I finished installing the new Yardmaster Panel at Terminal District yesterday. Other than a couple of spots where I need to re-route a wire, everything is working as planned.
One improvement I need to make, replace the #5 switch at the West end of the Coach Yard tracks with a #6 so passenger cars will have a gentler curve and minimize coupler misalignment when switching them via the South Tail Bob Nicholson ___________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Roy" <royhoff...@...> wrote: > > I just added a food court to the 30th Street Station model. I posted a couple > of pictures in the Penn Western folder. > > The layout is 15 years old, but of course a layout is never finished. I have > a large list of things I'd like to accomplish in 2011. > > When I designed the layout, I didn't design it for the kind of MR operations > that is popular today. I've been trying to reconfigure parts of the layout so > that I can actually run operating sessions some day. I have the Sn3 portion > pretty well set to operate the EBT for a typical annual Fall Spectacular > event. There is still much to do on the standard gauge part of the PWRR. > > Structures: > 1- A new skyscraper for Philly. > 2- The stone EBT office building. > 3- Installation of a new intermodal facility. This includes a bunch of > containers that I'm making out of foamcore and templates from a neat website > at http://www.igshansa.de/igsdownload.html > If I display the PDF at 125% and use my screen grabber, I can produce almost > perfect S scale printouts of the containers. I posted a photo of some that I > made in the Penn Western folder. > > Since the layout runs from Philadelphia to Harrisburg and emulates the PRR, > I'll be trying to install catenary. I found a good article on the web on > building PRR style catenary and have rounded up the necessary material. > However, it will take a lot of time to do it, but the result should be neat. > > At times. I've been adding lighting to the layout. > > Much of my older rolling stock needs some maintenance. > > whew! > Roy Hoffman > > http://royhoffman.com/pwrr > > http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/royhoffman > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
