Construction Finishing Up Gerber The rest of the fascia was added for Gerber, phone cutout installed, holes patched, paint…GaryJune 4, 2024
Electrical A Stupid Mistake I discovered a short in Gerber Yard - all tracks! Let's see, I changed the…GaryJune 1, 2024
Track Final Gerber Switch I'm a little behind in posting. Last week I finished the final switch for Gerber. …GaryMay 31, 2024
Electrical Feeders Added Tom Pearson came over on May 16 and again on the 30th and all feeders…GaryMay 30, 2024
Electrical Arduino Yard Control Working I've been slow in posting so I backdated a couple of entries to show when…GaryMay 16, 2024
Electrical Arduino Yard Control Sketch "Speed" Muller came over and helped troubleshoot the Arduino sketch. Note that the pushbuttons have…GaryMay 13, 2024
Electrical Arduino Yard Control I had to make a few changes in how the panel would be constructed. Instead…GaryApril 29, 2024
Construction Gerber Fascia Complete All those dangling blocks of wood with slide switches mounted are now installed for Gerber…GaryApril 25, 2024
Construction Long Pause It is scary to look at the calendar and blog and realize I have not…GaryApril 20, 2024
Electrical Yard Control with Arduino I now have all my newer T1300 throttles at the expense of the older ones. …GaryJanuary 7, 2024
Electrical First Time Running! All the throw rods were clipped off that extended too far. I spent a good…GaryJanuary 5, 2024
Electrical I’m Back – Wiring Gerber Tortoises You may have thought I gave up! Busy doing other things - trip to California…GaryJanuary 4, 2024
Electrical Tortoises for Gerber 61 Tortoises have been installed in Gerber but not wired. These came from my previous…GaryOctober 25, 2023
Electrical Feeders for Gerber All the feeders have been installed for Gerber using 22-gauge wire. The red and white…GaryOctober 20, 2023
Track Redding Track-laying Finished All track in Redding is done. An additional track was added next to the wall…GaryOctober 8, 2023
Track Gerber Yard Modifications and Redding I finished installing 6 new switches and moving 2 more for the Gerber yard modifications. …GaryOctober 5, 2023
Operations Gerber Yard Modifications I opened my layout up for the LDSIG during the National NMRA Convention in Dallas…GarySeptember 26, 2023
Track Back to Work I'm finally back to working on the layout and posting. A lot of August entailed…GarySeptember 24, 2023
Scenery Semi-Finished Scene Labels were temporarily affixed. The valance has an industry chart. The finished one will indicate…GaryAugust 7, 2023
Scenery Grass and Fascia My spray bottles arrived. One I used for larger areas in the past was reordered…GaryAugust 1, 2023