A trial run from Dunball Wharf station to St. Monica’s Station

The video below shows a trial run from Dunball Wharf station to St. Monica’s station, following some rewiring of control panels.

The old panel-mounted Gaugemaster units have been removed and replaced with DIN sockets, allowing either DC or DCC controllers to be plugged in, as appropriate. “Through-switching” now enables the entire layout’s traction power to be operated from a single control panel at Weatherley station, St. Monica’s station, or the fiddle yard (the other side of the wall from St Monica’s station).

Our treasurer’s class 40 was used for the test, on the grounds that it’s far bigger than anything that would be expected to appear on this branch line, so if this would go through ok, anything should!

As always, a layout is never really ‘finished’, with scenic elements and some blocks and bells still to complete, along with signals for Weatherley. (The semaphores seen at St .Monica’s have all been connected up to their servo drivers in the days since this video was shot.)

(The work being undertaken will allow members currently using the Fernhill Junction layout to migrate to other clubroom layouts such as Dunball Wharf to St Monica’s, Ballan Road or the test track, when work starts on Fernhill to upgrade some track and wiring.)

Presentation (and admittedly wobbly and awful camerawork!): Lawlogg’s webmaster & magazine editor.

Music: ‘Slow Mover’ by Johnny Pearson (KPM1021)