Sun, Apr 28, 2024 thru Sat, May 4, 2024
Sun, Apr 28, 2024
Video production of last week's Season 2024 Blog 508
Weekly Train Layout Update
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
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| Our first arrivals. Rob & Jordan. |
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| Our third arrival was a BIG surprise. Carlos helped a lot in the lighting at the beginning of layout construction. |
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| Carlos went to work removing the coal loads from the Unit Coal Train recent arrival at the Melrose Park Power Plant. |
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| Nice work, Carlos! |
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| Our fourth person arriving for the session is Marcus! |
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| He and Carlos will continue work at the Cascading Rock Project. |
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| Carlos picked up a paint brush and some green paint to put down as the base for the grass we'll plant next week. |
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| As Rob brings in EB Train 5A into the yard, Marcus takes a look over his shoulder. |
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| Checking out the details on the layout. |
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| Rob finished up tonight checking the lights on some yard spots Marcus brought tonight to replace the burned out bulbs currently on the layout. |
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| Rob is making a base for the spot light lamps. |
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
Working on some lighting upgrades...
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| Adding extension wires to the base of one of the spot light towers. I'll solder those connections and... |
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| ...get ready to put them in these two holes. See the saw dust at the opening of the hole? |
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| Here's where they will be installed. I'm going to keep the original just in case I can get it to work again. |
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| That took about .75 of an hour. |
Wed, May 1, 2024
Working on the RR...
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| Moving Commuter Trains around... |
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| That took about 15 minutes (I was late taking this photo) |
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| Now it's time to install the Proviso Yard East spots. |
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| Installed, now to wire them up. |
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| That took another 15 minutes for a total of 30 minutes. |
Thu, May 2, 2024
No train activity today.
Fri, May 3, 2024
Working on wiring...
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| I'm going to attempt to wire up the two outer spot lights. |
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| How it looks under the layout. |
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| You can trace the wires from the light fixture to the power. |
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| Yeah, I did get these working, but there's still something wrong with the middle spots. |
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| Meanwhile, at the other side of Proviso, I wanted to see if I could find anything out of place. I did! The wire in my hand was disconnected. |
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| I connected it back into the other white wires. |
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| I forgot to mention when Marcus was here on Monday he brought a piece of foam board to use as a light barrier to keep the glare off the puzzle. |
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| It worked! |
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| Testing the lights in the North Power district west end. No success. Back to the drawing board. |
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| The first part took 15 minutes. The last part took 45 minutes - total 1 hour. |
Sat, May 4, 2024
Producing Weekly Train Layout Update YouTube Video
Duration: 3:46 minutes
Description:
Proviso Yard East End Spot Light Install, Finished running EB Mixed Freight Train 5A, Moving Commuter Cars around...highlighting Monday Night Crew - Rob, Jordan, Marcus, Special Guest Carlos Baez
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