Onward and upward!

Hello again, blog readers! Our new turnouts have made life easier on The Very Small Railroad (OSR). Some tweaking was needed and some may still be ongoing. We can now move rolling stock from place to place on the module somewhat smoothly. We did the replacements in stages so as to interfere as little as possible with rail traffic movement. The new “drop-in” design went well also. The hardest part to the upgrade was in fact digging out the old turnouts and removing the old rail. A new updated utility knife purchase made this easier also. Everything that is up to the new specifications now moves smoothly. Some older equipment had improved performance too. On the other hand, some older equipment had hybrid experimental running gear with others having the original running gear. These cars were removed to the “shop” area for upgrading. As of the writing, only three have been done. Eight more need work. The shifter needs a repair as well. It looks like omscaler has his work cut out for him. We will get ‘er done, omscaler