G-scale is running!
Well, I promised to have the upper loop functional for the Rudy Run and by gosh we did it! Sierra (my 16 year old daughter) and I arrived at JT&S about 12:30 on Friday 11/11/11 and set up camp. By 1:00 we were installing track panels and figuring curves for the new main. With the Help of John Griffin, Rob Moore (a new member from Canada), Sierra and I managed to fit, assemble and ballast another 75 (+) feet of track on the upper loop. By 4:45 we were running trains and working out the kinks in the rail.
On Saturday John and Rob ran trains between the rain squalls while Sierra and I worked on track power. Three 14-2 direct burial track power feeders were installed and tested by 4:30. Bob Whitt ran his radio controlled Aristocraft U25B to test the main. He made several circuits on the new loop and never stopped grinning.
Sunday was clear with only an occasional cloud. I realigned an overly tight curve (less than 3' radius) to be a lose 4' radius curve to ease train operation. I then attended the board meeting. I was reintroduced to the attending members and received a warm welcome, Thanks everybody! Sierra and a host of others took turns running battery radio control trains until we had to leave at noon.
Special thanks go to Mrs. Boardman (Miles wife) for the generous donation of track, buildings and details from Miles railroad.
Another thank you to Bob Whitt for removing the track and delivering it to JT&S.
We used a good amount of track this weekend but still have a lot more.
Next will be to start on the passing sidings and staging yard.
Stay tuned!
Don
