It’s Alive

So I thought I’d better test that trains can actually run on this layout before I got too far down the track (sorry). I rigged up a cheap transformer based on an eBay PWM. Then I added an a old power pack I had lying around from an old wireless phone set (I think).

My test train is from a Hornby LMS Suburban Passenger Train Pack. It’s consists of a Fowler 4P engine and 3 Stanier coaches.

Since I’m going to run DCC eventually, I need to have insulators to stop shorting out around the points. That meant I had to temporarily bridge for this test to work. After some fiddling about, success!