Hi Lee. Like you, the S Scale Workshop has some upgrades to make before Scranton. Andy Malette, John Johnston, Pete Moffett and I will be getting together on Monday to wire a second set of buss cables to our modules. These will be the primary power cables and will be connected to our track buss cables via circuit breakers for each module. The old track buss cables will remain unconnected at each module interface. Thus if we have any electrical problems they should be confined to just one module and not the whole setup. Springfield was a rewarding show to attend but one of our most frustrating because of our electrical problems. Most of them were our own fault, but like you guys we agree that trailering modules in minus-20 degree weather is not the best way to treat your stuff. We will have kinder weather in August and hopefully more reliable operation.
Looking forward to seeing you guys again. Cheers Jim Martin > On June 18, 2013 at 10:13 PM [email protected] wrote: > > > > 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 > > > >
