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.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Railroad Running Well


Primarily on the efforts of David James, the Paducah & Lake Erie is running well. David was here a short time last weekend, and again for two days here at the end of the week. The major issues we got accomplished were (1) adding leads from the ramp leading from the helix -- not a lot of fun, but necessary, (2) adding leads to power Attica Yard and the passing siding on the lower level, and (3) adding decoders to several engines. Yes, David even taught me, kinda, how to install decoders. The primary thing I learned is that if you've seen the inside of one engine ... you've seen the inside of one engine. We pulled five of them apart, and NOT ONE of them was like any of the others. But in the final analysis, all the engines with decoders are running well, everywhere on the railroad. It's just about time to start on some of the fun parts, i.e., building something besides track! More later, and soon!

1 comment:

RGDave said...

Keep the updates coming, Bill! Little by little :-)