Today, I worked on the layout off and on. This morning, I completed soldering the feeder wires over on the left side of the layout (LaSalle and Utica). The hard part after completing that is focusing enough not to play. I found myself moving cars all around the layout (testing of course). As my friend Allen says, "I smell the Spring rains". A long time ago, I proclaimed I wanted to be back up and running by Spring 2014. I see it happening! I forecast the Return of the ROCK inaugural op session will occur in late February or early March!
So, back to work. Off and on this evening, I worked on soldering feeder wires on the right side of the layout. I'm happy to say that I have them all completed and connected to the bus. This includes all track that has been laid to date. I didn't have time to test the area over at Ottawa Silica and Libbey-Owens-Ford (LOF) yet. Play time will be in the morning before work as I test the trackage I wired up tonight.
I'm excited to get trains moving on the layout again. It feels good! The locomotives run really well over the new turnouts. I couldn't be more pleased!
Now, I better go lay down. I've had my daily intake of burning flux this evening.
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