This was a stay at home day. We spent some of the morning surfing and building toys. Ellen did a model airplane and I did a miniature ball maze thing. It's really entertaining to watch.
After that I went out to work on the train. It didn't start out well. I had to replace some of the mounting screws because the standoffs were to big. Once that was done the connection board mounted really nice.
Then I started connecting the track switch wires. There are 20 switches, 40 wires. Only three switches are close enough to the connection board to reach it without needing a wire extension. I did a total of 8 switches. It took until 4:30. I've got a system down now though, so the rest should go faster. There are 5 more switches on the bottom board. The rest are on the two plateaus. I'll have to run wires from the connection board to the area below the plateaus. I'll wire in connectors there so that the switch wires can be disconnected if I want to remove the plateaus.
It feels kind of good to get some of the wiring done. I might finish the power wiring when I'm finished with the track switches.
That was about it for the day. It's either TV or surfing tonight.
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