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 Good Morning Everyone,I can´t believe that the weekend is already over - time passes by so rapidly these days. Reminds me, that I have still 20 job applications outstanding; sending a little e-mail, saying "thanks, but no thanks" seems to be too much of an effort nowadays. That deserves a [tdn]Chloe, I now I am late this morning - I´ll go for good ol´ breakfast American style - with all the works, thank you.[quote user="Blazzin"]  Ulrich.. now you've really got my attention.  This is something~!   One question.. Middle right.. is that some signal bridge going over the tracks? [/quote] Keith - no, it is not a signal bridge - it´s a bridge holding the overhead catenary system Dave is installing. Looks good, but is a heck of a job to do. My layout won´t have this, I´ll stay with my Diesels.If you´d like to follow up on the construction of Dve´s layout, here is a <a href="http://www.crmforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=crmml&action=display&thread=1875&page=1" target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.crmforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=crmml&action=display&thread=1875&page=1">link</a> with great pictures! Those extra 4 feet I can use installing cassette staging left and right from the layout, as it´ll pass in front of the book case on the right side. I had to make the layout plan a little deeper - it is now 2 feet deep. I need to put coasters under my desk to be able to pull it out a little. I am now doing the "engineering" work for the benchwork, which will be much easier to build as for the previous layout idea. It´ll be a sandwich construction, using a 12 mm MDF board as a base and a 12 mm MDF board "cookie-cut" on top, with 50 mm stringers as spacers. I will wire the layout for DCC , but will operate my one and only loco  DC at first, until I can afford to buy a DCC system. Work will start in about a month, when my son has his wardrobe back.Barry - how awful! I am so glad you weren´t hurt! I have absolutely no tolerance for anyone driving intoxicated. My teenage girl friend was killed by a drunk driver 35 years ago, while we were going for a walk. That moment the world had stopped turning for me.  The driver got a 5 year sentence, but was pardoned after 3 years - too low a price for killing someone.Lee - congrats on your purchases!Sawyer - you´ve got some awfully good looking Diesels there!Sam - DCC programming is a hassle. I´ve spent hours on it, only to find out, that the effect I was trying to get was just not there. I have never understood, what the difference between programming on the main and on the programming track is. On my previous DCC layout, I had a track separated with two plastic rail joiners to serve as a programming track. Track voltage was the same, but I was able to "route" the power supply to either the main or the programming track via a toggle switch. I just guess, the main reason is not to "disturb" other locos on your layout. I may wrong with this ... [%-)] Have a good day!
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