First Test Run

Last night after I finished work on the causeway section I did some breif tracklaying (more about this in a later post), and then hooked the track up to apower suply to run a test train. I ran a plow extra made up of Maine Central plow no. 82 and Alco RS3 no.557. The plow extra is very appropriate for my layout as I model eastern Maine in late November, when snowstorms are fairly common. I took a video of the first test run, which I was going to post here, but blogspot wouldn't let me upload it so I will just post a picture. I may add the video later if I can get things to work.

The layout did run well, especially at the slow speeds that were typical of the Calais branch.