Sun, Mar 8, 2026 thru Sat, Mar 14, 2026
Back from vacation...
...time to get working again on the RR.
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| Tonight I will begin getting Switch #2 in the Industrial Park working. |
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| Connecting the three wires from the switch to the controller. |
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| It's not perfect, yet, but getting closer. |
Mon, Mar 9, 2026
Game night!
Jan and I went to NIU (Northern Illinois University) tonight in DeKalb
to watch Kaneland boys basketball defeat Morton for a chance to go
down state to represent Kaneland High School in the IHSA Boys 3A Basketball tournament
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
And then back to work on the RR...
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| I thought spraying some WD40 on Switch #2 would give it some lubrication to move better. |
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| We'll have to wait and see if this works...or not. |
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| After messing with Switch #2 I moved on to Switch #3. |
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| I attached wires to the switch and to the controller. Since my two sets of wires weren't long enough to reach their destinations, tomorrow I'll connect them together under the table. |
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| Tomorrow I should have all three switches in working order. Let's hope anyway! |
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| My work area - every project seems to end up looking this way - a complete mess! |
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| I'm going to record .75 as my time working on the RR tonight. |
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
Adding more wiring for switches and controllers...
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| You can see that three of the six controllers are wired |
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| Switch #1 |
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| Switch #2 |
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| Switch #3 |
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| Working on Switch #4 |
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| That took about 30 minutes. I had to go upstairs for 7 minutes so I won't count the entire 37 minutes. |
To see more action of tonight's activities see the Weekly YouTube Video Update
in Saturday's entry below:
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
Continued work on Switch & Controller #4
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| With interrupted phone calls I'm calling it 1 hour for tonight |
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| Finished wiring up #4 and starting #5. I still need to tweak #4 switch for proper placement and better performance. Hopefully tomorrow. |
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| #4 all wired up and ready for adjustments for better performance results. |
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
Just a little work done on the RR...
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| Mounting Switch #4 |
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
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| Starting on Switch #5 the crossover |
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| Still having problems with Switch #4 I may need to trade this out with another switch that works better |
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| Over view of the work area for Switch #5 the crossover |
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| Another view of Switch #4 which isn't working properly yet. I plan on trading this out for one that works better. |
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| Overview of Switches #1-3 right to left |
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| Controller panel. Can you tell it's not level. UGH! |
Click here
to view YouTube Weekly Layout Update video
Duration: 03:49 min/sec
Description
What's ON Track this Week?
*Intro to the video
*Industrial Park Switch machines and controllers
*Switch machines #1-4 performance notes
*Still to come - replace Switch #4 begin Switch #5
*Thanks for watching!
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