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Monday, August 15th, 2011, the Black Canyon Railroad left it’s home of thirty five years in the Arizona Room of Construction Superintendent Harold Shelton’s home. Having been built in place, the pieces were very difficult to get out, especially the Exodus Yard end.
View where Jonah Junction used to be. Obadiah peninsula to the left; Exodus to the right beyond Isaiah.
Obadiah peninsula moved out of the way, up against Jeremiah.
Left end of Jeremiah, the duckunder goes there. Alpha is located in the missing piece.
Obadiah peninsula headed around the pool and out the gate.
Getting ready to move Isaiah. Note the lack of a roundhouse. These two pieces had to be moved forward until the Arcadia door allowed three inches of wiggle room to get them apart; they had been built to very tight tolerances.
Jeremiah and Omega have been removed; cleaning the area for the big removal.
Next up – pictures of the new home, in progress, at An Affair With Trains. The general plan is to rewire each section prior to the new placement. There is a rumor that Ring Engineering has been rather generous in allowing a test of their new radio control system.
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The physical railroad is moving.
At about 15′ wide and 18′ long, it’s not moving in one piece. Harold originally built it with transportation in mind (although, after thirty years, transporting it did not stay at the top of the priority list) and it is therefore built in sections.
The first cut was made by Harold himself. After about four hours of work, Richard, Bob and Cary were able to get the first section separated from the rest. Two more followed in quick succession.
A dinner break was called before the final business meeting at the current location. The operators of An Affair With Trains were in attendance, to answer any questions about the destination and the disposition of the railroad. The Museum will still be holding operating sessions on the railroad in it’s new home in the back of the store. Yes, the layout will be on display and have operating trains on it, visible anytime the store is open (Tuesday thru Friday 10-5:30, Saturday 9-3, and Sunday 1-4). Pardon the dust while we get the layout ready for it’s public appearance.
Nothing is final or definite yet – however, we are holding a special meeting prior to the regularly scheduled operating session on Friday, June 2, 2011.
The railroad has new power supplies and distributors, and is ready to run again. On April 1, the club met to do a little cleaning and adjusting. Friday, April 8, will be a business meeting. The next operating session will be Friday, April 15th.
Power and control have been restored to the railroad. Normal operating session has been scheduled for Friday, April 1st, 2011 at the normal time. Here’s to a long life for the power supplies!
It would appear that the power supplies for the DCC system that keeps the freight and passengers rolling on the Black Canyon Railroad will be out of service for a while longer – long enough, at least, to cancel this week’s operating session.
We are all looking forward to getting back on the throttles.
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Track Plan: I am in the process of trying to get either overhead photos taken and stitched together, or an accurate track plan drawn for the various areas spoken of in the tour of the layout.
Location of the layout: as mentioned in here on the “About” page, the layout is currently located in the former Arizona room of the Superintendent’s house in the middle of Phoenix, Arizona. If you would like to visit/tour/view the railroad, please contact us at the e-mail address listed above.
Increasing Traffic: We have plenty of traffic on the railroad, thank you.
Increasing the Length: The main line is plenty long right now, thank you. Once we find a permanent home for the layout, we will be increasing the length at that time, but I don’t think we will need anyone’s help.
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In other news – the power supplies for the layout were sent to Digitrax for servicing, and once they were installed back on the road they failed to work. Not being 100% sure of the problem, we are opting to have Richard (an electrical engineer type by trade) take a look at the issue before we send them back to Digitrax. For now, this means that operating session are suspended until we get the power supplies back on line.
At the last Annual Meeting, the vote was unanimous to have the current board continue in their positions.
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