http://www.icgrr.com/blog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:41:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Upper Facia This past Saturday Baron helped me get the upper level facia installed. It is 1/8″ masonite. This was a somewhat tedious task of ripping the masonite (in the garage- oh yeah, it was about 15 degrees out!); take the pieces downstairs; clamp them up; trace out the ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=28 Unproductive? Well I can’t believe it is almost Christmas. It seems that each time I go to update this journal, I am struck by how little I have gotten done. It is a recurring theme. But then I consider the other things I have done since the last ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=27 This winter / spring was not as productive as I had hoped for the layout. Model railroading gets pushed to the bottom of the priority list quite often. Here’s what’s been going on. Three Rivers OpSig A few weekends ago I attended the second bi-annual Three Rivers Opsig event in ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=25 I have been able to get a few things accomplished over the past couple months or so. It doesn’t look like much, but I have hit a few significant milestones. DS64 Installations I have been playing around with my DS64 installations since the early summer. As of now, I have ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=24 South Staging South staging is now in and powered. South staging is meant to represent off-layout destination points south of Champaign, primarily Memphis and New Orleans. The three switches in south staging also have their tortoises installed. The order in which I installed things caused me a little ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=23 It has been a while since I have updated the construction journal on actual progress on the layout (since May). Despite being quite busy over the summer and now into the fall, there have been a few things that have gotten done. The Spring ‘07 Midwest Regional convention ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=22 This past weekend I attended the bi-annual AmRail operations weekend in the Chicago area. This is a three day, four operating session event. I think there were approximately 35 attendees and something like 7 layouts participating. Here is my review… Friday night - Jim Carney’s JRC After leaving work ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=21 I had some of the USRA guys over a few weeks ago for a work session. It was a painting party! We got the entire upper valence painted in a semi-gloss black. I used a semi-gloss to help with infra-red throttle signals. I think the black ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=20 Last weekend I attended the bi-annual Michigan Proto Operators “Op Ti U Drop” weekend with about 5 other USRA members. I think the total attendance for the weekend was upwards of 90 people. This was the third time I have attended this type of operations weekend event, having ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=19 Trains are running on the ICG!! Well, not very far, but they are running. The helix has power, and there is about 30′ of powered track up on the upper level. This doesn’t sound like much, but it is a huge milestone! Since I plan on ... http://www.icgrr.com/blog/?p=18