Started by finally getting the hardboard in above the staging yard for the helix base. Once the hard board was in the lighting for the staging area became a need. We were concerned with the type or even color of lighting that we put in on the staging area as it is mostly there just to check on thing and a little bit of work light should cars derail.
We are using LED lighting on our layout and from working on another project I had a section of blue LEDs that were pretty close to the right size, and I had already soldered on the leads! Mounted the LEDs on the inside of the front piece of 1x4 and it is illuminating across the tracks. The LEDs run on 12v, and though I will eventually add a larger 12v power supply to the area when lights are added for the helix area and other lighting in the nearby area, today I just found an old 12v power supply from something that disappeared awhile ago yet the power supply went into a box.
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