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All right, I fixed the photo. Thanks for the heads up!I just got done soldering a couple dozen rail joints. I fixed up the whole Stude crossover dead area (BOTH mainlines were dead for at least 2 1/2 feet!) and I was in the middle of a power feed in the West end of WRJ yard when I was called up for dinner. I learned something about safety while soldering today too... I was bending down low to the tracks (wearing safety goggles), trying to get that feeder wire to stick , when one of our cats jumped up on the layout barely a foot from my head. I was taken by surprise and put the soldering iron down on it's rest to get the cat down...but not all the way on... As I put the cat down on the floor, I bumped the soldering iron wire, and it fell off the layout, brushed my shoulder, and fell onto the floor. I managed to remember someone's advice here not to try to catch a falling soldering iron ([:P]) and ducked away. The iron fell on the carpet, which started to smoke... I picked up the iron, stomped on the carpet to put it out, and wiped the iron on the damp sponge.If I hadn't been wearing a hat and a fleece, I'd have a pretty nasty burn on my arm right now! Of course, that wasn't exactly planning ahead for safety... It's just really cold in the unheated basement![:-^]If you've never soldered before, PLEASE don't take this that soldering is dangerous and you shouldn't do it unless completely necessary! I've been soldering for over 6 years now, and this is the only time I've even come close to burning myself. As long as you're careful, a soldering iron is no more dangerous than a toaster, for example. I've burnt myself on a toaster oven (I touched the top, not expecting it to be hot, when I was 9) but not on a soldering iron!Next I have the whole yard to do... Better get busy!
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