I can look at clouds from both sides now - but the backside ain't pretty.  

My friend Bob Santos, owned a 1954 Mercury Monterrey, Sun Valley in sea foam green, in 1955 while serving in the US Air force as a Sergeant.  There is an exact replica die cast model in 1:43 scale available from many retailers.  Before warned, Jim, (LOL)..  This contribution is for those that love cars. No trains involved in this one..

I had no idea I took this many photos at Trainfest....

These are the photos I took with my DSLR - there are going to be quite a few photos that look the same as my cell phone shots.

Found these while looking for something for another project thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/Horloy-Electrical-Connectors-Self-Stripping-Disconnect/dp/B07CVBFS32/ref=sr_1_17?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1542304775&sr=1-17&keywords=spade+connector+kit

I now have CTI's TrainBrain controlling the loco programmatically, playing sounds, interacting with the layout to move the turnouts.

Last couple of days, I was grappling to get the locos working with the throttle from CTI.

I got this working now.

Now, onto programming a completely automatic control of locos - speed, lights and operating the turnouts for a fully automated sequence.

I believe I do not have to grapple with any hardware and basic connectivity issues now. Keeping fingers crossed :-)

My last blog about the scenery on my layout grew to over 20 pages, so I figured it was time to start another post. As before, this will continue the coverage of my ongoing scenery work.

Thanks for following along!