Tuesday, January 24
5:40 am
It is -4 °C, with a high forecast of +2 °C.
From the Environment Canada website:
Today Clear. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 increasing to 50 gusting to 70 this afternoon. High plus 2.
Tonight Partly cloudy. Clearing late this evening. Wind southwest 50 km/h gusting to 70. Temperature rising to 8 by morning.
Normals: Max. -1 °C Min. -13 °C.
8:10 am Model Trains
I have put in about an hour this morning laying ballast on my mainline track. It seems to be going well. About 1/3 of the track is now complete. There will be a short delay until I buy more ballast. Hopefully the Model Baron hobby shop will have some in stock.
[Addendum: 11:00 am]
The hobby shop had the ballast so I am now ready to continue applying it to the layout.
While in the store I bought a 40' gondola car (Great Northern) which will be a nice addition to my rolling stock. The Ship It! database has been updated so it should appear in the next iteration of the switching lists. I also updated the Bento database.
I bought one example of Instant Horizons background scenes to see if I could utilize this as a general background behind the outer mainline track that runs beside the wall of the room. It seems that it might work. But rather than trying to attach it to the walls I am going to see if I can find a thin sheet of foam or masonite that could then simply lean against the walls, with perhaps a few pieces of two-sided tape to hold it against the wall. I am optimistic that this will work.