Hello Kevin,
I just wanted to say that you have a GREAT looking railroad there and you also have a very understanding wife. Its nice to see the wife involved also. Keep up the GREAT work.
Happy Railroading,
Ron
the last pic in the slide show has the 1st house for the layout. a birthday gift for my wife, she looks happy with it dont cha think?
All the shurbs and trees bought this fall have been planted. I do need to reduce the grade on one section of the layout...its a bit to steep and the engines let us know when they are climing it. other than that, its running well.
Kevin
Kev360500 wrote:Do you know of any software for the PC? Sorry, not a mac fan.
I dont know of any, there must be some though, oh wait, there is one...
www.rrtrack.com
good luck
I am DONE.
Well, almost. I just need to get some trees and some buildings and finish the birdge. but its more done than i ever expected this soon.
I added pics from todays work, which was mulch and cleaning up the bank.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13421463@N08/sets/72157601982837457/show/
Kev360500 wrote:I noticed that your track design looked very proffesional with scale measurements. What type of software did you use? Thanks
the software is Rail Modeller, I am running version 3.0.3. The app runs on Mac OS X.
http://www.railmodeller.com/
Its a great app, It has more items than any design app i have seen. it has all scales, more makes than any app i have seen... it even has items to design slot car layouts, HO and 1/32 scale. its a great ap. free demo too.
Whoo Hoo! the loop is now complete!
We ran trains today!
I have updated my flickr slide show to include the pics from today.
All i need to do now is get the mulch and a few trees. I will work on the bridge latter this year, its going to be a covered bridge.
Humm we use salt and vinegar on our fish and chips over here. Thanks for the tip I will try it. My tip is to grease joints in track and any steel work with the grease used on car brake pads to stop squeeling .
Huddy
hudrail wrote: Then roundup is our weedkiller of choice ," no its not said the wife" . Huddy
Then roundup is our weedkiller of choice ," no its not said the wife" . Huddy
Being a landscaper there are other ways to kill them!
Vinegar makes a great weed killer. It has to be used properly to do the job but that's true of almost anything. And it is very safe - endorsed by organic gardeners & used by railway companies to kill vegetation along rail lines that would cover tracks.
Ordinary strength vinegar (5-6% acetic acid) is used. To a gallon of vinegar, one would add a 1/2 tsp of dish detergent to act as a surfactant so the vinegar would penetrate the soil well & move down the root. Put the vinegar into a large squeeze bottle (for a small job). For larger jobs, use a garden sprayer that will deliver a thin stream instead of a wide spray.
You need to trim off leaves of weeds that cover the root (like dandelions, plantain, & other low growing weeds) but if the leaves aren't in the way, don't worry. Just make sure you aim the vinegar stream down to the ground & just around the root. It will penetrate & the weed will die in a day or two. If you spray it around, the grass or other plants will die too. It's best not to use in a mixed bed where you don't want to harm other plants.
The vinegar kills the weeds by disrupting the normal pH around the root but is quickly washed out after a rain or if one waters the lawn well. After a rain or two, one can reseed the bare patches with no harm. Pets & children will not be harmed by using vinegar & likely would stay away from the spots 'cause of the vinegary smell. Railway companies use a MUCH stronger concentration - 20% solution but at that strength, it can be dangerous to handle so don't try looking for a stronger concentration.
One more important thing - do this on a SUNNY HOT day for best effects. If you try it during cool or wet weather, your results will be poor. It needs a few days of hot weather to do the best job.
Enjoy
Toad in da Swamp
Hi I am new to this gauge. Great start I am just clearing my site its by my 1" scale Railroad which you can have a trip around at "brenthouse.co.uk". I see you are laying on ballast the same as I intend to but I am on London Clay which swells in winter and has cracks you could loose an arm in during the summer. I intend to lay railroad ties on top of each other 3 high and filling the void with crushed concrete. Then a pervious membrain then fine Granite ballast over it all. All plants will be in pots so as little soil as possible enters the top ballast layer. I have learnt in 20 years of 1" scale railroading that the wind blows and dumps soil on my ballast till it becomes loaded and grows great weeds. Then roundup is our weedkiller of choice ," no its not said the wife" . One trouble is that after 10 years trees carefully planted away from the track line grow into the track area and domestic harmony is broken. I have found it best to ask a friend to cut them down then leave for a couple of weeks. Flowers or wine on their return seems to work!
I did a bit of work on it today. I have uploaded new pics on the flikr site.
I have the other stuff already.
my son has a bachmann big hauler with some cars passenger and freight. my wife has a marklin maxi 2-6-0 that she likes, but she wants an aristo pacific with RC, sound, the works...I have a lionel 4-4-2 atlantic that I am slowly working on converting to manual control with battery. my daughter doesnt have a train, but she doesnt seem to want one, i am thinking of getting her an eggliner ladybug.
I have two other engines stashed away that no one knows about. I need to get the pacific this winter and then next fall my son can have his USA trains F3 santa fe with the 3 passenger cars. i got a LGB amtrak 103 phase V for my son as well but it will be a while before he gets it as i need to have him learn humility first, i dont want a spoiled rotten kid. he's only 7 this december.
we have been collecting for the last 5 years. but we have no houses....thats the one area that will be hard to collect for, I will be building them myself i feel.
we'll see how it all goes.
thanks Ben,
yeah, finally starting. its going to be slow now because i dont get to put much in each day.
you finally getting some together , i hope it all will work out for you , i know it takes time and i'm adding a little here and a little their ,your never done . good luck with your rail road . BEN
Ok, so I finally got pics sized for web.
Please go tohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/13421463@N08/sets/72157601982837457/show/to view the pics, i needed the space back on my webspaceKevin
Ray Dunakin wrote:Do you have any stills you can post to your website, for those of us with prehistoric computers and dialup?
I will work on getting a photo gallary up tonight.
I am hoping that its not TOO simple and that we get bored with it.
yes there is a bridge in the back corner off to the left of the pic. its a 54" span that will have a covered bridge.
it was not signed in blood, but after maggie, my wife said that she didnt like all the switches, I also noticed that was not keeping to my original plan of keeping the switches close to the edge so they could be reached easily. so I have changed the plan, for the 4th time.
ondrek wrote: so the wife can sit and watch the train go around and a round, which is what she really wanted, she didnt want a lot of switches.
So was it signed in blood?
emipapa wrote:It's looking good Kevin, keep up the good work. How were you able to take over the whole area without getting in trouble?? Keep us posted, Ron
It's looking good Kevin, keep up the good work. How were you able to take over the whole area without getting in trouble??
Keep us posted,
ah...thats the trick of this layout...its large, but it takes very little yard actually. we will still be able to use the center of the yard for playing croquet and such. also there is plenty of room in the center of the yard for a bench so the wife can sit and watch the train go around and a round, which is what she really wanted, she didnt want a lot of switches.
So, we have 2 passenger stations, and 2 freight stations. so we all win. plus this design takes less time to build.
I have a temp update to the construction pics. just click on the link in the original post. no music this time no title screens either, so you cant tell what day is what. I will get those in there latter today maybe.
getting those little screws in the track joiners and having it as level as possible and ballasting is harder than i though it was going to be.
ondrek wrote: FINNALY!I have started after 6yrs of "...we'll build it next summer..."1.7 meg video with sound, dial up bewareand if your at work, turn the sound down before you play. http://www.vermontel.net/~kevin_ondre/G_scale_Train/Stony_Yard_construction_01.movKevin
FINNALY!
I have started after 6yrs of "...we'll build it next summer..."
1.7 meg video with sound, dial up beware
and if your at work, turn the sound down before you play.
http://www.vermontel.net/~kevin_ondre/G_scale_Train/Stony_Yard_construction_01.mov
Had to play it with sound way up, bad day here! And it did cheer me up!!!!! Thank you
Looks great and next you shall have a all out yard!!!! Congrats!
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