Having committed to layout open houses both after Scranton and for the NMRA during model railroad month in November, it was time to get cracking on having the layouts ready. So . . .
On the S/Sn3 PRR/EBT permanent layout, I'm working on electrical controls and turnout controls -- pragmatic things like finishing the DCC control bus so I can debug track close-up, installing shut-off toggles to isolate sections of the layout for faster troubleshooting of shorts (something that events of the weekend underscored as a necessity. I've installed a hinged lift-up section in place of the duckunder in recognition of my increasingly bum knee. The Sn2 modules are up in an arrangement that hopefully will facilitate some scenery and track repairs necessitated by a hard-knocks trip from Pennsylvania to the Springfield, MA show in the very cold January weather. For example, some of my pine trees look like they had an encounter with Hurricane Sandy! Nothing like having scheduled visitors to get things rolling. Lee Rainey
