Week 350

 Sun, Apr 11, 2021 thru Sat, Apr 17, 2021

This Week's Goal Planning

1. Finish work on Chicago Terminal Engine Maintenance Shop

This Week: Finish up the details - wire the lights, more pipes, move back wall a bit.

2. Continue work on Clinton Ave. wall sections

This Week: Continue fitting the wall sections and then paint and put in place.

3. More Work with Locomotives 

This Week: Need to test out the sound decoder before warranty expires!

4. Laying more "asphalt" in the Industrial Park

This Week: Move this goal down the project list.

5. Finish work on the upper downtown area Melrose Park

This Week: Move this goal down the project list.

Sun, Apr 11, 2021

Waiting for glue to dry holding down the "pipes".

While I'm waiting I decided to continue on the
Clinton Ave. Chicago Terminal perimeter walls.

Putting the end walls together...piece by piece.

Painting the "windows".

Walls all set and ready for painting.

Walls in place and connected to previous wall.

Engine Facility at Chicago Terminal complete.

Another view.

I took a trip out to the Powder River Basin to get some work  done...

I didn't like the way this ground throw switch was between the
tracks, so I'm going to change it to work from the other side.

I flipped the switch over and attached a piece of plastic under
the throw bar.

Then I installed the ground throw on the other side.
Perfect!

Another project completed!

Mon, Apr 12, 2021

Train Day!

with Rob Fair & Jordan Osborn

6-8pm 2 hrs.

First order of business tonight will be to adjust this wall.

Jordan Osborn is getting ready to
take some notes. "Now which pen 
should I use?" asks Jordan.

A rare photo of owner/operator,
Curt Berg, looking down "the wall."

Rob Fair re-drilling the hole after
repositioning the wall.

The rest of the evening we'll be placing the staples near the 
ground throw switch stands.

An amazing find.
Rob Fair accidently hit one of the switch stand pieces and sent
it flying. Jordan found it on the other side of Proviso Yard.

Rob Fair takes the part Jordan found and tries to repair the
wounded ground throw.

Jordan Osborn reviews some of the notes and makes a new
list of projects we need to tackle before our next Train Show!

Our last order of business was to add the lights to the engine
shop at Chicago Terminal. You can see them illuminated here
before we put the canopy back in place.

For some strange reason, the lights were flickering as they stayed on.

This week I'm going to rewire them to a different light source and try again.

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

Recapping a couple of projects and getting ready for April's Layout Update...

Locomotive Maintenance Shop at Chicago Terminal

Length: 00:00:28 sec.

Wall enclosure Clinton Ave.

Length: 00:00:31 sec.

Wed, Apr 14, 2021

No train activity today

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

Another video of Rob Fair preparing for the opening

of the new street view of the road under the new bridge

at Melrose Park

Length: 00:00:24 sec.

Fri, Apr 16, 2021

No train activity today

Sat, Apr 17, 2021

Today I plan on producing the April 2021 Monthly Video Update of my basement railroad layout

Maybe I'll be able to get some work done on the railroad too?

We'll see...

This Week's Goal Progress Report

1. Finish work on Chicago Terminal Engine Maintenance Shop

This Week: Finished up the details - wired the lights & moved back wall a bit.

Next Week: Almost finished. Still need to fix the lights (pulsating) and adding pipes.

2. Continue work on Clinton Ave. wall sections

This Week: Ran into a problem with the spray can. Project halted.

Next Week: Fix the clogged paint can then continue fitting the wall sections and then paint and put in place.

3. More Work with Locomotives 

This Week: Tried to test out the sound decoder before warranty expires!

Next Week: One more try to get this to work.

4. Laying more "asphalt" in the Industrial Park

This Week: No progress.

5. Finish work on the upper/lower downtown area Melrose Park

This Week: No progress.

Next Week: Do a little more work on the new road/bridge underpass.