A Hot Summer's Night

Well the hot weather is here for a while. When the weather get's hot, I don't do too much on my railroad. I spent the latter part of spring working on a kit of a bikini car wash. It has turned out very well. I will have to place it on a diorama , do some moderate scenery for a photo op, and take some pictures of it. Hopefully I can do this, this weekend and do another post to my blog.

These past few weekends I have had to work some over time. That means that I have a substantial overtime cheque coming to me. I'm thinking of purchasing a Digitrax system from Lark Spur Line. I might have to treat myself and purchase an engine with sound as well. For those of you who don't know what a Digitrax system is, here is a quick definition of it. In the old days of model railroading a person would have to seperate his railroad into blocks. These blocks there for could be controlled by an operator. Because, if you didn't seperate your layout into blocks of isolated electrical power, when you turned on the power pack, all of the engines would start moving as you throttled up. Now with DCC ( Digital Command Control ) you have small receivers in the engines and these receive a signal from the operator. For example.... an engine sitting in the yard has a number of 4422 on the side of it. The operator dials in 4422 and now he has control of this engine and no other engine will move until another operator dials up a different engine. This sytem makes for excellent operating. I have waited along time for this part of my railroad and I think now is the time to make this happen.

My benchwork in the layout room is coming together as well. I am about to start the 2 x 4 foot modules that will be connected to the permanent benchwork. These modules will be moveable and will hold my craftsman kits as well. This part of my railroad will be where the operating will take place. This area will be where the operator will drop and pick up cars from industries. I will be uploading some pictures in the near future of my benchwork.