Week 257

Week 257

Sunday, June 30, 2019 thru Saturday, July 6, 2019

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Rob Fair tests each LED street light with 3V power.

Rob Fair replaces non-functioning overhead entry light at Union Station.

Out with the old.

In with the new.

We also attached markers for our street lights & signals.
Yellow is for the traffic signals (13 & 14).
White is for the street lights (15).

Another corner.
Traffic signals (11 & 12).

Traffic Signal 9 and street light 10.

One more corner.

The final corner (4 of 4).

Rob Fair tests the newly installed overhead street light at Union Station entrance.

Now it's time to drill out the holes we just labeled for Street lights and traffic signals.

What would we do without that long drill bit?

We had to notch out the wood sections when the hole was over the 2 x 4.

It was a little tight when the hole was near the hinge.

A closer look at notching out the 2 x 4 to clear the wires for connecting to terminal blocks.

Now Rob is drilling the holes for the fancy street lamps.

Street lights in place, but not wired.

Monday, July 1, 2019

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Mom & Dad, Neal, Geena, Christian, Alan & Becca

Lots of activity tonight.
Very fun time running trains.

Taking in all the action...

Geena poses as Neal and Becca tend to train details.

Alan keeps his eye on the train and his hand on the throttle.

UNIT Coal Train (Alan's train) in action.

Length: 00:00:30 sec.

Christian goes behind and gets a closer look.

More fun watching trains.

Length: 00:00:17 sec.

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

NTA

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

No Train Day today. Cam is camping and Jordan is gaming.

I did spend a little time putting on new track bumpers - with lights.

Here are two of them.

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Adding ground throws and working on switches in the engine terminals and Proviso Yard.

I'll add a ground throw here.

And there...

Here it is.

And there it is.

I also added the switch machine to the right of the ground throw.

Plus I added the station platform ID - blue Metra signage.

Close up from the other direction.

Next up is adding the skirt.
BEFORE

AFTER.

Friday, July 5, 2019

NTA

Saturday, July 6, 2019

Taking a look at the floor lighting during night runs.

Length: 00:00:31 sec.

Testing rope lighting to see if the floor illumination is sufficient.
The scene is looking east to Chicago.

This scene is looking west towards Kedzie towards California Ave Metra Yard.
You can see the CNW Powerhouse to the right at Milwaukee Avenue.