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Daily Progress & Error Blog

Recording the progress of building the Denver’s RailRoads N Scale layout

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Daily Progress & Error Blog

Actioned since 16th April:

  1. NMRA WA Group painted all of the undersides of the layout Mat Black last Sunday week.
  2. Installed rubber mat flooring ($9.95 per sq. meter from Bunnings) in all of the corridor passageways.
  3. Installed plywood base above tunnel to Grand Jct. loop for Edna mine and tracks. Plywood can be unscrewed in the event of problems with the track below.

Actioned tonight:

  1. Started testing locomotives on small circle of track (aka Denver Union Stockyards).
  2. Going ok until track lost its power.
  3. Atlas S2 #117 is problematic and needs to be factory reset.

Immediate Action:

  1. Find fault in power routing to Denver Union Stockyards.
  2. Investigate and solve problems with Atlas S2 #117.
  3. Continue testing locomotives, creating consists and speed matching.
  4. Clean Grand Jct. loop track and run tests.
  5. Investigate and solve “short” problem running lighted passenger cars.

On going Action:

  1. Wire track & turnouts from Winter Park to Bond to temp connections in the control panels.
  2. When complete lay track from Bond to Craig and temporarily wire.
  3. Lay all of the Grand Junction return loop tracks.

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