I finished wiring up the lights in the remaining Altoona shop buildings. There were four in total, the coaling tower, sandbox, back shop, and an aircraft warning light in the water tower. Unlike the buildings elsewhere in the layout, which use LEDs, these use old Model Power filament bulbs salvaged from my previous layout. Here's hoping they last, because they'll be damn difficult to replace should they fail.
In other news, a few nights ago I fired up the layout for some much-needed playing of choo choos. When my M1 passed through the Gallitzin Tunnel, every car derailed. As I pushed the train through the tunnel, there was something snagging it. Long story short, the wires running to some building lights ended up hanging down over the tracks. The solution was a few stripes of duct tape.
Last but not least, I built five more 1940s-era automobiles and scattered them around Johnstown. I'd post a pic, but it's lost somewhere on my phone, which seems to be something of a Bermuda Triangle for photos.
