Hey All, I'm planning on making my own modern era railyard lights, but I would like to see what lights you may have on your layouts, just to get some ideas, thanks for the help, Trainsrme1
I just put in these LED yard lights from "wehonest" (China). I'm happy with them. They have 1k resistors installed for each LED.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-pcs-HO-OO-Model-Lamp-Yard-Light-warm-white-LED-made-Lamppost-long-life-R44-/400995313121?hash=item5d5d2ee5e1
A google search "image" selections yields some more examples:
https://www.google.com/search?q=railroad+yard+light&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0h_rrpcHPAhVDSiYKHTo9CB4Q_AUICSgC&biw=1366&bih=638
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Cut the base off some Modelpower incandesant double highway lights and attached them to a piece of metal tubing.
Regards, Peter
On Previous layout of lion, these were the yard lights I made.
The deal is that the scenery was all in when I wanted to instal the lamps.
These are dowles, the insulators are seed beads, the arms holding the lamps are the LED leads. The black "transformer" is the resistor. The wires were made from a peice of zip coard with a single strand extracted and actually power the LEDs. At one end of the line of poles, a single line disguised as a guy wire connects to the ground side of the power systme, at the other end of the line the other conductor does likewise connecting to the +12vdc circuit.
f some one should lean on the wires, bringing them into contact, they will throw a very prototypical spark.
The location of these lamps mark the location of the track magnets, so that the operator across the room will know where to breeak the train. It also gives the LPPs light so that they can attend to MU connectors.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Not exactly "modern" but fairly inexpensive to scratch-build and suitable for a yard:
The tools, material list, and tutorial can be found here.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Back in the 50/60s and into the 70s flood lights on a tower was used.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Not modern era and not even a rail yard, but I made these from coffee stirrers - wood ones for the cross members and plastic tube ones for the post. The lights are grain-of-wheat bulbs with shades.
These are old plastic models.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
At one time Tyco - yes, Tyco - had some lights intended for yards. Some may actually have been introduced as accessory items to the HO slotcar line, but were not unlike what one sees at freight yards (or athletic fields for that matter).
They are at the bottom right of this page from HO Seeker:
http://hoseeker.net/tycoinformation/tycocatalog1966pg11.jpg
Dave Nelson
BRAKIE Back in the 50/60s and into the 70s flood lights on a tower was used.
That's my plan if and when I get around to lighting the yard. From the start I wanted to do night operations using only the accessory lighting on the layout. I hope to live so long but that is way down the list of things to do.
I have been waiting to get my mitts on one, or several, of these in HO:
http://www.traincat2.com/d_yardtower.htm
Maybe I'll contact the folks at Alkem. Not long ago I bought some goggle valves from Alkem so I know they are still alive.
http://alkemscalemodels.biz/yard-light-towers-1/
Here's a trick I came up with for the lights in HO. I bought a bunch of On30 Galloping Goose lights:
http://www.grandtline.com/products/images/quarter_inch/100's/150.jpg
These same lights work great for HO Gyralites for the rear of passenger cars and business car track inspection lights that mount under the platform facing rear.
With a small SMD LED in there it should make a nice looking Pyle-National type of yard light.
Just need the time to get it all together.
Maybe I can get a photo later of the Atlas/Tyco/NJI light tower as shown in Mr. Beasley's second photo above, but I have updated mine with LEDs.
Regards, Ed
Those LED yard lights are very nice! Saves $$$ if you can make your own!