Cluttered table
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Description :
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The current state of the world.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Back of the loop
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Description :
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The engine, pulling three cars, pulls around the back of the loop. Nearer, a wounded CSX boxcar sits on a siding.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Through the building
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Description :
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This building is built so that train cars can run through it. There's just enough track for a second car to sit on the far side of the building.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Picking up
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Description :
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The train prepares to leave the siding, having picked up a car from the building.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Around the curve
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Description :
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The train pulls around the curve at the right side of the table, taking the outside track.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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From above
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Description :
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An overhead view of some rolling stock.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Wiring
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Description :
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Some of the wiring isn't terribly polished yet. Red wires carry 16VAC; this switch and button control the right-hand switch machine.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Underneath the table
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Sm
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Description :
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It's pink down here too. Wires come from the power supply, into the terminal blocks, and then away and up through holes in the table.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Front of the loop
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Description :
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The train proceeds along the front of the loop.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Vacant building
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Sm
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Description :
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The building from before, without the presence of a car to load.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Electrical
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Sm
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Description :
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A 20-year-old power supply actually runs the layout quite happily. The breadboard behind it has mostly been used for experimentation; right now it can run the layout (briefly) as well.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Pick up
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Sm
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Description :
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Picking up the CSX boxcar from its siding...
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Behind building
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Sm
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Description :
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The engine pulling four boxcars behind the building.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Set out
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Sm
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Description :
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The rear MEC boxcar gets left on the main line while the engine moves the rest of the train through the building.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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All done
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Sm
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Description :
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One of the MEC boxcars and the CSX boxcar are left at the building; the engine returns to pick up the other MEC boxcar.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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All done
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Sm
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Description :
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The engine backs up to pick up the remaining boxcar.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Moving along
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Sm
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Description :
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The shorter train heads on to the inside track at the front of the loop.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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Rerailer
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Sm
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Description :
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The funny brown piece of plastic actually helps put derailed cars back on to the track. It sits on top of the rails, and has grooves for the wheels, so you can roll the car down it on to the track.
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Date :
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28 Mar 2004
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From behind
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