Back to Wednesday working parties this afternoon.  Some work on or maintenance to the layout boards, followed by a fish and chips supper, then the usual evening running night.

Five of us showed up (Mr Apps was visiting the dentist – waste of time as we could have done the necessary with a Dremel) to look at the poor running on the boards.  I think that we made a little progress, finding some quick fixes and planning some future work.  In particular, a little packing under the Minitrix expanding rails helped support the section and gave a smoother joint.

Allan wisely used his ‘disposable’ 66 to test the track rather than his brand new Revolution 59.

In the evening, our numbers went up to a very respectable nine.  I showed off my new brake vans on an enthusiasts special.

Chris’ lovely T9 and goods train.

Trains from Simon, Derek and Terry.

Steve and then Terry got the DCC system out and Steve quickly had his Deltic delivering the beer.  At high speed, by the blurred photo…

Lessons in DCC.  “Don’t press that button!!”

I even managed to understand the DCC hand controller, and get it working (it just needed the password re-entered.)  By 9:15pm we all seemed to have run all the trains (and drank all the tea) we wanted to, so we packed up after a good working session and a pleasant evening.

Back on Sunday for more fun and games!