tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72163755837425688142024-03-14T01:27:11.233-07:00Nathans PointNathans Point is the freelance HO Scale model layout that will one day be built.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-70800025812303768182021-11-10T01:23:00.042-08:002021-11-10T01:23:00.191-08:00Making Pulpwood Loads<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have been making pulpwood loads for about 10 years now I guess you could say. I made quite a few 10 years ago and have been busy making more in recent weeks. In between, well, I didn't make any! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The loads are designed to simulate standard 8ft pulpwood logs that run in the US to paper and pulp mills. Wisconsin Central ran quite a few of these so they fit into my prototype.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWS4TW2SchgKk4dKF2pO798Yo-H5og4d3vQYrUsGqjZRIi3g6WwErYIfcZdXlX9FHwBwjhvIOdIIaIxH5erm7KqRn-9rGQEaFVl7Jyc4YyfGIpFSTPKtAXAIl1gJNiN9W0e51ftxZV4bY/s640/IMG_0059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWS4TW2SchgKk4dKF2pO798Yo-H5og4d3vQYrUsGqjZRIi3g6WwErYIfcZdXlX9FHwBwjhvIOdIIaIxH5erm7KqRn-9rGQEaFVl7Jyc4YyfGIpFSTPKtAXAIl1gJNiN9W0e51ftxZV4bY/s320/IMG_0059.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of examples of pulpwood loads. Between the bulkhead flats and gons, operations are pretty well covered. Above are a few of the finished models. On the gondola a piece of pine sits inside to bulk out the space and logs are glued above where you can see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiU1oQbCMdnLS-bwrOhWvXYIvIVal3LAk-grxlR9XruIkrhB5ElAjV_mYPZIrGGlo33rXM-VAJnNWqz-vxUQ8RXHqX-bQg1IqjWc0hxWi4beaK0LpY3C4aotHjgc9Ut_R0c8lzF_56GknF/s1024/IMG_0049+%2528Medium%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiU1oQbCMdnLS-bwrOhWvXYIvIVal3LAk-grxlR9XruIkrhB5ElAjV_mYPZIrGGlo33rXM-VAJnNWqz-vxUQ8RXHqX-bQg1IqjWc0hxWi4beaK0LpY3C4aotHjgc9Ut_R0c8lzF_56GknF/s320/IMG_0049+%2528Medium%2529.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have used an Australian plant, Pittosporum, which is very common for hedging in gardens in eastern Australia. I have used thin branches from a variety I bushes and small trees that have been in my gardens. The secret is to get into the middle of the bush and to look for straight branches which are a bit bigger than toothpick diameter. The straightest branches are usually the ones that have grown up after pruning has occurred. I recently did a heavy prune on a long hedge and found a lot of good fodder in the middle which was now bear. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKQz4tGfdk-2tylwmPlct8Rpvpiofw9MZUowttCnXGvCly2SPBM9LBUGlA25m2HuNTt7hR80xHUiQtKE8SUUTeV1nI2pGy-6EuuZD7IO2PU9VaewsqL8-AjF1HPHuiw8DI3RCZcmuDQpC/s640/IMG_0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKQz4tGfdk-2tylwmPlct8Rpvpiofw9MZUowttCnXGvCly2SPBM9LBUGlA25m2HuNTt7hR80xHUiQtKE8SUUTeV1nI2pGy-6EuuZD7IO2PU9VaewsqL8-AjF1HPHuiw8DI3RCZcmuDQpC/s320/IMG_0045.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have a basic jig for some standard length cuts like 40ft. Here is my 8ft jig and a pair of garden secateurs. I just dock long straight twigs into 8ft lengths. I can sometimes get 8 or so out of one length and other times I struggle to get two or more due to offshoots or bending. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW8e39Joy7FeGrWRoXT4XiQhc9rLnYYEVAqQ3UaGbCKz_DS8KAmu-duQUGkibdz6yhgfvjh8MUKD3aPsgH3JFEi3QWux9VWixk3nI9F109lymyywPAI5uajwdi5qoYvA0bZYnD7fSG7Jp/s640/IMG_0050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW8e39Joy7FeGrWRoXT4XiQhc9rLnYYEVAqQ3UaGbCKz_DS8KAmu-duQUGkibdz6yhgfvjh8MUKD3aPsgH3JFEi3QWux9VWixk3nI9F109lymyywPAI5uajwdi5qoYvA0bZYnD7fSG7Jp/s320/IMG_0050.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After 15 minutes of cutting I have good stock.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8g_5_qOfABKmEKEChDIUmaNrpU31dBj-IwS1QaY4Stk9T4PgDHpDgHvA86EpK4cP2-ggJQd9s-A_XPAlK0Yy10vhFH3iI1DHlzSzuBKzH8w2BEl5l-XXCJw2LwXFXNWiHe1Bt5Yf-gfk/s640/IMG_0051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8g_5_qOfABKmEKEChDIUmaNrpU31dBj-IwS1QaY4Stk9T4PgDHpDgHvA86EpK4cP2-ggJQd9s-A_XPAlK0Yy10vhFH3iI1DHlzSzuBKzH8w2BEl5l-XXCJw2LwXFXNWiHe1Bt5Yf-gfk/s320/IMG_0051.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I use pine DAR from Bunnings. This is 42x19mm. For a gondola I use a single piece and foe a bulkhead flat, I stand two pieces up and glue them. Just double check the width with your wagon as this recent lot I did was too wide so put the saw through them and re-glued them to take off a few mm. I paint them dark brown before gluing sticks to them.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAWeYhEaI9rKtFEZKYJ_ITan85bTMaTTQTRGRiOZ7nC71wnkQyXgT1G4vQ6Nm3ih2-WnOK40xwg2L_zniuivBQVuHNNmNSMXrgJaTDnOpogd5PK9zdhUH9XKshNILTzxgpeBQe_QPns9l/s640/IMG_0053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAWeYhEaI9rKtFEZKYJ_ITan85bTMaTTQTRGRiOZ7nC71wnkQyXgT1G4vQ6Nm3ih2-WnOK40xwg2L_zniuivBQVuHNNmNSMXrgJaTDnOpogd5PK9zdhUH9XKshNILTzxgpeBQe_QPns9l/s320/IMG_0053.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I use my finger to spread a layer of glue on one side and then start to lay out the sticks and bunch them up. Once dried, I do the other side, and then the top. I have found that a single layer of straight sticks will give a very good sense of a bulk load and doesn't use 'a million' sticks to make either. I made a full load the other day in about 10 minutes per side. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictkZj4H3iM7U1Hf6s9NXgxY9uXfFDyh4-LgH_x59P_2WZFHyb8eqykDabHdLgX6X-2TyWDDGzH-MJm5oVyeM6iIfm2XWdvncn4Bvgpj3nHrDq2F7RubDG6j-3KFeujXFkobU5tsM3xRLS/s640/IMG_0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictkZj4H3iM7U1Hf6s9NXgxY9uXfFDyh4-LgH_x59P_2WZFHyb8eqykDabHdLgX6X-2TyWDDGzH-MJm5oVyeM6iIfm2XWdvncn4Bvgpj3nHrDq2F7RubDG6j-3KFeujXFkobU5tsM3xRLS/s320/IMG_0057.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8LgsfSgw3m0gahMpGE_RRiIt31_cJN1K_iWbVnNgQgB7dbdyCI6cMmfSO6_exXPRcMZD2FISNbldN8MdWTkDuD9hHDey9Y55fxQ8m4z2UZCLsgmrb8WwE2Bqr-NM8V1HNSr7EEE0PaeX/s640/IMG_0058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8LgsfSgw3m0gahMpGE_RRiIt31_cJN1K_iWbVnNgQgB7dbdyCI6cMmfSO6_exXPRcMZD2FISNbldN8MdWTkDuD9hHDey9Y55fxQ8m4z2UZCLsgmrb8WwE2Bqr-NM8V1HNSr7EEE0PaeX/s320/IMG_0058.jpg" width="320" /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of examples of the loads.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbP3pTFx6INWkihfO4vTl4i5cqsvsiBgAgI8_Augm6Tqf__1Xcxe3TXf_TszEES9OAHLmSBBkYPjwlCUtTd5NNH8KN06nv_63VU-UddcY1MA8tfejmqTeM93wcrZFBebf0lPQhyrdAxAL/s640/IMG_0060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbP3pTFx6INWkihfO4vTl4i5cqsvsiBgAgI8_Augm6Tqf__1Xcxe3TXf_TszEES9OAHLmSBBkYPjwlCUtTd5NNH8KN06nv_63VU-UddcY1MA8tfejmqTeM93wcrZFBebf0lPQhyrdAxAL/s320/IMG_0060.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A few loads in gondolas as well. These ones have H beam stakes at the ends. Some just use logs uprighted as in the first photo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These look great and are pretty easy and quick to make. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-55029990439103080272021-11-06T02:11:00.025-07:002021-11-06T02:11:00.184-07:00Waybill Operations<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Waybill operations make layout operation purposeful and for my mind, enjoyable too. Waybills give freight cars a reason to be on the layout, and with a bit of planning, you can run a railway similar to the real thing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of months back I planned all the cars I wanted on the layout without having too many, and made sure they aligned with the proposed operations and industries. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Once all that was worked out, I needed to fill in the Car-Cards and the waybills. I basically did an excel spreadsheet with every freight car on it, and what its move would be in and out of staging (set as Chicago and Twin Cities)and what town or industry it would go to on the layout. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have operated a 'full-day' of train running which takes about 3-5 hours non stop for one person (but I would do it over a period of a few days) and everything seemed to run smoothly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The photos below show the set up of the car cards with every wagon in Jonestown Yard. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Subsequent to this all happening, I have ripped up the middle of the layout to put in a large lower deck staging yard for more staging and improved operations (and more run-through trains). More on this in another post!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrJuLSFLohOHxOKtpqKzrDtvUqJ5Cg6VgIw1Lwxa2_0-zyVg2at80719mHfxvGgYu3HNCUBby0UZ-C2pxs2jU0c8JMtamOcoycebDn64QNNxq3AFznt_QU22TxBtF-pLwGZ87QZCseBmi/s1440/IMG_9512+%2528Large%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrJuLSFLohOHxOKtpqKzrDtvUqJ5Cg6VgIw1Lwxa2_0-zyVg2at80719mHfxvGgYu3HNCUBby0UZ-C2pxs2jU0c8JMtamOcoycebDn64QNNxq3AFznt_QU22TxBtF-pLwGZ87QZCseBmi/s320/IMG_9512+%2528Large%2529.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24acHt9g_zpSORm_OxXAHJQVocOVhtNOo4L5M0yctqMuanwQI4NGMdDW7kiryowscn1y8pfHWObVx8EumcWJHFJohMgh_R5Np8WHqzyU-oy0yjFrdjdxtzfvsNC7ZLIj_OLa_zJimW_1P/s320/IMG_9514+%2528Large%2529.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-8583583098658503262021-11-04T02:05:00.020-07:002021-11-04T02:05:00.216-07:00More Photos<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some more recent layout photos on the WC. </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNr1VFfFEE9C7XkcYhh0PU5t-wHUnyIC9ZcdkYcIYsOqC-LHGgn-IB4aPXUKKYbBZQTmrPhiGmqzAmD1NaDpmt8ae9JcVLwRS8LCoCJrT_RJYURvP5M9kIXlGql5aL7ReXDHcw4a1ZM5F/" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1636" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghewQzfxQewXadwDJuAF0HmLFMUynIRnKwzGKL_hqhP3P2gY2F6kPZxBf8hryE4oIj9SuvEcUT4S_7Dl2ula-JBlGeVaQxrjNy2cKvwazyxqmONC7UcWlvW1vc0Ulv4cUT3JyvorLMa12h/" width="320" /></span></a><div><span style="font-family: arial;">An SD45 departs Jonestown Yard, rolling past the intermodal terminal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNr1VFfFEE9C7XkcYhh0PU5t-wHUnyIC9ZcdkYcIYsOqC-LHGgn-IB4aPXUKKYbBZQTmrPhiGmqzAmD1NaDpmt8ae9JcVLwRS8LCoCJrT_RJYURvP5M9kIXlGql5aL7ReXDHcw4a1ZM5F/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNr1VFfFEE9C7XkcYhh0PU5t-wHUnyIC9ZcdkYcIYsOqC-LHGgn-IB4aPXUKKYbBZQTmrPhiGmqzAmD1NaDpmt8ae9JcVLwRS8LCoCJrT_RJYURvP5M9kIXlGql5aL7ReXDHcw4a1ZM5F/" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The loco depot with plenty of '40 and '45 power.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8CDeduWpE9xD6cJkEZonQgNyuFn0phSzNhlvvaK29tKIPxNKIdg_JJ2SMs67YnexndlMZa3ub4k-tCCDQbNQgBFJe_7HzYiBmJAw6-3Xl80PDi70Vci3ZtMq3rnYsxsAJKd8g5ghUrL7/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8CDeduWpE9xD6cJkEZonQgNyuFn0phSzNhlvvaK29tKIPxNKIdg_JJ2SMs67YnexndlMZa3ub4k-tCCDQbNQgBFJe_7HzYiBmJAw6-3Xl80PDi70Vci3ZtMq3rnYsxsAJKd8g5ghUrL7/" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Must be no trains running today? Probably a Sunday at the depot. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRJ3MCl4JuY9k9x-0hh7Y8ClAzT7_lcpEp57piO9vMEGwLZ43m2KD2yEjgdy6kjFWoef4SnfFQRjZpWMBvOsWVpQYCCsmy4k5wKvGIzNNuGxO4TrbIg1vqojQjNM-YtX4UBJDOQoYiQg7/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRJ3MCl4JuY9k9x-0hh7Y8ClAzT7_lcpEp57piO9vMEGwLZ43m2KD2yEjgdy6kjFWoef4SnfFQRjZpWMBvOsWVpQYCCsmy4k5wKvGIzNNuGxO4TrbIg1vqojQjNM-YtX4UBJDOQoYiQg7/" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Single SD45 rounds 'the knob' on approach to Heidiville.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span></div><br /><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-3492639842150806392021-11-02T01:59:00.002-07:002021-11-02T01:59:05.460-07:00Layout Photos<p style="text-align: left;">Nathan's Point is currently running as 1990s Wisconsin Central. This modelling interest stems back from the early 2000s when US models such as Kato and Atlas were excellent models at a good price, and as such, I accumulated a pretty big US collection before Auscision models really started to produce a wide variety of modern era Aussie models. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The thing I love about the US outline is the manifest freights and variety of freight cars. Modern Aussie prototypes are more about block trains although I have tinkered with that concept by having a lot of Steellink operations and small depots. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I have also been going through my box of decoders from 10 years ago and have started fitting them to the locos. Most of them were Soundtraxx KT-1000 type drop in decoders which were pretty easy. I also did a basic decoder install into a Blue Box SW1500. With the amount of reference material and videos on the internet now, it is pretty easy to research anything and have a crack at it. The SW1500 was a bit of fun and it is great to have a loco running that I always thought would be static display or a 'slug' with no motor or gears in it. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Enjoy the shot</p><p style="text-align: left;">Chris </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdzKhr9-qbghp1VQRH9_7YjOWI7e7DtB3eMz2rcfLTEq32yerDagy28B70ueXuUwBFdpUESy1QE5peDDO7YZCeSanQPZT8CFSd3jUUJV21rIbpLqqEXt01-WJp7EdfYRVwhTZGZF8lq7e/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdzKhr9-qbghp1VQRH9_7YjOWI7e7DtB3eMz2rcfLTEq32yerDagy28B70ueXuUwBFdpUESy1QE5peDDO7YZCeSanQPZT8CFSd3jUUJV21rIbpLqqEXt01-WJp7EdfYRVwhTZGZF8lq7e/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of WC freights waiting to depart Jonestown Junction.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDB0Qd-dDxwfY0V48tc8vuXFwKiuWHwLt0v-72-5zBgJUEFS7q4fROD_V3fis_q4qkkhe_FJPiONs064hgbRB34q7EWqt7BKFsotJJzNfqXFptr54eO48B4Lq6SvT8ZpG5ZjkfhxQMNa-/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDB0Qd-dDxwfY0V48tc8vuXFwKiuWHwLt0v-72-5zBgJUEFS7q4fROD_V3fis_q4qkkhe_FJPiONs064hgbRB34q7EWqt7BKFsotJJzNfqXFptr54eO48B4Lq6SvT8ZpG5ZjkfhxQMNa-/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SW1500, WC1562 now with a decoder fitted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_rEr3E0PW8i06jULZRVII1WRwU4ULjTZ-r-hIukOfHiUwoEfNiCS2r4QPPjUNLS5I-9r676ZZe-2DL1AxQcNNF1oHob6J7BXN3wdMg7W0jtksl5JrUdoSWCrHvoZTIj6badoHDOT-Wt6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_rEr3E0PW8i06jULZRVII1WRwU4ULjTZ-r-hIukOfHiUwoEfNiCS2r4QPPjUNLS5I-9r676ZZe-2DL1AxQcNNF1oHob6J7BXN3wdMg7W0jtksl5JrUdoSWCrHvoZTIj6badoHDOT-Wt6/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WC1562 with the lid off going for a test run.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqNpRsh7zDVQoPPgtXs-eMNTsvCszMW015OnAzZ2qPGVM4x8a2RoHdvSEKynad9rp2v6sxaznm0wGKWpR4Rjjrt3JhCPxi795U0hFa-x3F0mGs9tzk4vctgjKdCO2FsIBz1KXjEuTntuH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqNpRsh7zDVQoPPgtXs-eMNTsvCszMW015OnAzZ2qPGVM4x8a2RoHdvSEKynad9rp2v6sxaznm0wGKWpR4Rjjrt3JhCPxi795U0hFa-x3F0mGs9tzk4vctgjKdCO2FsIBz1KXjEuTntuH/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WC1562 on the bench. The motor needed to come out to be isolated from the frame. Surprisingly it all went back together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTQcKZDgLj8nXgCEqA45-bwE6qEIHhwTMCAPmCn75cvcE-R9lxluxfQRP4QRrgwjF7NPAjL9GVDaPe2nTJPm9eiMu270Ca4UyNQr7KN2RaKYQlnG93HQ8Fj3JiaPBlDcCXGbSDqjS5tzp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTQcKZDgLj8nXgCEqA45-bwE6qEIHhwTMCAPmCn75cvcE-R9lxluxfQRP4QRrgwjF7NPAjL9GVDaPe2nTJPm9eiMu270Ca4UyNQr7KN2RaKYQlnG93HQ8Fj3JiaPBlDcCXGbSDqjS5tzp/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The loco depot end of the main yard at Jonestown. The yard is 6 tracks, each handling around 3.7m of train (about 18 cars). The two Athearn SW1500s are the yard switchers. The frogs in the yard are powered by Tam Valley Hex Juicers, and some of the other manual points just have a DPDT slide switch which routes power. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmRLwzK9To5WLontrclBLn51HDACuDGC8RWATdMbRsossrbpdpgGbFEpzVxvjjdpQkl18_Oqh4wdDAxug58jFJVVhaY5ISCY89bVuiQMPiWwmN5y7NdZughm_5DBuB3KIW_InGdCa5ark/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmRLwzK9To5WLontrclBLn51HDACuDGC8RWATdMbRsossrbpdpgGbFEpzVxvjjdpQkl18_Oqh4wdDAxug58jFJVVhaY5ISCY89bVuiQMPiWwmN5y7NdZughm_5DBuB3KIW_InGdCa5ark/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Down the exit end of the yard shows a few trains ready to depart. On the Loop is 1237 with two boxcars for a local industry. A pair of SD40s sit on track 1 with a Chicago bound freight. Track 5 is the local turn for the paper mill at Wisconsin Rapids with a handsome F45 leading, and track 6 is a bulk grain consist with a stock standard pair of SD45s. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9SUyE__sL3JebQ0u7R6JNDrq-1mIh7UBjWUIzCJyd4-kc6i9EMSZHMue3cutPRhyphenhyphenkuZv7K2Gg-7nNh8ogA_y48xsGRaitD7TTgNWcP12y4TYIFsWYI6IDwi0XGd6Dp0oiIqaGLbok0xQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9SUyE__sL3JebQ0u7R6JNDrq-1mIh7UBjWUIzCJyd4-kc6i9EMSZHMue3cutPRhyphenhyphenkuZv7K2Gg-7nNh8ogA_y48xsGRaitD7TTgNWcP12y4TYIFsWYI6IDwi0XGd6Dp0oiIqaGLbok0xQ/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The same again but from the chopper! You can see the basic set up with waybill boxes and NCE throttles. The Yard has two PCPs for plug in operations as not all my throttles are wifi, but generally mainline ops are wifi control. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiJl0zKqxDdZLVk1BCbXDOd3QYlqkD3kzFQdqbVzPgYR2Nfa1bg6e3kwXOerhToMUQCbjY9i3P_SDaqj1JEs-au3wM2wFc_4PVMbhbRppNoL0MY2lQ5n0cduwRw0FjimubBUls82XH1PM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiJl0zKqxDdZLVk1BCbXDOd3QYlqkD3kzFQdqbVzPgYR2Nfa1bg6e3kwXOerhToMUQCbjY9i3P_SDaqj1JEs-au3wM2wFc_4PVMbhbRppNoL0MY2lQ5n0cduwRw0FjimubBUls82XH1PM/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A very full loco depot. The shed needs a roof and I need to add a sanding tower over the track as well. The units in this photo are from Atlas, Athearn, Proto2000, Kato, and an Overland caboose in the shed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy!</div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-35536319883158855222021-08-29T03:04:00.003-07:002021-08-29T03:04:52.846-07:00Calling On Signal<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have quite a few signals around the layout, with some of them simply indicating the route direction with power coming from the Tortoise, and then quite a few which are independently controlled at a control panel for the train controller to operate (but the turnout control is at the turnout).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I saw on Australian Modeller some of the Hand Made Accessory signals with Calling on lights. These are little orange lights which allow passing a signal at STOP to enter a loop or dead end. I thought these might be a bit of fun and well suited to a few locations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first install was at Aylmerton Junction which is a single mainline location with two turnouts going to two different staging locations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first change I made was to set the turnouts up as a pair. This meant that you either have a through road or you don't. Makes it easier for giving a green signal for a clear road rather than trying to ensure two turnouts are set correctly. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point I should add that I am powering the Tortoises and signals all of 12V DC. My electrical skills are pretty basic, but I can generally work out what I want with a bit of fiddling.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, I wanted the signals to give the route indication, but I also wanted a manual ability to request the Calling On indication to go into staging. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What I came up with is the use of a 12mm LED momentary push button to allow the crew to get the Calling On. This means they need to be at the Signal and need to confirm the road is clear ahead before proceeding. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some photos and my how to:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3CYjwmdX0P_1WjN47EI7znUzo7GxaKsx5YbFoc9GMMA9KR0al7MTXd1q3zh60dsVa6DwmJd7hvFSuxFEs4Avn006i_C4NCLbeoEnOuljkMd4C9TOhrquBwNvf6z-B3TohKgZBR3n9IS4/s2016/IMG_9456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3CYjwmdX0P_1WjN47EI7znUzo7GxaKsx5YbFoc9GMMA9KR0al7MTXd1q3zh60dsVa6DwmJd7hvFSuxFEs4Avn006i_C4NCLbeoEnOuljkMd4C9TOhrquBwNvf6z-B3TohKgZBR3n9IS4/s320/IMG_9456.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wiring up the 4 pin 12V LED push button. 12V pos and neg power the LED and then the calling on wire and 12V neg go to the other two pins. This was easier to work out than I expected. The light stays on at the switch all the time which is helpful too.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrcDHl_AiaQNArX-L94yrwoKZaBniEVUhqGTbdiahcXVwyJDOEWtQiZ8NE9_Z95EZASMjtzEa0jULweKbUqI8LPu618yoQca7KGccgp1l4ci9Eu7Z58YKJg_9Z4AxXsBMgcqLByuUeyML/s2016/IMG_9457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrcDHl_AiaQNArX-L94yrwoKZaBniEVUhqGTbdiahcXVwyJDOEWtQiZ8NE9_Z95EZASMjtzEa0jULweKbUqI8LPu618yoQca7KGccgp1l4ci9Eu7Z58YKJg_9Z4AxXsBMgcqLByuUeyML/s320/IMG_9457.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is Aylmerton Junction. The road is set for the two staging tracks. The left track has the green which is automatically given due to the polarity of the Tortoise. The main line is red, also due to the polarity of the Tortoise. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGr-vuEgivMRMHoT_Dp30VZ_yM8-GvMEsRZQYKEPjyFgeB71ZqUI79FOPwfyCcPwsDufU_mXkT4Yk_nGkMvVyRZ5PcUYYEi2bR5mBzXmZZEgJ9ZxnOBBXV_98FT9BGW7KueAF_2ZFxllJ/s2016/IMG_9458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGr-vuEgivMRMHoT_Dp30VZ_yM8-GvMEsRZQYKEPjyFgeB71ZqUI79FOPwfyCcPwsDufU_mXkT4Yk_nGkMvVyRZ5PcUYYEi2bR5mBzXmZZEgJ9ZxnOBBXV_98FT9BGW7KueAF_2ZFxllJ/s320/IMG_9458.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When pushing and holding the button, the Calling On orange light appears for the train to leave the main for the staging track. This allows the train to stay on the main if they do not need to go to staging. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu9LGO1UBma9N4qFn-fLH_O1yyUBIaS1pNXDFbrf2g9eSAp7S6QyW_xud3KAFa4ONqBDlGybuSU9zpaNr3ozPVZ4I1OSk1vis4QJwsrYgHgCm1E5CZ-oTSb9c2UkwxzmBTn-NMDSCQNzQ/s2016/IMG_9459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu9LGO1UBma9N4qFn-fLH_O1yyUBIaS1pNXDFbrf2g9eSAp7S6QyW_xud3KAFa4ONqBDlGybuSU9zpaNr3ozPVZ4I1OSk1vis4QJwsrYgHgCm1E5CZ-oTSb9c2UkwxzmBTn-NMDSCQNzQ/s320/IMG_9459.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My finger pushing the button. Sorry about the giant Dymo and coffee cup. As you can see, I have my Wisconsin Central stuff running around at the moment.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nhqwlSjXX_X-oyL_tH5NBy-XxWI7EtmOTl1ePcOhl2ydqsR9HU4agiXgaKFB4VBKJob11zkA_V7IhBm2aIvbGY9xPHMVQq3vF-WjNEQ8ww3ZkqeLjUPhD630d8eFyli4PmXilAySDg3W/s2016/IMG_9460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nhqwlSjXX_X-oyL_tH5NBy-XxWI7EtmOTl1ePcOhl2ydqsR9HU4agiXgaKFB4VBKJob11zkA_V7IhBm2aIvbGY9xPHMVQq3vF-WjNEQ8ww3ZkqeLjUPhD630d8eFyli4PmXilAySDg3W/s320/IMG_9460.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The finished product, with the lit LED and a small label identifying what it does. There are 5 other locations where I will be putting these. I wired up the switches today. Just need more signals!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-59711778547584682492020-11-23T14:22:00.004-08:002020-11-23T14:22:50.452-08:00Layout Update<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apologies for the long time between posts, but when I have had a moment, I have been working on the layout. Here are some wrap up photos for 2020. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have a few scenic industries to work on and complete, plus a tidy up of some of the structures (or new structures). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZF0CTj5y6kHXv7XLrKQcgo2FqC0kd5Q3t7ly1b6vH_ZrV81wILqq5QtUCLu_uWLVUv5Uv0u763YcBvBmmmS3ztJW98v8hwb6Y9yCKHb5CPcO8GAAlOQMOqtLnWQlOa7LX7B3U-v5W_-W/s1440/IMG_5419+%2528Large%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZF0CTj5y6kHXv7XLrKQcgo2FqC0kd5Q3t7ly1b6vH_ZrV81wILqq5QtUCLu_uWLVUv5Uv0u763YcBvBmmmS3ztJW98v8hwb6Y9yCKHb5CPcO8GAAlOQMOqtLnWQlOa7LX7B3U-v5W_-W/s320/IMG_5419+%2528Large%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have packed up the Aussie stuff and cracked out my US trains which are primarily Wisconsin Central focussed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More ballast has arrived (4kg), so I have been ballasting a bit early morning and late at night, having laid almost 2kg over the last 3 days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The front corner of Jonestown has progressed with some dirt and greenery. WIth more ballast laid, some more dirt will go down this coming weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A single SD45 pulling a string of Roadrailers. I haven't run these Bowser models for about 15 years, and they still go pretty well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A WC grain train departing Jonestown Yard and heading for the temporary bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While not part of the layout design, a temporary bridge allows the layout to be a continuous run which is keeps trains moving while I work on various things. It also creates a bit of a headache when you want to run trains so operations do get more interesting. The bridge is not normally in place for proper operations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have installed two Taa Valley Hex Frog Juicers. While I have used a lot of cheap switches which double as a point lever and frog powerer, I do like these for their simplicity. I have used them on tight yard points where a switch was hard to install. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patched Algoma Central SD40 is now WC6004 with a short turn at Nathan's Point, about to start some switching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-90760449412013313612020-01-01T22:58:00.000-08:002020-01-01T22:58:45.284-08:002019 in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot of scenery progress has happened in 2019, with the photos below a testament to the activity that has happened in the shed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few notable aspects that have occurred this year:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Signal are installed and powered by switches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) All Tortoises are installed (except two that I am still thinking about) and controlled from fascia panels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Fascia is installed right around and painted black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) Nathan's Point and Heidiville have ground throws installed and wired up for frog power plus track is fully ballasted with a lot of dirt and grass now installed as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Ballasting in recent months has consisted of 4kg of Matt's Ballast Dunmore HO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) Expansion joints have been cut after a rather warm start to summer and track buckles in some locations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) All track is now painted flat camo brown ready for ballasting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9) Clean up has commenced and more stuff to go onto Ebay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After a few weeks of ballasting and scenery, I thought I should share some photos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Along Nathans Point, all ballast is now laid, dirt is down in most areas. and a little bit of greenery. Today I painted up the stand-in silos (based on Edgeroi but only 4 silos rather than 5), and also knocked out a simple foam-core 'Sadleirs' warehouse for 3-4 vans. The awning is big enough for US high-cube boxcars for when I run my Wisconsin Central stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I ended up experimenting a bit with the ballast which has ended up with the main and loop looking like they have been freshly ballasted. The loop is an old bag of Chuck's Martin's Creek which I really like. Since I ran out, I have been mixing a black with Marulan to get a dark flecked ballast. I just purchased 4kg of Matt's Dunmore for continuing the mainline, and this look a little more brown. Will see how it goes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also have a static grass applicator to crack out, so will see how that goes. The dirt is from down the street next to the train line, so pretty authentic. Sifted it a few times to get the fines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The industries just need a tidy up and the station for Nathan's Point is also 95% built (Walkers A3/Bombala station kit). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plan from here is to get Nathan's Point to a near completion stage for scenery, while I also continue to lay mainline ballast. I might bypass Heidiville and crack straight into the main yard to get that looking realistic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Enjoy the shots of the silos and Sadleirs at Nathan Point </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spent a few hours in the train shed this long weekend doing a few jobs here and there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Main project was to wire and switch in 4 signals for Nathan's Point and Heidiville. These are controlled at a panel near the front end of the shed so a train controller can give signalled authority for the single line sections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also installed about 8 slide switches which are for manual point changing but are also DPDT so I can power the frog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, three new sidings have gone in. Two at Nathans's Point and one on the peninsular which is accessed from Jonestown Yard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new siding at the south end of Nathan's Point. This will likely be a sugar siding to add more traffic for my steel trains, but it could also be a concrete batching plant. Concept is for it to take 2 or 3 wagons at a time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grain complex is unchanged, but might grow in size and become more of a sub-terminal, so it can receive and dispatch grain, leaving Heidiville as a mid-section country silo, and Jonestown as the port or mill destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new boxcar siding. This is designed to be Sadleirs and will receive 3 to 4 boxcars and may a container wagon at times. A large loading dock will go in as the back drop. An X200 will be the shunter, as the loading dock will only be able to handle 3 boxcars at a time. Potential to also use this as an SCT depot, and also with my US outline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of the signal that have gone in. The facing signal is green/yellow and runs off the Tortoise DPDT and only gives a turnout indication. The opposing signal is a starter and shows green/red and is controlled by a separate switch. I have placed it at the end of the turnout yet it will authorise both the main and loop. It gets expensive to start running lots of signals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a bit of a break over summer, I have got back into running some trains and trying to get the layout into a decent look with minimal effort, in preparation for a few running days around Easter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two main improvements have been the installation of the island divider and subsequent painting of the sky blue right around the layout, and the second aspect has been the installation of a fascia and the subsequent painting of that into a black finish (need a little bit more paint to complete!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also need to install a few Hex Frog Juicers in the main yard and some PSX circuit breakers as the next project.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-45760645926286870292019-01-08T23:00:00.001-08:002019-01-08T23:00:15.544-08:00A little Progress<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Been making a little progress over the last week, with some tidying up in the train shed, the installation of another Tortoise point motor and the completion of the Jonestown loco depot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've started to install a PSX-4 circuit breaker for my four districts and just need to an an auto-reversing module for my wye/triangle. I haven't fully installed the PSX-4 as I need to read a bit more about programming it on DCC, so don't want to kill the layout before I know what I am doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have designed a basic signalling control panel for positioning at the main entry to the layout where a 'network controller' can control the primary signals on the layout to provide authority for trains to move between towns and take key routes. All signals on the layout will be wired back to this main control panel. There will be a few route indicating signals where high risk points are, but these will be automatically set by the route through the Tortoise power and do not show a stop indication (only Proceed/green and caution/yellow). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The control panel will be operated with ON/ON DPDT switches where signals are Green/Red, or with ON/ON/ON switches where you can also have yellow for a turnout indication. I'm not planning on any LED or light indicators on the control panel as I would like to have this completed sometime this century! I simply don't love wiring and soldering all that much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm hoping to get a start on backdrops and fascias soon, and also need to rejig the NCE UTP panels and wireless base station back onto the ceiling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After thinking about adding an interchange siding, I set of on a conquest to add hidden staging. I should have planned this from day one, but thankfully there were a few good spots to add tracks without too much trouble. Better yet, I had a few spare turnouts, all of which were the correct size and orientation!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other staging track (and original interchange idea) was from Heidiville. This track will go through the backdrop and sneak long the raised section and wrap around the back of the layout, giving another 4m long staging siding. I did this siding in concrete sleepers so it looks like it is a different network connection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, after a week of thinking, I have ended up with 4 x 4m staging tracks and a 3m staging track, making it seem like there are lots of different connections to my little train world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After running my US outline stuff the last few weeks (mainly Wisconsin Central), I have been really torn about going back to Aussie outline, especially with the wide variety of US freight cars and the ability to have a lot of small industries, and even large industries (ie paper mill) that receive a lot of different freight cars. I may still go back to that space, but I thought it be best to get out the real models and start planning an operating session.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rural container terminal located at the terminus Nathans Point. I had a pair of SCTs on the layout from the other day, so they did the honours of running a 15 wagon container train.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A pair of SSRs on a mill wheat train at Heidiville. A normal sized grain train cannot load without a shuffle of wagons. Also at Heidiville I am looking at installing another turnout which leads to a single hidden track/staging/interchange. This will give the feel of a branch line not modelled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The container terminal at Jonestown has had a kick along over the last few weeks and especially today. I painted the ply, extended the sidings slightly, set up the containers, and put containers on a second intermodal train, ready to depart. The container block the two long grain intake roads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still torn with if I want/need off layout staging. I initially didn't build anything as I know that a second level or deck would take a lot more time and I ran the risk of never actually getting anything finished. The option now is to put a deck over Nathans Point, but it will kill the scene, but there isn't enough space underneath (which is where is originally should have gone). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three weeks ago it was an empty space, but yesterday saw the completion of the track laying for Jonestown Yard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yard is a 6 track arrangement that is connected to a triangle at one end and has a dead-end head shunt at the other end, effectively making this a terminus yard (and also acts as staging).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've already been thinking about getting my Wisconsin Central stuff out and using it like a classification yard, running locals to other parts of the layout, and through trains around the layout, only to return and to be classified as per the waybills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry about the lack of prototypical trains scattered on the layout. The kids are having fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few hours on the weekend working on Jonestown Yard. This is the only significant yard on the layout, and acts as a working yard, plus open staging, having a total of 6 tracks in a 3+3 configuration. The front 3 are common roads (mainly for steel and intermodal) and the rear three are the grain roads as they have access to the grain unloading tracks in the foreground. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The control panel was a bit of a tester to see how things fitted, and safe to say, the wye/triangle needs to be bigger to allow a better fit for the route indicator lights. I'll also split the panel so the far right end of the yard is located near the points (about 8m away from this panel).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the 6 yard tracks, I'll square them all up so they start as the same length which will make it a lot easier for wiring, as I can put all the droppers in the same place. I learnt this after doing Nathans Point with staggered joints on the main, loop and grain road. </span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216375583742568814.post-43883342454907009862018-09-02T17:13:00.000-07:002018-09-02T17:13:09.850-07:00Starting on Jonestown Yard<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having worked the track aruund Jonestown Junction last weekend, I made a strong start on Jonestown mainline, to the terminus station, plus started the planning for the main yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yard ladder is difficult as I am trying to get good length sidings, but basically run out of room at the far end of the photo, where the trains all converge and run to a head shunt which needs to be about 1m long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll get the main and loop operational, plus install the Tortoises and do the control panel, and then start planning out the yard arrangement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I managed to weasel about 10 hours this weekend in the shed, and progress has been very good, although I could easily put in another 10 hours for wiring and installation of Tortoises. Here are few photos of where I am up to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The overall shad taken from Jonestown Junction. The long mainline run along the left hand wall and back down the peninsular is wired up and gives a great mainline run. The points in the bottom left of the photo are ow installed and just waiting on the Tortoise to go in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another shot of the overall layout. A little messy and I keep moving my work space to suit progress. The large space down the left will be Jonestown Yard (6 track, on layout staging/fiddle/functional yard).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jonestown Junction. The outer loop is the main and the inner is the Grain loop. Junestown Junction has a wye. Why? Because I can! The bottom left of the photo is a dead end leg of the wye and will go to a small steel siding, but it will also allow me to put in a lift out bridge to allow continuous running on the layout, as it is built as a point to point design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll have to post some photos of the climb after Heidiville, as I now have the track completed on the back side of the peninsular and along the long wall of the shed, giving a good run to a temporary station. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below are a few shots of a quick spruce up of the terminus at Nathans Point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bit of paint and a vacuum does wonders!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Progress has been steady on the town of Heidiville over the last week, with a few hours put in over the weekend and an hour in the morning and evening before and after work. Here are a few photos showing progress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the cork is down and the track arrangement is being planned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main and loop are pretty much confirmed but the grain loop is a work in progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The train is all down for Heidiville (left side of the peninsular), and the 'blob' infront has been trimmed up. Inside the blob will likely be a rural town, with the mainline starting a climb on the left side of the scene divider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Heidiville panel. This is an improvement on the Nathans Point panel as this has LED lighting installed to show the route. Green is for the main and yellow for the loop or diverging route. Only the main has Tortoise point motors and the rest are manually operate with the Peco spring still installed. This is only a temporary panel as I printed the design out on some A4 paper and glued it direct to a bit of 3mm craft board. I did the track plan in Excel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next section being worked on is the climb between Heidiville and the large yard at Jonestown. This will rise about 70mm over 3.5m creating a decent climb for loaded trains, before dropping again back to level ground. The single line main will pass through hills and valleys for about 8m, although I have two locations eyed-off for main line loading (one grain and one container pad). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight we had a short running session between Nathans Point and Heidiville with a grain train, a gas tank transfer, a steel shunt and a passenger service. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its been a busy couple of weekends in the train shed. Here is a bit of an update:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A temporary control panel has been installed for Nathans Point. This allows control of the Tortoise point motors. The final panel will also have orange and green LEDs to show the route. Apologies for the sloppy wiring, but I was keen to get this one section up and running so I can move on with other parts of the layout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NCE DCC system is down the end of the layout. I intend on making this shelf the control area for all the various DCC and 12V items. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once of the Tortoise point motors installed. I had to cut into the L Girder to fit this one. Not great, but not a big issue either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Success! All the droppers were wired to the track bus without issue (except for two burns from the soldering iron!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been laying 3mm cork, cut from a 1220mm wide roll. A good straight edge and a sharp box-cutter knife are essential. I am using a piece of aluminium angle as the straight edge which is the perfect width for HO scale trackbed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathans Point arrives as a single mainline and splits into three tracks (main, loop and grain). The end of these sidings is a couple of sets of crossovers to allow cross over movements. The main moves are for the passenger service to come off the main and run into the platform. Off the loop end is the intermodal terminal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main is designed to be a dead end, but I will build a bridge across the doorway for continuous running at times. It won't come out for operating sessions, but will be good to get some kays under the belt of new wagons and locos before they go on the roster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far I have laid a few metres of track and the 5 turnouts at the southern end of the yard. The photos show the intended use of the sidings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still need to install and wire up some tortoises for the crossovers, but that shouldn't take too long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been along time between posts, and I have been happily focused on my prototype blog Rollingstock News for the past few years, although I am very keen to get back into the modelling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since my last post, the old Wills St layout was set up, powered, and the mainlines were operated on DCC for a couple of years. The round and round nature of the exhibition layout didn't really fill the void for me, so I was more than happy to part with it to a fellow modeller down the coast who I believe has it set up and operating in DCC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With my shed having been empty for more than 12 months, I decided I needed to get cracking while I had a chance. Over the January 2018 period I managed to complete all the benchwork in the shed, and then life got busy again, so everything went on the backburner for a while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the last week I have taken delivery of a large roll of cork and a lot of track and points, with the intention of commencing track laying in August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I intend on going back a posting details about my benchwork, but for now, as as introduction, below are a few present day photos of the shed and layout planning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An overall shot of the layout shed from the access door. Length is 9.8m and width is about 3.8m. The bottom right is the terminus Nathans Point and the far left wall is the main yard terminal of Jonestown. With the large peninsular, mainline runs are nice and long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bit of planning for the grain receival terminal at Jonestown. The mainline will come around the wall and loop into Jonestown Yard in the foreground. Grain trains will need to be broken up into smaller portions to be unloaded, similar to what happens at Graincorp Carrington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The terminal of Nathans Point with a small intermodal terminal on the edge and a simple country platform against the wall. A removable bridge will be built to allow continuous running at times, but is not part of the operational plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The town of Nathans Point, with a mainline, loop, and grain loop. The layout is designed for trains of about 4m in length as a maximum. Modern era trains will feature prominently on the layout, especially SSR and PN. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a while since I last posted on this Blog - progress has been pretty slow but I did take some photos recently inside the shed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Down one side I have a selection of number boards which I have legally aquired through my job or swapped or purchased from others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other side has 12 of my photos taken in the Southern Highlands between Bargo and Burradoo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently had 6 x double batten flouros installed (as well as power) and the shed is a whole lot nicer now! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I may have mentioned in earier posts, I am converting an old layout from DC to DCC. Essentially I've cut back all the wiring to just the droppers and have run a then connected these to two bus wires. I'm not sure if I will run a DCC bus around the layout as I have put an aerial on a roof span and all my throttles are wireless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far I have rewired the three section fiddle yard and the farm (Rick's Rock) section. I have left the frogs unpowered for now but do have a Hex Frog Juicer to try out. I am also working on a suitable manual turnout control arrangement for the fiddle yard as there are about 30 points all up and I'm not keen on wiring up Tortoises. The fiddle yard desparately needs a backdrop to give it some depth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan is to get the main line operable before Christmas. Easier said than done as I have removed about 1 meter from the width of the layout at both ends, meaning I need to carry out major surgury to connect the main lines from the fiddle yard to the display sections. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A job that will be done soon is the facia repaint - into Wisconsin Central maroon!</span></div>
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