Woody goes for a walk with Mrs. Woody!

As it was a bright day Mrs. Woody persuaded me to break away from the never ending list of her jobs for me to do and go for a walk with her. Much as I did not really feel  doing like that (the walk that is - not being with Mrs. W) and was keen to continue completing her task list chores, I must admit the weather and the views along the walk and Mrs. W's company made it all worthwhile. I think this one picture sums up the why....

Back in the Man Cave and having deposited autumnal leaves on the floor - wonder where they came from? - I had some more wheel cleaning to do on rollingstock for My Last Great Projet layout. This time a rake of TTA tankers that had a tendency to derail at random points on the layout.. 

IPA or rubbing alcohol and cotton buds soon had the wheels cleaned and a few of the couplings were adjusted. Back on the layout running had improved immensely but still the occasional derailment so further investigation is needed - most probably into the wheel set back to back measurements - i.e. that the wheels are at the right gauge width..

Back on the layout itself, there has been an issue at one of the baseboard track joints where a small sag in the viaduct board has caused a hump in the trackwork both sides of the join. It is not really that noticeable visibly but put a straight edge on it and it is clearly there is a problem which also explains one or two derailments¬

Luckily I was able to break the glue joints of the track and the supporting plywood piece so that I could thin down the plywood reducing its height.

On the bench it was a case of cutting one ply off the plywood using a scalpel to cut through the glue join between the plys and then clean up the main surface.

The thinned strips were super glued back on the baseboard and then one side of the track at a time

Although ending up not bowling green flat there is a massive betterment to the track as the straight edge shows which should reflect in more reliable running of trains which means more time for playing trains going for a walk with Mrs. W and doing more on her chore list for me!