I've had this weekend marked in the diary since Christmas as an opportunity to make some significant progress on the electrics on the 'test track.'
I'm pleased to report that in a full-day session yesterday Himself and I managed to install and wire up all but one of the remaining point motors on the standard gauge side, and were prevented from completing that only by the need for an unforeseen additional switch.
We got that done so efficiently that there was time to get some power into the narrow gauge circuit and sidings.
I've always used inverted commas when referring to the test track, because I fully expect it to morph into more of a home layout project in the fullness of time.
However, I would like to place on record that one of the first things I did when it was wired up was to test propel the well wagon around the circuit, as until now I have not yet been able to do any more than push it by hand along a short section of straight track.
And the test track immediately proved its worth because I discovered the bottom edge of the frames below the axle boxes on one bogie needed a little attention from the file when they fouled on the points.
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