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Gosh - it's a long time since I posted any progress, but it feels like a lot has happened on the layout in those 6 months. The most recent milestone was completion of all the originally planned trackwork, all running, with turnout motors, electric uncoupling magnets functioning and locos running on DCC without hesitation or deviation, but with repetition. I have three locos chipped now and DCC has been some learning curve. Whilst not after sound or lights, I did want to capture the running characteristics of each loco, and also to have operation precise enough to be able to operate with Sprat and Winkle couplings. This is still a work in progress. I am using ZTC controllers (one base unit plus two hand-held units) and chips are a mixture of Bachmann, Digitrax and DCC Concepts. All seem to work pretty well.
The photos show the trackwork at Cowes which I now regard as "finished" - i.e. ballasted, weathered and fully operational.
I also have some items of rolling stock under construction now the hard slog of putting the infrastructure in place is complete. Signalling is a major task which lies ahead on the infrastructure front, as is laying the track for Medina Wharf (which, as an afterthought, will have a highly compressed and adapted track layout).
Chris
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