I spent some of the afternoon today getting the wiring done for the first FT Turnout. I choose the yard goat pulling a string of flat cars for the first train through. The flat cars are a bit on the light side, and I figured they would tell me right away if something is amiss! First time I ran it through the tunnel and across the turnout... Sure enough most af the cars ended up derailed. Checked the loco and while it didn't derail, there was a huge cobweb sticking to the front of the boiler. Better than a rat I guess! Rerailed everything and tried it again. No problems whatsoever, so I figure the problem may have either been in the tunnel, or a piece of ballast or other material somewhere along the line. I ran them slow. I ran them Fast. I ran them forward and backward..... Smooth as silk, and no more derailments! For my first scratch built turnout in close to 25 years..... Not bad. Some photos of the first train:
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Here's a shot of my soon to be MRR Space, I never had dedicated space before. It's roughly 9.5 x 9.5.
Next are two shots of my 1 of 4 sectional layout I'm building to fit in that space. Still lots of work to do. And probably redo.
C&HV GP9 200 stops at North American Knitting to pick up a empty car.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
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AltoonaRailroaderHere's a shot of my soon to be MRR Space, I never had dedicated space before. It's roughly 9.5 x 9.5.
A pic of my GM&O 906 on the "Gulf Breeze & Holley" Layout
The Skipper
CEO Gulf Breeze & Holley Railroad
Pictures etc are finished
Now I need to get the courage to try clouds and scenery on the background blue
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ME&O
C&HV power rests between runs at DM Yard locomotive facilities
AltoonaRailroader Here's a shot of my soon to be MRR Space, I never had dedicated space before. It's roughly 9.5 x 9.5. Still lots of work to do. And probably redo.
Still lots of work to do. And probably redo.
May I suggest that before you start filling the room with bench work, get a lid on it. And get something under your feet. A drop ceiling will help control the dust and dirt on the layout. And cheap carpet will save your knees while you are crawling around underneath same. Voice of experience here.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
Don't recall if I posted this last week or not. A typical day in Lebanon, NH, on the White River Southern Railroad. As we arrive at the east end of the yard by the depot, yard job LE-1, with leased CSX U23B #3243, is busy building local LE-2. After it departs behind GP18 #9423, we'll climb a hillside to watch the rolling meet between manifest CDWJ, entering the yard for classification, and intermodal hotshot WJCD.
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UncBob, I am more taken by the great pictures you have on the wall's than the layout. They look great!
I hate Rust
Wow! There's a lot of heavy lifting going on around here!
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Grampys Trains Just a yard shot, RS3 No.8856 WB.DJ.
Just a yard shot, RS3 No.8856 WB.DJ.
Thanks, Ed, I appreciate your comment. DJ.
DJ -- a question from the other post-- why did you have a problem building your yard on a curve?
John
Hi John: Well, most of the tracks were out of reach, I had no clue as to how a yard was supposed to work , so I built a cityscape at the curve, and moved the yard to it's present location, I think a much better location. DJ.
stebbycentral AltoonaRailroader Here's a shot of my soon to be MRR Space, I never had dedicated space before. It's roughly 9.5 x 9.5. Still lots of work to do. And probably redo. May I suggest that before you start filling the room with bench work, get a lid on it. And get something under your feet. A drop ceiling will help control the dust and dirt on the layout. And cheap carpet will save your knees while you are crawling around underneath same. Voice of experience here.
Oh yeah, that's the plan. Definitely something cushion-ee under the feet and the plan is to put a drop ceiling in at some point. :)
DrilineAltoonaRailroader Here's a shot of my soon to be MRR Space, I never had dedicated space before. It's roughly 9.5 x 9.5. Great looking train room. Might i suggest a shelf layout around the walls. You'll have plenty of room for industry and yards with up to 14" wide shelves.
AltoonaRailroader Here's a shot of my soon to be MRR Space, I never had dedicated space before. It's roughly 9.5 x 9.5.
Thanks Driline. Definitely going to do an around the walls type at 24". Might be a little tight in the middle, but it'll just be me anyhow. I don't have any MRR friends. :)
I've started with the first segment of a new module. Narrow gauge, ~ 10 ' long
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Hi, I am building the Wooland Sceinics scenery kit. This is it so far.
Next step is the ground cover. Any tips on how to do ground cover. I usualy apply PVA glue to the area to be covered, then scatter ground cover on top and pat down with my hand, but the instructions say lay the ground cover then spray scenic cement. Which is prefered?
Thanks
PaulWhitt20
Grampys TrainsHi John: Well, most of the tracks were out of reach, I had no clue as to how a yard was supposed to work , so I built a cityscape at the curve, and moved the yard to it's present location, I think a much better location. DJ.
I understand, and it definitely looks terrific.
Do you have any pictures of the curved yard, what it looked like?
Thanks, John. Unfortunately, I didn't get a decent camera until after I'd ripped out that mistake. And, I'm not saying a yard can't be on a curve, just that my attempt wasn't a good idea. DJ.