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.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Operation Lifesaver Trip


Several of us went on a UP-sponsored Operation Lifesaver trip between Pacific, MO and Washington, MO today, a trip of just under two hours. The push/pull operation had a Heritage Unit, painted for the Missouri Pacific, on one end. Weather was rainy, photography certainly not optimum, but a fun trip.

Tomorrow, it's back to the model railroad, and installation of the final 6-7 feet of track and three turnouts on the upper level main line. The saga of getting the Digitrax to work properly continues; tomorrow is "isolation" day, i.e., changing the throttle and keeping the same engine, changing the engine and keeping the same throttle, and changing both. If none of that works, there may be a chain saw in my future (just kidding ... I think).

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