Hello, thank you for checking in. This past week was a lot of fun! My bride graduated from college (again) this week, and we had lots of friends and colleagues come to an open house.
Very late Saturday night I completed some connections for Tracks 1 and 2. I spent an hour troubleshooting a short caused by two wires that were touching from one of the leads under the table on Track 1 (grrr). The good thing that came out of this is that I discovered that the ZW circuit breaker works successfully. While testing the trains, I found that the ZW right-hand controllers are sticky (moving Track 2 or Track 4 slider causes the other to move as well). Also this week, Amber finished sewing and installing a table skirt. It looks really snappy and fits in well with the room (especially the floor color.) I cleaned the Train Room floor, and placed the metal green chest on the floor for kids to stand on to view the trains. I placed signs in the stairwell and the Train Room for visitors. These signs directed people to the room, warned them not to touch the trains, and provided some brief information about the layout (and this blog.)
On the big day, I hosted approximately 20 visitors to Train Room. This is the largest number of guests to date. Track 1 was a short train led by the C&NW 0-8-0, Track 2 sported the Trolley, Track 3 ran the "blue" train led by the MRL SD9, and the Northern Range graced Track 4 headed by the C&NW E4. There was lots of fun for all, and it was very loud! The equipment ran splendidly, and the room did its job well too.
On Tuesday I made 3 more connections under the table - 2 for Track 4, and 1 for Track 3.
Have a great week, and keep your rails shiny ~
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| 4 Trains running with the ZW - note my wife's spiffy table skirt in place too |
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| Your host poses for a pic while at the helm |
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