OMG

 Oh my gosh, this guy does great work!  So, while the green loco ran well for a little while, it has slowed down again.  More repairs.  But check this out:

The third section of the Knowledge Park Shortline Railway is complete!

This will finish the model of Knowledge Park as it was in 1953 plus a major portion of downtown Rock Hill, SC.  I wondered why Jim had so many cars on this section of the layout when he had mentioned how tedious it is to make and paint the vehicles.  He explained that it was afternoon shift change and the cars were leaving and entering the too-small parking lot!!

We removed lower display case doors, sliding side glass doors, and unbolted/unscrewed top before the section arrived.  When the movers got there, they helped us pull the end glass out of the frame.

Surprisingly, the section fit well with even a few inches left over.  The "T" shaped layout has a slightly angle bottom of T which might have over lapped the closest right corner in photo.  But we even scooted the whole shebang over a bit to the right!

Sometimes you can get more help than you need and things get slowed down.  . .

Just kidding.  The layout is designed to attract attention and get folks interested in what was "high tech" formerly.

Finished display is outstanding, but operations still have a bug or two to work out.  Street lights and building lighting came right up.  But, there's a bug in the controls for the railroad -- something is generating a short.  Troubleshooting and wire chasing to come.