I originally was going to make these a signal bridge, but decided to go with regular searchlights.

Shaun Scenery

There’s been a lot of action on the Elmwood Sub this past week, so let’s get going!

Bus Wiring

All DCC block bus wires and feeders have been run, soldered, and connected.  The last bus to run is the general “Rail A” bus for my industry spurs. Here’s a look at my track diagram from Train Controller and my Block numbering.  I’ll eventually incorporate the info the diagram.

Fascia

With the bus wiring pretty much done I began installing some of the fascia to the layout.  Need to purchase one more 2×4 sheet of hardboard to finish the end of the island.  Everything still needs profiles cut, gaps filled, and some sanding.

I’ve also got the board cut to the correct width for staging parts of the layout but I’m going to install some LED bar lights first to light it up when needed and also need to add openings for access into staging in the fascia.  That should work should happen this coming week.

Wiring

A look at the 1/8″ jack on the fascia panel used for powering one of the bridge spans. This is the upper deck span.

Scenery

Using foam, I began constructing the hill that’ll cover the long staging lead running on the back of the layout.  It’s basically just strips of foam built like stairs.  They’re not permanently installed, just sitting there.  They’ll be setup so they will be removable just in case access to that track is needed.

Signals

With block wiring done I dug out the box of signal this afternoon. I can only setup 8 signal heads so far with 1 SIGM20 board so the Dixie Curve passing siding will be the first to light up.  I’ll be using two signal bridges and 2 double-target searchlights here.

And that’s all for now!

Shaun DCC, General, Scenery, Signal Logic

Finished up the Yard Office building in the Walther’s Yard Office & Shed Kit this morning.

My order of roadbed came in so this weekend I’ll be starting work on laying down the final bit of mainline track.  I’ll also be finishing up the wiring on the new Turnout/Signal panel and installing turnout motors.

Then maybe we can run some trains the full length of the layout!

Shaun Scenery

Took a break from track work and started working on the hills for the island, mainly just installing some profile pieces of foam to get the general profile in place.  Cardboard strips will be used between the foam to form the actual terrain face.

Then I went back to track work and started working on cutting and fitting track on the last portion of the layout.  Just need to buy a couple more pieces of roadbed for the mainline, install the mainline and the upper deck bridge and the track will be done (minus bus and feeder wires).

And lastly this morning I finished up the Shed building in Walthers’ Yard Office & Shed kit.  Turned out real nice.

Shaun Scenery, Track