Wiring!

Well, it's my least favorite model railroad necessity: wiring. I dislike wiring even more than ballasting. That's why I kept my Marceline Sub simple. I've gotten most of the wiring run at Medill. I still need to drop the feeder wires tho. Also, the blue point turnout controls just dont work well with foam. So I've decided to go with Pecos despite not looking very prototypical. They look ok after ballasting tho. So, that will be my next purchase. I got to peel the protective film off the Medill control panel. It's not perfect; since when I painted it the temperature was a little under the manufacturer's minimum use at 50 degrees, so some wrinkle-age occurred. Oh well, gives it some character.
I've been preparing to get back into locomotive detailing and painting again. I got four GP7's awaiting Topeka cabs. Also, I'm hoping to order some Mark4Design GP50's soon. Mark is going the extra mile and will make them as close as he can to Santa Fe prototype without me having to do all the modifications. I's excited. GP50's were on almost every intermodal train, and were common in most normal freight consists. Can't have a 90's layout without GP50's. The other cool thing about modeling these is they dont need their fuel tanks shortened. Big plus.
Anyway, the panel for Gorin is drawn out and is ready for masking and paint. Not sure when I'll get to it. It's been raining quite a bit recently. April showers I suppose.
I've decided to eventually add three more staging tracks along the back of the yard. These will enhance westbound operation, because if I dont add them trains will have to crossover if running on the north main causing a bottleneck. I'm also going to use two Peco double slip crossovers on the yet-to-be-built locomotive staging benchwork. These aren't really prototypical, but it's in the staging room and they're major space savers.
Maybe this month if I'm able to order the new turnouts I'll update with pictures. After I get those it'll be really straight forward. The new turnouts will be thrown with choke wires and tiny collets. I'm planing to use NZT Models motorized dual control switch castings to really enhance the scenes and look really realistic.
So close yet so far to being able to switch Medill. But I'll let you guys know probably on TrainBoard when I start doing operations and ready for scenery. Laters.