From Evernote:

57xx Reborn

(With apologies for the arty in-camera effect.)

Most excited to receive replacement Bachmann motor in the post today for the beauty above.  Disappointed with performance, though. Motor which packed up was silky smooth, this one's jumpy from stand still and a litte lumpy with slow running. Still, it's only had five mins running free round the outer loop so hoping will settle ...

From Evernote:

This train ....

... won't pass between tracks if they're even fractionally uneven (and I mean fractionally - the drive wheel bogie needs the four wheels in each corner to be absolutely flat or it doesn't get traction) but, more annoyingly, it lists to port.  I have had the whole thing to pieces using Hornby's original data sheet but not even the mearist hint of why it should be doing this.  Ideas welcome.

From Evernote:

Breaking Wires

Minor disaster earlier when the switch panel look a tumble after the hinge broke.  The Expo 7/0.2mm wires made a valiant attempt at breaking the fall, but only for a nano-second, leaving me with a lot of unlabeled wires. 

(Did I learn nothing from data centre installs?)

A two-hinge and gaffer tape solution is to be implemented.

(Clearly not.)

From Evernote:

Two Management Announcements

The management of GMRCoEH would like to make the following announcements:

1. The half-inch of water currently underlying the entire location of the railway will have little impact on services due to stunning forward-planning meaning the baseboard legs have half-inch high polyurethane risers attached to the bottom.  (Flooding issue will be resolved entirely when a suitable sized sponge can be found.)

2.  The management team are very much looking forward to the following corporate outing on Saturday: