Here's a better view of the lights on at night.
I like the look.

Next up...

Installing the street lights.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

No train activity today.

Mom and Dad stopped by for dinner and Rook.

Friday, August 24, 2018

No train activity today.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Driving the train today at Kuipers from 8:15am to 6pm.