Sun, Mar 13, 2022 thru Sat, Mar 19, 2022
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
No train activity today.
Mon, Mar 14, 2022
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair and Jordan Osborn
5:45-8:15pm 2.5 hrs.
Lots accomplished tonight...
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| Rob Fair shows us a video update of his layout. |
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| Jordan getting an "up close and personal" view. |
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| Rob Fair will be working on installing Crossover #3 tonight. |
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| Gathering all the necessary tools. |
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| Splicing and cutting to length. |
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| While Rob works on Crossover #3, Jordan and I will work on switching the commuter coaches and cabs from Chicago Terminal to California Avenue Maintenance Facility. |
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| Now we're moving the coaches/cabs to the Coach Yard. |
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| More train movements to the coach yard. |
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| Jordan Osborn takes a break to say "Hi" to his fans. |
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| Overhead video camera view of Rob working the RR. |
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| Now a closeup of Rob almost finishing tonight's project. |
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| Final moves from the Maintenance Facility to the Coach Yard. |
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| Mission Accomplished. |
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| Final looks at Rob's installation of Crossover #3 |
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| Opposite direction. |
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| Distant view. |
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| Final Coach Yard view - end of session. |
Tue, Mar 15, 2022
I did a little work on Crossover #3...
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| I secured the switch machine with two wood screws. |
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| I also ran the orange and white wires so they weren't interfering with the tracks. |
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| Here's the progress from another perspective. |
Hopefully I will do some soldering and power up the switches in the next day or two...
Wed, Mar 16, 2022
No train activity today.
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
Soldering Feeder Wires to Track tonight.
1 hour
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| You can see two orange wires soldered to the track. |
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| From another view you can also see the white feeder wire connected to the outside rail |
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| A couple more feeder wires soldered to the rails. |
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| Two pairs of feeder wires not yet connected. One pair on the near tracks far left and one pair on the middle track far right. |
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| Those same connections now soldered. |
And now!
To finish the wiring on the switch machines.
A video capture of the switch machines
Duration: 00:00:33 sec.
Another try at capturing the action without the action
Duration: 00:00:27 sec.
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| Close up of the wires pulled down. |
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| The same on the other crossover switch |
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| Crossover #3 complete! |
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| Point of reference: I like this look so much better than the old look. The tracks just seem to "flow" better now. |
What I mean by "flow" is this: If we're switching to the main line from the industrial park and there's a train on the inside main line, that train can take crossover #3 on the divergent and avoid the industrial park switching train. Make sense?
Hopefully I can take a video soon - and see the Crossover #3 Switch Machines in real-time ACTION!
Fri, Mar 18, 2022
No train activity today.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
Lots of maintenance on the RR today.
from 3:30-6pm 2.5 hrs.
Here's what I did...
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| About 30 minutes cleaning up debris and tools |
Filling the railroad tie gaps with single or double RR ties
Part 1
Duration: 00:00:31 sec.
Filling the railroad tie gaps with single or double RR ties
Part 2
Duration: 00:00:26 sec.
Filling the railroad tie gaps with single or double RR ties
Part 3
Duration: 00:00:19 sec.
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| Another 30 minutes cleaning track at PRB... |
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| West Yard BEFORE |
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| West Yard AFTER |
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| East Yard AFTER |
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| All cleaned up! |
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| I also cleaned all the tracks at California Avenue Maintenance Facility |
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| Also mainline to the Interstate overpasses. |
Special Guest
Testing Crossover #3
Last time we did this was 6 years ago
Week 90 Fri, Apr 15, 2016
Duration: 00:00:27 sec.
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