The dreaded OVLD reared its head again today on the model railway. What had I done wrong? I checked the connections, reversed the wiring to the Cobalt point motors ¹ but to no avail. Back to basics and I found the reel of solder wire was lying across the tracks. Problem solved.
On to Point no 15 … this time, everything I did led to the OVLD sign. Reasoning that human error is the usual source of the problem, I found that I had used a non insulating rail joiner on the live frog. Basic error. Even worse, I had used my last irj. Oh well, off to the model shop in the am and continue to be thankful for a local model railway shop; not all people are so blessed.