This blog is to document the building of a model railroad, the Paducah and Lake Erie. The free-lance design is set in the current time, and meant to replicate the coal-hauling roads of southwestern Pennsylvania. This version of the P&LE is a bridge line that derives its name from my wife's home town (and well known to Illinois Central buffs) and our former long time residence about 50 miles south of Lake Erie.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Mainline Leads In; Next Come Tortoise Switches

The leads on the upper level mainline of the Paducah & Lake Erie are in, thanks to some help by Bob Gouirand. Next come the Tortoise slow-motion switch motors, which I am using for all switches on the main line, and hard-to-reach turnouts. Industrial tracks will be hand thrown switches. Anyway, I have to install 14 of the Tortoise guys on the upper level as it stands right now, and there will be more. The good news is that I have found them in the moving boxes (we could have done a better job labeling boxes when we packed up the railroad in Ohio).You will recall that I'm trying to get all the "under the bench work" wiring on the upper level done while I have easy access before installing the lower level.

1 comment:

Dave James said...

Label Boxes, that would be too easy.

Good to hear about the wiring,keep the work going it looks great..