Another quietly industrious day at the Club. We welcomed new member
Bernie, who will not be reading this because I don't have an email address for
him. In fact, it is possible that nobody has.
I had gone in thinking that I might "help" Derek with the command station /
booster problem. However it seems that Derek had decided that Greg was the man
to solve this, and so devoted himself to wiring Stanley Creek point motors to
the first of our new control panels. Looks very smart, and very practical.
Funny thing - I tested the points and motors as I installed them, using a little
12v plug pack. When Derek connected them to the 16v dedicated supply they did
not work. Various theories are being explored, fortunately none involve
requisitioning my plug pack.
Rod continued to lay track at Mousehole, eventually saying something along
the lines of "Oh, was I supposed to put insulated joiners on these points?" I
saw him later, laying track at John's Falls, and did not ask what had happened
in between times. Geoff the Sec, having finished with the nameless station, was
also advancing on John's Falls from the other direction. Helen arrived with
about 10 feet of USA rolling stock and a nice Co Co diesel, and tried to run the
consist. Essentially, what it proved was that locos need clean wheels. Judy
had also arrived, wrapped in as many layers as Helen, and complaining just as
much about the cold. Bernie, having spent some time trying to figure out what
we all doing, went off the the long room to help Geoff the Pres and Dale with
their wrecking/dismantling activities. There is now a sizeable space in there.
The layout of the Sayer freight yard has now been settled, an exercise made more
interesting by having eight right hand points but only one left hand point to
work with, and track is starting to go down. Both Sayer and Mousehole await the
turntables that Greg has foolishly offered to assemble.
That's all, folks - see you in the Spring (that's next week).
Peter
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