With the increase in locos on Pix Valley, the board
of trusties decided to allocate funds for the construction of the Western Hills
MPD extension. First off was some groundwork. A dry test of the proposed new
site was made.
Construction of the new base board was completed and fitted
together with the support frame.
Power for the DCC buss is connected though the 8mm fixing bolts.
The old track bed was wetted and lifted from the ballast the
remains of the latter scrapped away, a new turnout has been trial fitted.
I
have a slight concern regarding the DCC wiring with this turnout configuration
I prepared the live frog Peco turnout the
same as all my other turnouts i.e. snip where the rails are already gapped cut the wire links and bridge between stock and closure rails.
Finally
the top of the board was cut out and a recess created to accommodate the Hornby
R070 turntable.
Modification to the turntable power to is through the slip ring which is modified to be 2 concentric circles ensuring the polarity matches the input rail then each of the spurs are wired to the DCC buss maintaining the correct polarity. This enable sound enabled locos the remain “live” whist on the turntable.
