Gluing track in BNSF staging

Just starting to glue track in BNSF staging to finally get this completed!  I don't drink soda but I use full soda cans for weights when gluing track.  They fit nicely inside of the track or, as you can see on another post, they work just fine in the upright position too when space is tight.

More Track Laying for the BNSF Staging

Almost done gluing track.  This is the Calwa Jct. area leading into staging.

Mark Lestico's new signal bridges

After a lot of thought, angst and pressure Mark

Updated JMRI panel

Still more changes to come.  Big thanks to Mark Lestico for his help designing this panel...and the 15 or so before it!  LOL.

This is a test message testing photos and use of phone for blogging...it works great! Expect to see more photos on a regular basis!

Testing 123

JMRI Panel Updated

Last week Mark Lestico and I updated the JMRI panel to reflect the current track configuration and making corrections to the panel.  I also added most of the turnout control to the panel.

I have a lot more to do but tentatively planning an ops shakedown for January 14th.  Interested?  Lemme know.

More Progress

This past Tuesday I planned to get all the BNSF staging installed. However, things take longer than they "are supposed to" so that didn't get completed.  I did get the cork installed and one throat installed.  This weekend I will get the other throat installed.  I'd like to say I will get Tortoises installed on 7 turnouts too but due to timeing don't expect I will get that far.  But let's see what happens!  Once this area is complete, I need to finish up some track connections at Goshen, intall a reverser for the Y there, and a few other track/electrical gremlins that cropped up.  If all that goes well, we should be able to run trains "flawlessly" with all new turnout controls by mid to end of November!  Yaaaaa!!!