LeMaistre Loco approach completed

Well since the last post we missed one of the Monday night sessions as I was not well. Chris and BJ have been over for c couple a daytime sessions as it has been school holidays and things don't seem to happen the same during school holidays as we have teachers in our families....

I mentioned Ryan and the Model Railcast show in my last post - thanks for the mention in show 112 Ryan - BJ, Chris and I listened on Tuesday whilst working on the layout.

Show 113 scheduled for listening tomorrow.

Not much of what has been done shows up this time! We have been doing: more wiring - track bus and droppers & point motor position indication; track work quality assurance; and, minor colour and texture changes to scenery on the south wall outside that shown below.


LeMaistre Loco Approach

Trees & shrubs have been planted and the final ground cover glued down, the fascia has been painted and perspex fixed in position.






Southern Wall

Ground cover and shrubs have been added between the lake and the iron hill mine haul road. Th fascia has been painted allowing the details of the top level to be the focus. The lake surface has been coated with clear epoxy.








Lower Level Control Panel

Well there are more mainline points than on the upper level. 18 terminal strips to cater for the 36 mainline turnouts.






Main Layout Booster 1 - Power District B

Wiring Top Section is on the right hand side. A Digitrax PM42 provides four power districts and five Block Watchers provide the block sensing for the proposed signal inputs. The left had side is for the Bottom Section - Block Watchers and wiring remain to be done.

With the installation of these the feed to Huntington had to be disconnected until the bottom (left hand) section is completed.





I'm looking forward to getting the top level running.

A couple of Mondays away from my place for a running night at Bill 2's, Social activities and Scenery at Rossco's on the cards.

Thanks Guys.