Sun, May 16, 2021 thru Sat, May 22, 2021
| Count | Priority | Key |
| 2 | A | Top - This Week |
| 4 | B | Top - Next Week |
| 4 | C | Mid - This Month |
| 5 | D | Mid - Next Month |
| 2 | E | Low - This Year |
| 3 | F | Low - Next Year |
| 4 | G | Completed/Done! |
| Project Priority List |
| Priority | Latest Date | Project Name | Project Description | Done! Date |
| A | 5/11/2021 | Facia Labels | Major landmarks |
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| A | 5/11/2021 | PRB Overpass | Prepare for illuminated truck headlights | |
| B | 5/11/2021 | West Chicago Station | Platform/lighting | |
| B | 5/11/2021 | Finish Bridge/Underpass | Melrose Park downtown curbs, sidewalks, gutters, buildings | |
| B | 5/13/2021 | RIP Shop track floor inside building | do this before ballasting | |
| B | 5/15/2021 | Extended East yard at PRB | Tracks 2,3 extended 2 inches | |
| C | 5/11/2021 | Winfield/Berkeley Station | Platform/lighting | |
| C | 5/11/2021 | Oak Park Marion Street Station | Lighting/kitbashing | |
| C | 5/13/2021 | ballast RIP Shop | finishing touches | |
| C | 5/13/2021 | Paint Mainline Ballast Pink | Prepare for WeGo Station Platform | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Oak Park Marion Street Downtown | Streets, sidewalks, gutters | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Redo Digitrax Sound Decoder | GP50 #53 w/Carlos | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Install Sound Decoder | F40PH #138 w/Carlos | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Building under construction | Chicago Downtown - cross beams, flooring, lights, facade | |
| D | 5/13/2021 | Ballast mainline through WeGo | Paint ballast first | |
| E | 5/11/2021 | Wheaton/Bellwood Station | Platform/lighting | |
| E | 5/11/2021 | Grusome Casket Co. details | Scenery landscaping, grass, parking, sidewalks, etc. | |
| F | 5/11/2021 | West Chicago Downtown | Building/Street lights, sidewalks, curbs, gutter | |
| F | 5/11/2021 | Install Interior lighting | Commuter Cars/Cabs | |
| F | 5/11/2021 | Purchase Interior Lighting | Commuter Cars/Cabs |
Sun, May 16, 2021
Finishing up some projects from last week and on to a new week...
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Finishing off the PRB East Yard extension.
Tools used. |
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| Tools put away. Final view. Project DONE! |
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Now on to the next project.
I will need to purchase one more set of bridges.
Here are all the parts to two sets. |
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| One set put together. |
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Underneath section.
I will put together the piers next and try to stop by B&G to
purchase the other section. |
I will need two road sections and three piers to span the tracks at PRB.
Mon, May 17, 2021
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair & Jordan Osborn
6-8pm 2 hrs.
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Jordan Osborn and Rob Fair.
Jordan stopped by for a layout update.
Rob Fair worked on the new SD60M #6284 |
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| Rob Fair removing the "guts" to get at the mounting brackets. |
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| Removing wires to reconnect the worm gears. |
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| Keeping track of all the wires and where they were connected. |
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All set! Rob got the locomotive to run again in great condition.
Just need to work on some minor details before calling this "DONE!" |
Tue, May 18, 2021
Interesting day, but had some time for the RR.
Not much, but a little...
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I cleaned up the dining room which will please Jan.
I also did a test fit of the overpass. |
You can see the columns are a bit too long.
You can also see with one more section this should be a perfect fit.
I need to stop by B&G Train World to pick up one more kit.
Wed, May 19, 2021
Produced another YouTube Video highlighting Rob Fair switching cars at Powder River Basin and then watching an East Bound train travel to Melrose Park Power Plant.
To keep the video short I sped up the frames 8x.
Check it out...
Length: 00:02:36 min.
Thu, May 20, 2021
No train activity today.
Fri, May 21, 2021
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Tonight I worked on redefining the codes for new locomotives I've recently bought.
Here are some of the updates I made on the spreadsheet. |
Sat, May 22, 2021
Natalie, KayKay, Joshy, Josiah & Lizzette came out to visit.
No trains today.
| Count | Priority | Key |
| 3 | A | Top - This Week |
| 5 | B | Top - Next Week |
| 4 | C | Mid - This Month |
| 6 | D | Mid - Next Month |
| 2 | E | Low - This Year |
| 3 | F | Low - Next Year |
| 6 | G | Completed/Done! |
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| Project Priority List |
| Priority | Latest Date | Project Name | Project Description | Done! Date |
| A | 5/11/2021 | Facia Labels | Major landmarks | |
| A | 5/11/2021 | PRB Overpass | Prepare for illuminated truck headlights | |
| A | 5/18/2021 | Purchase one more early overpass kit | Need one more section to complete this project | |
| B | 5/17/2021 | Wire up the lights for the trucks on the PRB overpass | Will need to purchase another packet of early bridge works by Rix | |
| B | 5/11/2021 | West Chicago Station | Platform/lighting | |
| B | 5/11/2021 | Finish Bridge/Underpass | Melrose Park downtown curbs, sidewalks, gutters, buildings | |
| B | 5/13/2021 | RIP Shop track floor inside building | do this before ballasting | |
| B | 5/15/2021 | Extended East yard at PRB | Tracks 2,3 extended 2 inches | |
| C | 5/11/2021 | Winfield/Berkeley Station | Platform/lighting | |
| C | 5/11/2021 | Oak Park Marion Street Station | Lighting/kitbashing | |
| C | 5/13/2021 | ballast RIP Shop | finishing touches | |
| C | 5/18/2021 | Mainline ballasting | Between Crossover #2 and WeGo Diamonds - back tracks in front of WeGo downtown | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Oak Park Marion Street Downtown | Streets, sidewalks, gutters | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Redo Digitrax Sound Decoder | GP50 #53 w/Carlos | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Install Sound Decoder | F40PH #138 w/Carlos | |
| D | 5/11/2021 | Building under construction | Chicago Downtown - cross beams, flooring, lights, facade | |
| D | 5/20/2021 | Purchase UP5 and cable | For Global 1 switching | |
| D | 5/13/2021 | Ballast mainline through WeGo | Paint ballast first | |
| E | 5/11/2021 | Wheaton/Bellwood Station | Platform/lighting | |
| E | 5/11/2021 | Grusome Casket Co. details | Scenery landscaping, grass, parking, sidewalks, etc. | |
| F | 5/11/2021 | West Chicago Downtown | Building/Street lights, sidewalks, curbs, gutter | |
| F | 5/11/2021 | Install Interior lighting | Commuter Cars/Cabs | |
| F | 5/11/2021 | Purchase Interior Lighting | Commuter Cars/Cabs | |
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| G | 5/11/2021 | Chicago Terminal Engine Shop | Rewire shop lights | 5/12/2021 |
| G | 5/11/2021 | Finish Weathering Metra Fleet | Use oil-base paint not water-based paint | 5/13/2021 |
| G | 5/14/2021 | Paint the fine sand ballast pink | Simulating the CNW "pink lady" | 5/14/2021 |
| G | 5/14/2021 | Mainline ballasting | Between Crossover #2 and WeGo Diamonds | 5/14/2021 |
| G | 5/13/2021 | Paint Mainline Ballast Pink | Prepare for WeGo Station Platform | 5/14/2021 |
| G | 5/15/2021 | Finish extending PRBEY Tracks 2 & 3 | Needed a bit more room on these tracks to fit cars | 5/16/2021 |
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