A momentous day with the long-awaited delivery of the Planet locomotive.
It was very well packed in a wooden crate with foam packing on all sides. The battery drill got a workout unscrewing numerous screws holding the crate together.
Finally, after freeing the loco from the crate, one end of the crate was used as a makeshift ramp to roll it down onto the track in the garage.
Mini Train Systems had separately shipped the plug-in speed controller, so it was a simple matter of plugging that into the rear of the cab, closing the main circuit breaker and away we go for the first test run.
