Good Morning Everyone....rainy weather, but rain is better than snow right
Chet and
Mark.
Been down in the train room this morning and finished wiring the last N&J dwarf turnout indicator. Turnout indicators sure help let engineers know the positions of turnouts that are distance from them and the turnout's position can't be seen very well. I had to reverse the connections for the red and green lamps since I didn't get it right the first time.
It's a dog to work under the layout and have to come out from under each time to get tools or try the turnout(s) to see if the turnouts and lamps work properly. I need an assistant.
The green lamp is a bit dimmer than the red so maybe I need to boost the voltage now that I've added additional lamps.
I visited N&J's web site and just about all their signal products are sold out....??? Are they staying in business?
I've been using solid telephone wire that comes in a gray plastic covering with four colored wires per cable. I purchased the wire at a hardware store in bulk. The covering strips off nice and I use telephone clamp type spade connectors to join the wire to terminal blocks.
Yesterday, I became side tracked and ended the railroading day early.
Maybe scenery projects after lunch.
Willie: That card stock structure looks nice and Sherrel's suggestion is good. A would go a step farther and add some wall mounted lighting. Just my two cents worth to an outstanding job so far.
Chuck: Being 100% Prussian/German, I like your saying, "
Herr Fitz Gutten Tite" and my German grandfather who was a boiler maker would enjoy it as well.
Added the photo below which I enjoy and get ideas for my own layout. Just a ton of detail in the scene.
That's all for now.
Greg
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More inspiration for me to work on my layout's scenery...the great F&SM by George Sellios. Just fantastic work. Looking at the photo I think people do not use enough scenery materials like trees ad ground foam on their layouts. -Greg