Gluing, gluing, gluing

 

As expected, the next step is to finish gluing all the remaining tracks down. Nothing special here ...

Wiring - cable colors

 

A quick guide on the colors chosen for the wires:

• Black: this is the O pin out from the ECoS Command Station. Any black wires can be connected to any other black wires.
• Red: there are two purposes for the red cables:

1. The B pin out from the ECoS Command Station. Any "B" cables can be connected to any other red "B" cables. This is no retro signal from those "B" cables. It is mainly used for the switches and probably some very small sections on the layout
2. Other red cables are for the retro signal for each section. Those cables cannot be mis-connected!

• White and blue cables carry the power for the switch motors
• Green: this is for powering the frog of the switches - this has not been done yet!

Wiring - part 24 of 24 (?)

 

Well, it seems that the first phase of this wiring is now complete. What's next?

1. Glue the tracks in place
2. Cut the switch bar handles
3. Program all the sections and switches into the ECoS Command Station
4. And enjoy the full layout!

Here are pictures of pretty much all the underneath of the layout:

Wiring - part 23

 

And with that, I also completed the wiring for the switch motors:

Wiring - part 22

 

Today, I completed the wiring between the screw terminals and the terminal to the rack for all the sections:

What I have left is the similar wiring for the remaining switch motors. Almost there ...

Wiring - part 21

 

Yesterday, I didn't wire the switch motor C4; this is done now:

Moving to the next section, I installed switch motor C5 and all the sections G6, G7, G8, and G9:

As it turns out, those switch motors were not wired yet; this is done now:

Moving back on the other end, I installed switch motor E3 and all the surrounding sections:

As mentioned previously, I have yet to draw the wires between the rack connectors and the screw terminals. This is true for the wiring I've done over the last couple of weeks.

Wiring - part 20

 

More wiring in the zone of switches C3 and C4:

HLE 1906 avec sa rame de voitures M6 qui croise un AM86 945

 

Just to enjoy!

Lineas 186 258

 

During the pandemic, Lineas launched a white locomotive dedicated to Covid-19 heroes. It's the Traxx 186-258 - article here:

Lineas even provided a Google album for those photos.

This engine has been seen mostly in front of freight trains, but it has actually been in front of the VSOE:

Rails Models Creation

I'm lucky that Rails Models Creation agreed to make that engine from the Roco model 73215:

Here's how it looks:

Wiring - part 19

 

Unlike what I mentioned on my previous post, I've decided to wire as much as I could in the sections I'm accessing. I have yet to wire between the screw terminals back to the rack connectors:

Wiring - part 18

 

A short update only here:

Wiring - part 17

 

Following one of the previous wiring post, I'm working on sections G1, G2, and G3, which include switch motors TA3, TA4a, TA4b, TD3, and TD4:

Opening for Spring