Your Layout Videos

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Nice video, your scenery is coming along nicely. How come you don't have a piece of wood or anything to put your track on?

[ModelTrainLover]

Here is another one I made.

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/Trainboy13/?action=view&current=MVI_0384.flv

is the light good? and is the cameria high enough?

[jon grant]

I have no video camera. I did all my videos with my Canon Powershot camera.

 

Same camera that I use, Wolfgang - Canon A620 Powershot.

Click on 'my videos' at the bottom of this post to see how they come out.

 

Jon

[Anonymous]

Watching all your sound locos makes me want to spend the extra money for sound.  Is anybody using the video function on their digital camera for their videos? I was wondering how the quality would be.

You might want to get the Sound... it's so worth it.

I had to take Medicine for the headache after shooting the F units for a video. It was LOUD. But a good loud. You may not want that sound all the time and can always run em with it off.

[CrossTrack Trains]

Watching all your sound locos makes me want to spend the extra money for sound.  Is anybody using the video function on their digital camera for their videos? I was wondering how the quality would be.

You might want to get the Sound... it's so worth it.

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Perfect lighting! Nice layout BTW!

[ModelTrainLover]

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/Trainboy13/?action=view&current=MVI_0386.flv v

here is one I made a few days ago. Is the lighting good or too much?

[Anonymous]

Virus Warning. IMPORTANT MUST READ!!

I just received the following warning from a credible source.

Sue Davis
Executive Director
MNGRR
58 Fore Street
Portland, ME 04101
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
http://www.mngrr.org/

> --------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
> BETTER  SAFE THAN SORRY. READ AND HEED.
 I just verified this  with Snopes and  it is REAL. ALSO WENT TO TRUTH
OR  FICTION AND IT'S on  their site also.
 PLEASE INFORM  EVERYONE
   Emails with pictures  of Osama  Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and
the moment that you open  these emails your computer will crash and you
will not be able to fix  it!
    If you  get an email along the lines of "Osama  Bin Laden Captured"or  "Osama  Hanged" don't open the  attachment.
  This e-mail is being  distributed through countries around the globe, 
but mainly in the US and  Israel
 Be considerate &  send this warning  to whomever you know.
 PLEASE FORWARD THIS  WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
  You  should be alert during the next  3 weeks
 Do not  open any message with an  attached file called "Invitation" regardless of who  sent it.
 It is a virus that  opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole
hard disc C of your  computer.
    This  virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address
in his/her contact list,  that is why you should send this e-mail to all 
your contacts.
    It is  better to receive this message  25 times than to receive the 
virus and open it.
    If you  receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a friend, 
do not open it and  shut down your computer immediately.

 This is  the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by
 Microsoft  as  the most destructive virus ever
 This virus was  discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no
repair yet for this kind of  virus.
This virus simply  destroys the Zero  Sector of the Hard Disc, where
the vital information is  kept.
SEND  THIS  E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Rubbish.

Olympic Torch Hoax
 http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-022115-0852-99

 

Hoax Page from Symantec
 http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/threatexplorer/risks/hoaxes.jsp

 

Internet Storm Center
 http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/threatexplorer/risks/hoaxes.jsp

Dont bother with the emails from people you dont know or emails you didnt expect.

Dont worry about the computer. There is nothing important on it that you gotta save.

If you did have things you cannot lose on the computer, put them on a seperate hard disk or burn them to DVD or CD. That way if your machine totally fails you will still have your data.

And last.... but not least...

Dont populate this alarmist and mythical trash all over the forums. It is totally unnecessary and without knowing or being ignorant can get alot of people into trouble needlessly.

Finally the address specificed in the letter is rubbish as well:

www.mngrr.org
Pings and resolves to: IP 66.33.197.104

ARIN at  http://ws.arin.net/whois

Address:    10 Pointe Drive
Address:    Suite 235
City:       Brea
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 92821
Country:    US

NetRange:   66.33.192.0 - 66.33.223.255
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NetName:    DREAMHOST-BLK1
NetHandle:  NET-66-33-192-0-1
Parent:     NET-66-0-0-0-0

Problem closed.

[ModelTrainLover]

fine forget about the virus thing.. lets get back to trains

[myowngod]

These videos are of the layout my Dad and I are building.  I've been taking progress videos as I've built it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ITth_bPz5Mg&mode=related&search=

If you click on the tab to the right of the video market "More From This User" then you'll see all my vids on youtube.  It's the complete report on my layout.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Anonymous]

I have no video camera. I did all my videos with my Canon Powershot camera. Look at YouTube or at my video site. I miss the zoom function from a video camera.

Wolfgang 

I confess to downloading some of the videos and watching them with full attention. You have done a wonderful job.

I was wondering about some of the on-track ones LOL.

[wedudler]

I have no video camera. I did all my videos with my Canon Powershot camera. Look at YouTube or at my video site. I miss the zoom function from a video camera.

Wolfgang 

[ModelTrainLover]

Safety Valve- nice video of the Big Boy and 844.

here is one in the parking lot of a local resturant http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/Trainboy13/trains%202/?action=view&current=MVI_0376.flv

[Anonymous]

Safety Valve-WOW! That has one heck of a zoom on it!

The Monument zoom was at least a mile and the target was very BIG. Heck, the metal plate on the side of the thing is higher than a man.

The other zoom im still learning, putting too much on too fast or pulling it out too fast. I definately know the next camera will have optical zoom as the digital does not really cut it. Yes it will cost more but be better.

It's a Sony DVR 460 Camcorder, I must have bought the very last one availible in my state... as a demo for at least half off retail.

[loathar]

Safety Valve-WOW! That has one heck of a zoom on it!

[Anonymous]

Here is the video I shot with the Concord 3 mp digital camera a few years ago when the 3895 came to town.

 http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x173/fallsvalleyrr/?action=view&current=3895MabelvaleFinal.flv

There is no sound, the camera did not have it. The quality was not there either because there was not enough beef in the moving picture size. And finally there was no tripod, I had to use a Fire Hydrant Post Block to steady the thing.

About a year or so later the 844 came along. This time there is no questioning the quality of the video as it came off the DV Hi8 digital tape.

 http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x173/fallsvalleyrr/?action=view&current=Shorter844EditFinalMabelvale.flv

This particular video has been edited and reedited so much as people wanted shorter and shorter versions. The orginal I think was 7 minutes as we waited on the thing to get moving again after stopping down the track. But after a 3 hour wait and 6 trains for it to arrive, no one was in any particular hurry.

[dragenrider]

Watching all your sound locos makes me want to spend the extra money for sound.  Is anybody using the video function on their digital camera for their videos? I was wondering how the quality would be.

That's what I used to shoot my videos.  That's why they are so short. 

By the way, seeing every one else's video is spurring me on to complete some more scenery and try again!  Great stuff is being posted here!

[Anonymous]

Not too good. I shot the 3895 Challenger with my little Concord and it started to fail when it tried to process the driving rods at track speed in Mabelvale the last time it visited. I will attempt to find the clip and post it against the Camcorder footage of the 844 today.

[loathar]

Watching all your sound locos makes me want to spend the extra money for sound.  Is anybody using the video function on their digital camera for their videos? I was wondering how the quality would be.

[MilwaukeeRoad]

You should make a tutorial!

[dragenrider]

Where did you get those locomotives/sound chips?

Milwaukee Road,

Are you asking me or someone else further up in the post?  If it's me, the GP7 is an Athearn BB with a can motor, Ernst slow speed gears, NWSL wheels and LokSound decoder.  The paint job is straight out of a spray can.  The roof is done with a black magic marker.  I printed my own decals.

The 70 tonner is one of the newer single motor Spectrum models with the original DCC board ripped out.  I replaced the old board with a LokSound micro decoder, added new lights, and used small lead shot to add weight.  The paint job is Spectrum's original unlettered version which happens to match my other engines.  It'll get decals.....some day...

If you weren't asking me, ignore the previous two paragraphs. 

dragen,

   now you make me want to go rip out the board in my 70ton and replace it .

Go for it!  It can only get better! 

[Milwhiawatha]

Where did you get those locomotives/sound chips?

Milwaukee Road,

Are you asking me or someone else further up in the post?  If it's me, the GP7 is an Athearn BB with a can motor, Ernst slow speed gears, NWSL wheels and LokSound decoder.  The paint job is straight out of a spray can.  The roof is done with a black magic marker.  I printed my own decals.

The 70 tonner is one of the newer single motor Spectrum models with the original DCC board ripped out.  I replaced the old board with a LokSound micro decoder, added new lights, and used small lead shot to add weight.  The paint job is Spectrum's original unlettered version which happens to match my other engines.  It'll get decals.....some day...

If you weren't asking me, ignore the previous two paragraphs. 

dragen,

   now you make me want to go rip out the board in my 70ton and replace it .

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Don't worry lol, I was asking you.

Great modifications!

[dragenrider]

Where did you get those locomotives/sound chips?

Milwaukee Road,

Are you asking me or someone else further up in the post?  If it's me, the GP7 is an Athearn BB with a can motor, Ernst slow speed gears, NWSL wheels and LokSound decoder.  The paint job is straight out of a spray can.  The roof is done with a black magic marker.  I printed my own decals.

The 70 tonner is one of the newer single motor Spectrum models with the original DCC board ripped out.  I replaced the old board with a LokSound micro decoder, added new lights, and used small lead shot to add weight.  The paint job is Spectrum's original unlettered version which happens to match my other engines.  It'll get decals.....some day...

If you weren't asking me, ignore the previous two paragraphs. 

[MilwaukeeRoad]

Where did you get those locomotives/sound chips?

[dragenrider]

Here are four short videos from my layout.  They certainly don't come close to the Central Indiana and Ohio above!  The scenery isn't complete, but I do have sound in my engines.

The Cedar Branch & Western's short tourist train, lead by a GE 70 tonner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZqVSIpD35M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhMdOFQxZUQ

A derailment caught live on film, much to the embarrassment of the CB&W:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1PP1QBkgjw

A test run at Endor crossing.  It's a lift bridge in front of a doorway.  Endor = "In door".  Get it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-lHm6_A6I

 

[MilwaukeeRoad]

That was so realistic it was almost scary. I see a future MR article..

[BigZee]

I believe that there may be one or two houses up for sale along the CIOR.  One trailer home near Henry looks to be deserted... 

[ModelTrainLover]

Wow. Nice vidoes for all of you!!