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.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Switch motors, bench work



It's been a busy weekend on the Paducah & Lake Erie. Thursday evening was a big (and hopefully, the last) lumber purchase; Friday and Saturday were spent installing the Tortoise switch motors. Then Saturday evening, David James (Brecksville) and Ken Heyl (Ashland) showed up from Ohio. The three of us spent a couple of hours measuring and planning for the lower level of the P&LE, and Sunday installed the last of the upper level switch motors (top photo) and started putting up the lower level bench work (bottom photo). The goal is the have all the bench work done, some lower level track laying completed, and the electronics (Digitrax) consolidated and completed by the end of the week. David had to leave for Little Rock, to return Wednesday; Ken and I will be here all week.
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