Sunday, February 5
7:30 am
It is -6 °C, with a high forecast of +7 °C.
From the Environment Canada website:
Today Mainly sunny. High 7.
Tonight A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight with 60 percent chance of flurries overnight. Low minus 5.
2:00 PM Model Trains
I began my session by running the three trains that are involved in the 2:00 PM schedule of Session 2. These are Trains #101, a passenger, Train #600, a local freight, and Train # 201, a unit coal train. This all went very well. Train #600 carried out switching moves at both Pine Ridge and Prairie Dog.
Here is a photo of Train #201 in the Coaldale siding:
Mountain building continues. I have begun using masking tape to fasten the various newspaper roll-ups to the cardboard base.
I need to convince myself that this is the way I want it before I try adding the plaster strips to this. But I need more paper before continuing.
2:00 PM Technology
I ran into a new problem this afternoon. A report that I had created with Microsoft Word would no longer print. After trying a few things I was able to verify that Microsoft Excel would no longer access a printer either. It appears that the Microsoft Office file is corrupt. Unfortunately I do not have a disc backup since this was installed at the time I purchased the computer.
There is some good news behind this. I am not using Excel for anything at the moment. For word processing I was able to read the file using the Pages app that I downloaded a few weeks ago and so I am still operational.
I may be able to replace Word with a file from my Time Machine back up but I am not sure if this is possible at the moment.