Ballard Why v2.0

[x600]

My report is: Nothing to report.
Excuses as follows;

1) Too #$&*&ing cold in the South End Shop.

2) Playoff weekends (GO HAWKS!)

3) Making up for lack off work in 2014 by working on 2 Jobsites.

4) Too #$&*&ing cold in the South End Shop.

I'm sure we'll get some time in before Monroe.

Greg O.

[Jrbenny2]

No worries, many items are higher on The List at the moment.
Maybe we could have a scenery clinic at Monroe?  No, really.
Its bound to be warmer than the Garaje en la casa del Okrasinski.  And good for crowd engagement.
 

[Jrbenny2]

 . . .  and sometime later, here is the completed Ballard Why in the Washington State History Museum show.

[nkalanaga]

Was the original in Louisville, KY in 2008?  That looks familiar, but it would have had to have been the old one.

[vicsmodels]

Hi John,
Thats a totally different Ballard Wye than last time I saw it  looking good. Are you going to use the signal gantries i made on the new Wye?
Keep up the good work.

Best regards
Vic
Vicsmodels

[Jrbenny2]

Absolutely, Vic, just haven't got there, yet.
Next project is restoring signals and adding some additional block detection and another set of signals out in distant modules.
Work seems to be cutting the heart of of the day and keeping me distracted from the really important things, like model railroading.
John

[x600]

Wow I missed that this was bumped.
NK, yes the Old Ballard Why and some of our modules made the trip to Louisville, OBW was mile marker #111!
That was a memorable adventure.

Ah but JRB, rumors of impending retirement abound!! You just have to set your priorities now before you know who finds out...

I smell solder and burning knuckle flesh in your future John.

G

[x600]

Just for giggles, I went back to the beginning and checked for spelling and gramiticle errors. There were none.

Wow it's been two years already and it still works. whoda thunkit?
Ok time for another great MRNS project. any suggestions?

Greg O.

[Jrbenny2]

x600 and other interested bystanders . . . .
Re: Ballard Why? next steps . . .
Still plan to install the Vic Fitzpatrick signal bridges after some maintenance/repair.  This time we will upgrade to block occupancy and signal control.  Now that I've time to think of such things, the control will have ATC based on blocks outside the Why.  More to come . . .