Modification to Peco Code 75 Electrofrog Points

Since I will not be power routing the frogs on my points, I made some minor adjustments.

First thing that needs to be done is add jumpers from the point rails to the stock rails.
Second, remove the Peco wiring directly under the frog.
Third, for longevitiy of the connection, replace the current Peco jumpers and solder new jumpers

See photo of the modifications carried out.
One doesn't need to power route your frogs nowadays given the high quality of our modern model locos.

Let me know what your thoughts on this modification are.
Thanks

Schematic Diagram of Track Plan

Here is a schematic diagram of the track plan of my layout. Being a shunting layout, you can see there is quite a bit of track. However, I added two additional tracks to make it look and feel like a major yard. This enables me to have plenty of shunting-centric operation with a smallish footprint. However, I do sacrifice operating on those lovely scenic layouts I have visited and seen. As usual trackplan subject to chance without notice LOL.

Happy Easter Everyone. I thought I would share with you some photos of my layout. The first and second photos show a goods train coming into the yard. This train will be broken up and the wagons will be shunted to the respective departure tracks.

Bye now

The World Is Yours

I came across a fantastic piece written by Linn Westcott which I thought I had to share with you all. The biggest impression was Westcott stating "avoid the cliche" with your model railway. No doubt you too will go away all that more wiser after reading this article.

Beautiful weekend to be outdoors

With the Southern Spirit making her way down south from Acacia Ridge on Saturday, I ventured down to the Border Ranges with a friend early morning. The scenery is just spectacular. We managed to film the XPT which was a bonus as it was running late. Following the XPT was a Melbourne Bound Freighter and finally the Southern Spirit. Just too good an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and hence no time to be in the shed railway modelling!

Satisfactory Tarps at Last!

At last I have found a satisfactory way to create tarps for my GYs and other open wagons. I was quite impressed with the way these tarps came out, compared to my previous and first attempt using tissue paper and white glue. A chance encounter with Ben at one of Craig's running session together with a tip from Ray Pilgram from his site on how to create tarps, I found the receipe to create tarps which looked quiet good to me. Some photos below. Special thanks to Ray as he suggested in his blog that he uses wrapping paper which I found to be the key. I painted the tarps using a Humbrol green. If anyone is interested, I can suggest the Humbrol Number I used. a

Time for a Departure

Now that there is enough loading for northern destinations, we see a train depart for these destinations. The extra T Classes are used for loco balancing on this occasion. All the loading on this train have come from previous trains (and if required may be some empty wagons from the yard itself), which have been shunted onto the road for "Northern" destinations. The locos were serviced at the depot, marshalled together, ran light engine to the yard, and attached to the train on the appropriate departure track.