Trains are running ... kinda ...

Trains are running on the Paducah Switching ... kinda. The roadbed is down, and the track is weathered and down. Under the bench buss wires are in (courtesy Kent Tallyn), and most of the drops are in (with help from Kent, Ron Schlueter, and Bill Levin).

Ron Schlueter solders the drops

The drops that are in are attached to the buss wires (again, Kent and Bill Levin). Bill Buhr and Dale DeWitt laid down the last of the track and "tuned" some of my efforts. Hank Kraichely weathered the ties.

Today, I started cleaning the weathering residue from the track with a very fine grit sandpaper. The manufacturer of the weathering solution says the track will conduct electricity after it has dried; ain't so! I, and others, have found the track needs to be cleaned of the residue. Anyway, after my initial cleaning effort, two of the engines I plan to use -- the 2-8-0 Consolidation and one of the RS-3's, both ran pretty well. I determined several areas that still need drops, and some places that will require additional cleaning. There are also a couple of spots where the track work needs to be addressed. Right now, progress is maddeningly slow, but if the track work isn't good, and the trains don't run well, nothing else much matters. We'll stay after it.