I finally got around to hooking up the power to the switching area on my layout Monday night. At this point, only one of the new power districts works, but it's the one with most of the switching opportunities, so it's good enough. I have to do some troubleshooting on the elevator's trackwork to see if the power pack is bad or if there's a problem in how the sidings were wired. I haven't bothered yet simply because I've been having too much fun with the additional switching opportunities now available.
I was in the Chicago area last weekend, and stopped into a couple of favorite hobby shops. Among other things, I picked up 3 of the new Kato Amfleet II single cars. Aside from the fact that all 3 have the same number, they look and run awesome(ly)!!! I figure I'll eventually renumber two of them for some degree of variety.
Finally, I've made significant progress on my SD35W project recently. I was finally able to get the handrail mounting holes drilled out and the handrails added to the model this week. I'm now trying to track down some of my decals in order to get the unit's reporting marks and numbers correct, before either brushing or spraying the shell with Dullcote. I'll post a picture or two of the finished product.
Charles W.
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