Sunday October 29, 2006 8:00 am Lethbridge Sunrise 7:15 Sunset 17:15 Hours of daylight: 10:00

A. Morning Musings

8:00 am It is -2 C at the moment with the temperature to fall to -11 C by evening.

From rear window	South patio
Both images taken at 2 PM

B. Plan

Immediate
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Model Trains	Lay track for Black Diamond	4 hr
Mathematics	Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 7: quadratic reciprocity	1 hr
	Continue reading "The Equation that Couldn't be Solved"	1 hr
History	Begin reading "Marie Antoinette"	1 hr
Literature	Begin reading "The Song of Roland"	1 hr
Later
Chores	Investigate water softeners for home
Technology	Read manual for cell phone
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Begin reading "iPhoto"
	digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings
Philosophy	Read "The Art of Living" by Epictetus
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
	Read "The Computational Beauty of Nature" Chap 3
	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"
History	Continue reading "Citizens"
	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Build oil refinery diorama: add ground cover
	Assemble second oil platform kit
	Assembly of CN 5930, an SD40-2 with a NAFTA logo
Puzzles	The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #9

C. Actual/Notes

	Model Trains 47 October 29
Model Trains Chronology
5:00 PM I spent the afternoon nailing down the track in Black Diamond. I have decided to try the procedure of enlarging the holes in the track ties and then using 5/8" x 18 gauge wire nails. It took about 4 hours but I was able to cut the foam underbed to size, place the uncoupling magnets, and then nail everything in place. The complete switching yard for Black Diamond is now operational. This is the first area of the layout to have the track completely installed. Diesel locomotive CN 7847 (an Alco RS-3 diesel) conducted a test run on the Outer Mainline around Black Diamond and everything ran smoothly. I have yet to perform a series of prototypical switching activities in the Black Diamond yard. I modified some of the piping at the distillery and the track sidings now fit beside the loading platform. I also glued a couple of pieces on the loading platform that had come apart. I want to spend a couple of hours running trains from Coaldale to Black Diamond and back before deciding whether to add the ballast at this time.

5:30 PM It is beginning to get dark outside and it has been snowing all day - our first snow of the season. Everything is white.

D. Reflection