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.