I've laid more track and made it through the return loop:
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
Okay, good. I feel better now.
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ROBERT PETRICK Hey Michael - Looking at the photos of your Dec 18 post . . . Do you plan some sort of edge barrier? I get a little nervous for two reasons: 1) pushing a string of cars can cause a jackknife and it's a long dropoff, and 2) men of my, um, caliber need a couple of inches clearance between edge of benchwork and first track. Robert
Hey Michael -
Looking at the photos of your Dec 18 post . . .
Do you plan some sort of edge barrier? I get a little nervous for two reasons: 1) pushing a string of cars can cause a jackknife and it's a long dropoff, and 2) men of my, um, caliber need a couple of inches clearance between edge of benchwork and first track.
Robert
Robert,
Yes, there will be some kind of edge barrier. Luckily my waist is still size 34 and I'm keeping it that way so I don't have that particular problem ...
A nice surprise this morning, this German class 110 electric locomotive was in the mail:
The mainline has reached the staging yard:
hon30critterOK, that makes sense. I didn't realize that the return loop was so big that you couldn't reach across it. Do you plan on putting anything in the opening to catch cars in the (unlikely) event of them string lining? Dave
Dave
I definitely will. Too dangerous otherwise (don't ask me how I know...).
michaelrose55So I can get to the track. Access hole
OK, that makes sense. I didn't realize that the return loop was so big that you couldn't reach across it. Do you plan on putting anything in the opening to catch cars in the (unlikely) event of them string lining?
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critter Michael: I'm curious to know why you left the center of the staging return loop open. Dave
Michael:
I'm curious to know why you left the center of the staging return loop open.
So I can get to the track. Access hole !
I had a busy morning and early afternoon today. I screwed down all the plywood for the staging yard, installed the roadbed for the incoming mainline and the return loop, and installed all these sheets of foamboard for the yard itself:
I made the return loop for the staging yard:
I unpacked some of my PIKO turnouts and found out that I have enough space for one more staging track than I thought ! I'm using the same turnout arrangement that worked so good for my N scale layout.
I bought some plywood today and cut the sheets in half for the staging yard:
As planned I added the vertical supports:
OK, I decided on a new project. I'm going to build the west staging yard. I can do it because for this I'm going to use a different brand of track. It's code 100 track made by PIKO and I have enough track and turnouts to build the yard. I didn't want to build a staging yard this early in the construction of the layout because it means that I will have to make a decision of how many trains and what train lengths I want to run. I was trying to push this decision back as far as possible but now I guess I don't have a choice. Oh well, so be it...
I started cutting the horizontal supports and screwing them to the background. Tomorrow I will add the vertical supports, plywood will probably be put on the day after.
I finally got a shipment in from my importer but it was all turnouts and no flex track which means I have to find some other project I can do...
I only managed to install another 8 feet of striplight today:
In the afternoon I had another visitor. Doug and his wife Kelly came to see the layout and we had a fun afternoon!
I spent the rest of the afternoon removing all the 110V wiring for the old shop lights. To end the day on something positive I added another 8 feet of led strips. The room now looks a lot friendlier, can't wait until all the lighting is installed (I'm at about 50% now).
I made it around the corner and slowly the room is loosing it's dark cave feeling:
Today I took down the last 10 cheap China made shop lights:
I also added 11 feet of strip light:
Christmas is getting closer, this steam locomotive showed up in my mailbox this morning:
Besides installing and testing decoders I added 6' of led strip to expand my room lighting. Now the light runs across the back of the Breitenbach peninsula already !
I picked 5 locomotives and installed decoders. Here comes a short video of the test runs (nothing fancy):
A few decoders showed up in the mail today. That gives me something to do later...
hon30critter Michael: You mentioned that you are using wood glue to attach the track to the roadbed. What are the ties made out of? Thanks Dave
You mentioned that you are using wood glue to attach the track to the roadbed. What are the ties made out of?
Thanks
Dave,
The track has plastic ties. I use this glue and it holds the track without problems. I use it because you can pop out the track with a knife blade if you have to.
I didn't take it the wrong way, I should have added a smiley to my answer! Sorry !
michaelrose55 ROBERT PETRICK Plus/minus 0.5mm . . . gotta love that! Robert That might sound funny to you but even such a small error is quite visible! I'm trying to stay below that threshold but it's not always easy.
ROBERT PETRICK Plus/minus 0.5mm . . . gotta love that! Robert
Plus/minus 0.5mm . . . gotta love that!
That might sound funny to you but even such a small error is quite visible! I'm trying to stay below that threshold but it's not always easy.
No, no, no . . . please don't misunderstand. I was not being sarcastic, and apparently I was not being funny either. I admire close-tolerance work, and I know just how hard it is to achieve.
You are doing great work. Really.