Sun, Sep 27, 2026 thru Sat, Oct 3, 2026
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| I finally wired up the lights at Washington Street. Making progress, now I need to install the Servo motors to work the gates. I also will need to wire up the end lights which will take some soldering under the layout. |
Mon, Sep 28, 2026
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8:15pm 2.25 hrs.
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| I started the session about 20 minutes early. Rob is working on his first assignment... |
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| ...checking the Mixed Freight 5C consist. |
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| All set! On to the next assignment. |
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| Rob and I will work in tandem to get the loaded hopper cars moved from the East Yard to the West Yard... |
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| The first leg of the three leg assignment is complete. |
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| We finished moving the cars and building the EB Unit Coal Train and now Rob is the engineer of the EB Unit Coal Train headed for the Melrose Park Power Plant. |
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| You can see this train in action in the weekly update YouTube video located in the link under Saturday's entry. |
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| I'm running the Unit Coal Train now under Rob's careful eye at the dispatcher's command center. |
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| The Powder River Basin Yards both empty and ready for more the return of the empties from Melrose Park Power Plant. |
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| We worked until about 8:20pm. |
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| Here's the loaded cars at the Melrose Park Power Plant from the Powder River Basin return trip. |
Tue, Sep 29, 2026
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| Some very special guests came to visit tonight. This is Ann and Charlie. Charlie is a dear high school friend I haven't seen for over 40 years. Yikes! |
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| I added Charlie to the engineer list so he will be considered "vested" in my railroad. Not just a casual observer. |
Wed, Sep 30, 2026
Early this morning...
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| Look what came in the mail last night. There are 8 sensors and 8 1x2 cables. |
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| Tonight I will map out using the red cones where each sensor should be located for EB and WB trains. |
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| After I figure out where the sensors should be located, I will update the design sheets (I'll take a picture later). |
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| Here are the sensor locations at Wheaton - S. West Street crossing. |
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| The WB sensor locations at the Melrose Park S. 19th Street crossing. |
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| WB and some of the EB sensor locations at Melrose Park - S. 19th Street crossing. |
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| I am currently working at this location. This is at the West Chicago Washington Street crossing. |
Later this evening...
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| My starting point for tonight. |
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| My first sensor installed. |
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| My first sensor installed - a look from under the layout. |
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| The second sensor installed as seen from under the layout. |
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| That took about 67 minutes. |
Thu, Oct 1, 2026
No train activity today.
Fri, Oct 2, 2026
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| My starting point tonight... |
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| It took me a while just to figure out how to get started. |
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| Once I figured that out I started drilling out the holes for the sensors. |
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| My third sensor installed. This is for the WB line near the crossing. |
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| And this one is for the EB line near the crossing on the other side. |
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| That took about 51 minutes. Installed two sensors. This is going to take some time doing all 5 crossings. |
As I get better it will go faster.
Right now, I'm figuring out how to get it done.
Once I get that figured out it will go much faster.
Sat, Oct 3, 2026
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| As promised, here's the updated diagram of where the sensors will go for each of the 5 locations on the railroad. |
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| The red cones mark where the sensors will be located under the layout. This is Washington Street, West Chicago. |
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| To determine where the cones are located from under the layout I used plastic tubes with red markings to show WB and blue markings to show EB. |
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| This morning's session was about 1 hr. This afternoon's sessions will begin at 1:40pm. |
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| Still working on installing the sensors from under the layout. |
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| Making progress... |
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| Fixing a plastic piece that fell away months ago. |
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| The EB cones in view in this photo. |
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| That took just under 1 hr. from 1:40-2:33 53 mins. to be sure. |
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| I finally got them working, but I don't know how... |
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| ...I turned on the system and they just started working. One of the sensors are buried and activated the working signals. |
to view Weekly Layout YouTube video Update
Duration: 12:49 min:sec
Description
What's ON Track this Week?
*1st display of WeHonest Railroad Gate Crossing System
*Monday night train session happenings
*AmTrak Train 1F running with Special Guest, Charlie
*Using Red Cones to mark where the sensors will be placed
*Washington Street West Chicago sensors installed
*Thanks for watching and providing your feedback!
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