So I haven't had as much time to finish wiring the staging the past week as I anticipated.  But I had a little time this morning so I was able to finish soldering about half the remaining staging feeders to the track and to the bus.  I did some of it, checking for continuity with each feeder. All good.  About half way through what I did today, I also checked for shorts. Still good.   Hooked up the power to the bus and tested the track with an engine.  Working great. Removed the engine and went back to soldering.  

In my first post I talked about moving to a smaller space, a condo in Toronto with my girlfriend and how I could accommodate my passion that is my model railroad, the Ontario South Central. Well, we found a lovely place. Its an open concept loft style condo. We fell in love with our brand new living arrangement instantly. The main living room, dining and open concept kitchen is a good size for the price in Toronto at 20' x 12'. After signing off on the place I was thinking, how would I instill my passion for model railroading in this place? 

So today I started working on the feeders for my under layout staging.  This is my first time soldering feeders to track, so each set of feeders is more practice.  I drilled holes trackside since it will be hidden staging and so visible wires aren't an issue.  With each feeder I think I get a little bit better at it, though a couple of the feeders I had to do-over. 

I purchased a couple of mixed lots of HO equipment at auction. In this "stuff" there was a GP38-2  dummy and a powered GP50. I wanted the ROCK painted GP38-2. The BN GP50 had no details with it. After some research it appeared I could take the motor and power trucks from the GP50 and put it into the GP38-2.