layout update

Due to the high temperatures experienced during the summer and early fall months, I didn't do much in the garage. Instead I assembled about 11 building kits from Campbell Scale Models. These were four stations (three for the standard gauge layout and one for the narrow guage layout), three of the oil tank kits for the Quincy oil company (to be used for the two oil dealers), two of the supply company kits to also be used for the two oil dealers, and two of the freight platform kits (to be used for the team tracks at all the towns on both layouts), along with a cardstock model for the cement company at the end of the line. In addition to the building kits, I have been installing DCC in several locomotives. These are an SP C-9 consolidation, an SP TW-8 4-8-0, an SP Berkshire, and a Northwest Shortline import Willamette. The SP locomotive installations were fairly easy with all the electronic components and speakers going into the tenders and wiring TCS four wire micro connectors to the locomotive motor. The Willamette was more involved. I had to remove the weight from the tender and saw about a guarter of an inch off of it so that I could fit the Soundtraxx TSU1100, and a current keeper in the tender with the remaining part of the weight. Two sugar cube speakers are going inside the cab on the roof. The previous owner had replaced the open frame motor with a can motor. A TCS 6 wire micro connector was used to connect the decoder to the motor and speakers. I will be posting videos of the locomotives on the Modoc and Lassen YouTube channel after applying decals to them.