Percy, pulling a tar wagon and S.C. Ruffy (all Bachmann gear).
Thomas, pulling four trucks, two of which happen to be troublesome (all Bachmann gear).
Project for the kids (really!)
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Darter
Photograph of a remarkably tame Darter at Ascot Waters in Perth, Western Australia. The feather pattern is incredible.
Dingo
I saw my first Dingo yesterday – it was feeding on a kangaroo carcass on the side of the road between Tom Price and Paraburdoo. I didn’t get any photographs, we were keen to make sure we didn’t miss the plane home.
I also saw a fair few cows near the junction of the Rail Access Road and the road to the Brockman mine site (where I went for work). A lot of the mines in the Pilbara are on/near functional cattle stations. There has been plenty of rain recently so the cows looked in very good condition.
Review: Belkin Flip
I just purchased a Belkin Flip (a two computer KVM setup). It works as advertised and currently shares my monitor, keyboard and mouse between my Mac Mini and my Power Mac G4 500MHz DP. I am impressed with the quality of most of the cables. My only gripe is the paddle that allows you to switch between inputs is a little flimsy (and the cable is very thin). For the price, however, it is excellent value.
Train Set
I spent some of the weekend wiring up a switch for the train set. I now have two separate sections of track (joined so trains can travel between them but not joined electrically). I can control the sections from separate power supplies (allowing two trains to run at the same time) or control the whole board from the one supply. This is achieved using a switch and some fairly fancy (for me anyway) wiring.
On the list of things to do are:
- House the wiring and switch properly;
- Child-proof the two power supplies (so they don’t get pulled off);
- Fix a few sections of the track that seem to cause intermittent derailment;
- Take some photos (and videos) of the train set in action;
- Wire up the two “experimental” electrically controlled points (these will allow access to two sidings I have added);
- Fix some things that have been broken;
- Design and construct the tunnel, station and quarry.