Progress Report 6 - Electrics

A week of almost unbroken sunshine has meant a lot of time spent in the garden. However, work commitments have provided precious little time to do anything other than titivate. However, I have managed a few further developments:

• The sump for the stream has been enlarged - a plastic dustbin providing a cheap and effective solution
• Mains electrics have been laid outside (suitably protected with an RCD - see above)
• Low voltage lighting has been added around the patio-to-be

And an opportunity has been found to test run my one and only train  - the LGB starter set loco and coaches plus one Accucraft closed van. As you can see, the stream is now running successfully.


The control panel / switch box, is under construction.

 The top row of switches are to energise the various electrical sections around the line, the middle row of switches operate the point motors on the pointwork and the solitary switch on the bottom right reverses the polarity on the reverse loop.

The most pressing job at the moment is to find a way of eliminating a hump at the end of the swing bridge, which will entail raising the breeze block on to which the track is fixed.

Things are moving on. The railway is taking shape.

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