Ruston Depot signs

It's been a while since I've posted last due to some personal issues and I also think I got a little burned out working on the layout after the big push on the bog and the depot.

One thing that I stopped for was that I decided to send my ISE Sensors in to ISE so they could reprogram them.  This allowed me to have a 2 second delay instead of the stock 5 second delay.   After I received the sensors, I got them tucked back into place and found that the 2 second delay is much nicer.  While they were gone I also did some work weathering  the depot a bit and I added a couple of signs to it.

These were simply made by printing the signs on my printer then gluing them to a piece  0.010" piece of styrene and applying them to the building and the shield was a decal.

First run of the crossing

Well it's not completely finished, but it's far enough along that I can test it with a train.

I'm kind of excited about this as it's the first time that I've built anything visually electronic and actually got it installed and working.  It did not go completely smooth, I had a couple of hiccups but nothing major.  I had to pick up some wire splitters that I found would make the wiring and installation easier.  I guess that's a learning process?

I've still have to install and adjust the right sensor, but that'll come once the depot is built so I can hide it within.   Once this is done, I plan to put the finishing touches on the bog and try to get that wrapped up before a planned Op Session in late Jan.

Once I get things cleaned up, I'll get another post with more pictures and maybe a better video.