March 19, 2025
After being ill for 3 weeks in February, I finally got back to work. John Garfield came over for 4 days and we finished testing all the switches using a 6-truck diesel. It finds alignment errors in the frog that the 2-8-2 missed. I ran a file thru any problem areas then ran the diesel thru. If it did not jiggle, I knew we were there.
I finished laying all track for the layout except the 10 track staging yard. John is at the end of the visible layout in Redding. I had finished all the wiring. Fasia still has to be put up in Redding.
Great progress Gary. I hope to see it in person, some day. I can only imagine what the finished project will be, but I have an idea it will be as great as your last one. Walt Schedler, Colusa SP Shasta Div.
Thanks, Walt. I hope so. Goal is to finish one town site before moving on to another scenery wise. At least I’ll be able to start operations in a couple of months. Need JMRI programming and layout signage to start.