New layout: All in a day's work - part four

Another long day of work, most of the work this time is electrical so there isn't much to see, however board two has now been wired in its entirety, which took nearly six hours to complete!

All six sections were brought in, but this time it was felt that there was no need to join them together until later in the day when the electrical work was completed.

The newly painted signal box was placed back into position.

Board three scenery is now virtually complete.

Looking down from left to right.

The rear fiddle yard sections.

After eight hours of work, the trusty green EPB came out for testing again, the three front boards were joined together and were powered for the first time using the 37pin connectors in each board.

Found an earth fault between boards one and two which, thanks to having made detailed notes and diagrams, was quickly found and resolved.

Looking up the up loop towards the TPO, the new LED signals shine brightly in the distance.

The third signal was added during this session, this one activates when either of the points on the up or down tracks is activated, later on I will also add a track isolator as a fail-safe.

Looking further up, the level crossing, shuttle signal and signal box. Sadly the shuttle signal refused to work and as I forgot to bring a test meter, I was unable to resolve the fault.

 

Signals at the end of the platform, the LEDs are really bright.

 From this angle it's possible to see into two of the tunnel mouths, the single bore tunnel will eventually link into the fiddle yard at the back, creating a run-round loop.

The track in the foreground is the shuttle loop, now totally isolated from the main loops via two additional relay controllers.

 Not much work done at this end, still waiting for more platforms. This board had already been electrically tested at home but all the electronics for the front boards are wired via this board!

We decided that another signal box wouldn't look out of place here.

Two girder bridges, repainted and separated from their bases (as they are too tall to remain in-situ)

Looking down from right to left - the upper loop starting to take shape, we were able to shuttle the EPB up and down to test it. 

Having taken board three home to work on separately, I have now repaired the only pair of points that refused to operate, all other points, isolators and the turntable control all function perfectly. 

Scenery is pretty much complete, next task is to complete the upper loop, wire and lay the remaining tracks for the fiddle yard and then test all six boards together.

Some minor work is required to the signals to stop the light shining through the back of them.

Another all-day session required at least but the deadline is a long way away. We're confident that we can finish well before October - at least all the tracks here (apart from the turntable which hasn't been tested yet) are working.