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The saga continues. I didn’t like the look of the front and back parapets. I added the width of the column when I built it instead of just doing the column so I redid the parapets and I added about 1.5mm strip stock to the side walls’ height for the roof slope to match the parapets’ slope.

I also started working on the concrete foundation/pier. Using .030 sheet I fashioned the floor and the pier sides. I used some rectangular tubing to give the pier depth and to add surface to attach the footers.

I found some HO scale pier footings to use for the building and trestle footings; unfortunately when I started placing them I found that they are not the same height and they are not level either. They will be perfect for the Central Valley bridge supports I ordered (which is their intended use).

Back to the drawing board…

My module was shipped today, so I thought I should get busy working on the stuff going in the module.

I started with the machine/conveyor house of the Charleston, SC Coal Tipple. I started cobbling the building together with DPM’s brick wall sections and scratch-building and kit bashing pieces.

I’m building it before the rear wall collapsed. The rough structure is done and then onto the foundation. I included a couple of pics of the real building.

I am working on prepping my wiring for my module and I’m using the Anderson connectors and I was reading, the standard uses the Kato male connectors.

How do I replace the white and blue wire in the Kato connectors with the red and yellow wires? Enquiring minds want to know or at least me?

After attending the NMRA Train Show in Chattanooga and seeing the incredible National T-Trak Layout, I decided to jump in with both feet and start a module.

I ordered a double module from T-Trak by Denniston. My mainline will be all deck girder bridges. It’s based on the abandoned Port of Charleston Coal Tipple with a new bridge installed across the Cooper River near it.

There will be a spot of “dry” land and rest water. I figure, if I’m diving in, go for it…