entrance hall. Things were progressing, and we were now into
the spring of 2013.
Wiring! A major consideration! Chuck constructed five con-
trol panels in his basement; eventually there will be a sixth.
Some of us worked at his place some days, installing the tog-
gles, switch selectors, etc, wiring them to terminal strips on
each unit. On the layout, the various bus wires that had trav-
eled with the layout were now reconnected, and sections
were tested with batteries, looking for short circuits or other
problems. Terminal strips were placed on the rear side of the
skyboard [11] in a number of locations. Wires were then run
from each bus wire to the terminal strips.
Hundreds of wires were then pulled through conduits from
each control panel to the various terminal strips, identified at
both ends and numbered to match the numbers on the termi-
nal strips. Most of these wires were #12 or #14, so there is mini-
mal voltage loss on the long runs. We then brought the control
18. Westport comes across as a busy little town,
seen here from the CPR coaling tower. All the original
members of the group had a hand in building the
structures. Most are based on real buildings, but their
size was adjusted to suit the footprint we had.
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19. All our locomotives at the original Aberfoyle location
were either scratch- or kit-built. Some of them are
approaching 40 years old, so we have purchased a few
of the commercially available units to help provide some
down time for them. Here, an MTH Royal Hudson rides
the CPR turntable in Westport.
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Aberfoyle Junction - 13
MRH-Dec 2014
