Success!

I've brought the control panel home and I've been able to try it out. I had a couple of wires swapped over, but other than that all. so far, is OK. The switched track section all work and the 3 points with motors also work.

Finished!

I've finished wiring up the control panel for Hannerton New Street. I'll take the box home and get it working on the layout. The brown circuit board that can be seen in the photograph will now be removed. This will mean I can build and test the circuits for the train detection and signal control during lunchtimes at work. The circuit board can then be taken home for testing in the box on the layout.

Hannerton Electrics

In preparation for the completion of the control panel (surely not too many more lunch hours needed?) I've added the shelf that will support it.

I've also made a start at fitting and wiring up the point motors.

Hannerton Bridge Mock-Ups

First off, I've boarded the section of roof over Hannerton station. This is primarily to make the area a bit brighter and less dingy. It will get painted white at some point.

Thinking ahead I've mocked up the bridges and tunnels at each end of the station area. This will allow me to check for clearances before committing to the final structures. At the west end of the station the tracks disappear under a road bridge.

And at the east end of the station the lines disappear into a dingy tunnel under the city streets of Hannerton.

Whoops - I forgot about that!

It occured to me while I was wiring up the Hannerton control panel that it would be useful to indicate to the person operating Hannerton whether their own controller was connected to the track, or whether the Essington controller was 'in charge' Essington is the master control panel and has a switch to make this choice. Since this wasn't on the original control panel I've had to add a label. Two additional LEDs will be added, a red to indicate that Essignton is in control and a green to indicate local control.

Holiday Arrivals

I got home from 2 weeks holiday to a couple of packages. One was the colour light signals for Hannerton Station. I've temporarily mounted one.

The other new arrivals were two more Lucas vans, giving a total of four.