D&RGW • C&S • CB&Q • UP • AT&SF • CRI&P + SP • MP • WP
Ongoing Progress
Recording the progress of building the Denver’s RailRoads N Scale layout
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Ongoing Progress
Action since June 22, 2023:
- Glued down 20+ rubber panels on floor of layout room
- Test run Loco over PD4 & PD2 – electrical black spots problems identified
Immediate Action:
- Connect feeder wires for T428 & T429 to PD4 track and control panel
- Cut gaps in PD4 white track as they currently light up for multiple blocks
- Fix electrical black spots on PD4 track
- Test run a train over PD3 & PD4, returning to North Yard over PD2 & PD5 track.
- Continue gluing rubber panels on floor of layout room
Big Picture Tasks for Action — once the immediate tasks have been actioned:
- Install the Kato double crossover and industry tracks on the DUSTY small loop and then . . .
- Build the DUSTY kits — its time for a change — and finish the South Denver kits.
- Install all PD7 tackage and activate the control panel.
- Install the 7 loop tracks at Grand Jct . . .
- Install BD-20s connecting to the UP/CBQ main line and the 7 staging tracks.
- Lay Craig Branch trackage and wiring and then . . .
- Build the Craig Branch kits
- Activate the two PD4 control panels.
- Build the Flatirons scenery on the PD5 module.
- Build the Winter Park/Moffat Tunnel scenery on the PD4 module.
- Lay the North Yard and CBQ Yard trackage.
- Enable an Operating FREIGHT Layout between Denver North Yard and Grand Junction Loop & Staging Tracks.
Next Phase: Activate DUT, South Denver, Joint Line Loop & Staging Tracks
- Build the Layout Framework for the enlarged Joint Line Loop & Staging Tracks.
- Relay enlarged Joint Line Loop & Staging Tracks.
- Lay additional trackage for DUT area.
Ongoing Progress:
Actioned since May 24, 2023:
- Laid NO-OX on PD2 & PD5 track.
- Applied CRC Di-electric grease to track just in front of every new Locomotive added to the layout. The Locos are held on the grease for 30 seconds or so, so that the Loco wheels get a good grounding.
- Successfully test run a number of locomotives pulling trains.
- Laid feeder wires to T424 to T427 on PD4.
- Connected BUS wires to G001 to G008 Gore Canyon track. Successful without any real dramas, including on the ballasted track.
- Locos can run on T428 & T429, meaning that the connection to the Grand Jct. loop is achieved. However specific feeder wires must be connected to the BD-20s on the control panel.
- Maybe found a couple of people to install decoders for me and to troubleshoot problem Locomotives.
- Purchased a Kato double crossover for DUSTY and two Kato single crossovers for yard planning.
Immediate Action:
- Finish connecting feeder wires to PD4 control panel.
- Cut gaps in PD4 white track as they currently light up for multiple blocks
- Test run a train over PD3 & PD4, returning to North Yard over PD2 & PD5 track.
Big Picture Tasks for Action — once the immediate tasks have been actioned:
- Install the Kato double crossover and industry tracks on the DUSTY small loop and then . . .
- Build the DUSTY kits — its time for a change — and the South Denver kits.
- Install all PD7 tackage and activate the control panel.
- Install the 7 loop tracks at Grand Jct . . .
- Install BD-20s connecting to the UP/CBQ main line and the 7 staging tracks.
- Lay Craig Branch trackage and wiring and then . . .
- Build the Craig Branch kits
- Activate the two PD4 control panels.
- Build the Flatirons scenery on the PD5 module.
- Build the Winter Park/Moffat Tunnel scenery on the PD4 module.
- Lay the North Yard and CBQ Yard trackage.
