![A view of the wiring tasks.](https://i0.wp.com/designbuildop.hansmanns.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/underside_yard_throat.jpg?resize=450%2C318)
I worked on the layout over this past weekend and completed the electrical wiring on the yard throat module. While surveying the work, I realized I had not made much progress in the last 4.5 months. Of course, I do consider wiring to be sheer drudgery, yet it is a necessary evil to complete in order to make the trains go. I guess I’ve just been avoiding this work as the fun factor is quite low. It’s a basic human trait to avoid the stuff we don’t like to do.
![A terminal strip is used for multiple connections.](https://i0.wp.com/designbuildop.hansmanns.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/terminal_yard_throat.jpg?resize=450%2C234)
Over just a few days, I’ve completed the following tasks on the yard throat module.
- installed feeder wires on four tracks
- spray painted the rail and ties
- installed leads on seven SPDT momentary contact switches to control the frog polarity
- attached all feeder wires to the appropriate buss wires
![One view of the module surface.](https://i0.wp.com/designbuildop.hansmanns.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/topside_yard_throat.jpg?resize=450%2C218)
Successful completion of this work inspires and motivates me to keep moving forward. This is how my hobby ebbs and flows. I’ve rarely achieved a straight line progression in task completion. There are often bursts of activity followed by a quiet stretch. At this point, only one module remains to be electrically completed. I hope to wrap that one up in the next week as the B&O Wheeling Freight Terminal project moves closer to operation.
![Everything looks a little better with a few freight cars.](https://i0.wp.com/designbuildop.hansmanns.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/topside_yard_throat2.jpg?resize=450%2C304)
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