Concrete Sewer Pipe Load in a Weekend

Check out my latest HOW TO video where I walk through all the steps of UPGRADING the electronics using a Decoder Buddy, ESU LokSound V5 decoder and Scale Sound System Speakers!!!

Thanks for Watching - Andy

It's been a bit since I had something to share...but I've been busy.  I am currently completing a rework of the wiring for one side of the layout.  T have forged ahead while leaving open wires behind.  I am correcting that mistake.

Hi,

At this point the benchwork is almost done. It is getting pretty exciting because once the room prep and benchwork are done, I can start on the fun part – laying track, model building, and running trains. Not saying I am not enjoying the project already. I like doing design and woodwork. It’s just that I have been waiting a long time to have an operational layout and I am finally right on the cusp of seeing it happen.

This post covers the last bit of odds and ends that I need to finish up so I can say the benchwork and room prep are done.

Able to finish some CN vehicles over the holidays for my layout, Trenton Subdivision in N Scale. Including a supervisors car, work vehicles and tractors for the Covidpan Intermodal Yard. I used Testors Insignia white, Rapido CN Red and Highball Graphics CN MOW Decals. Captions on the photos below give manufacturers and details of the individual models.

Here is how the project ended. Not totally happy but it will be fine... Ill make it so.

In the previous post I described the first attempt to use LED based lighting. A problem discovered late in the game drove me to start over again, redoing the lighting using a different strategy. 

This post covers the final lighting solution for both decks of the layout. This includes everything except the harbor, an area that requires specialized benchwork and lighting. That will be presented later in its own posts.

Here's hoping you and yours are having a wonderful holiday season! If you have some time, and would like to experience a little of what it's like to operate a local freight in south central Connecticut in the Autumn of 1948 (or at least get a taste of what it's like to operate on my layout), grab a cup of coffee & settle in for a ride up the Valley Line.

Bringing the old steam engine out to go back in time to visit the community of Highland Boy, totally ate away by the encroaching mine.