just some pics + a few more

Joe... Thanks for the pics, thing look like there really coming along nicely.... (cTr...Choose the Right)

Great looking stuff Joe. By the way, did you just buy some K-Line trucks?

Yeap, I need them. Waiting for my check today to send you money. Thanks!! Joe

nice Joe. moving along great

Joe,

I might be in Buffalo Sun. If you want to pick them up and skip the shipping, let me know. Send me an email to splats62@hotmail.com and we can make arrangements.

Phil

Joe,

Who's P42 is that? Awesome pics... Thanks for sharing.

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Originally posted by Mike DeBerg:
Joe,
Who's P42 is that?.

 MTH

REALLY NICE! Something more current for a change!

same old shot again with the CSX sign added. Thanks Serge Lebel. I can't resist this pic. Must remind me of the old rock and roll days. Someday I'll get some exhaust vents built!!



Thanks for looking (and this place to post), Joe

That engine house is a beauty! what a pleasure! hey do you have a youtube channel or a place where I can see videos of your layout? keep up the good work

Joe, I laid my track too and wish I had painted the ply brown or green before I tracked the boards to be part way to scenery. Just a little work to glue and spread some grass to cover the layout to get the bulk of it done. Then i would just have to add more detail scenery atop that. Now I have ot work around that track. boo. Guess I will spray oil color paint on the tracks to age them in place and then then do the grass detail qnd lastly the ballast.

Joe, Your engine house is great. Where did you get the tappered I beam truss?
Having owned a large metal red iron building, I can see that your model is perfect.

Joe

as Mike and SANTIAGOP23 said, that engine house IS great

I'm considering going modern. Really, really nice Joe, seriously.

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Originally posted by Mike-KCS:
Joe, Your engine house is great. Where did you get the tappered I beam truss?
Having owned a large metal red iron building, I can see that your model is perfect.

Thanks all. I made the trusses out of plywood. I just laid them out as a guess. I should have made them in 1 piece. Instead I had to glue the legs on. The building is a little rough in person. It captured the look of what I wanted.

well my computer what show vids??? so let me know if these work, Joe

Hi Joe,

Looks like the layout is coming along nicely. Hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of embeding your video.





I really love the look of your engine shed. The interior lighting looks spot on for HID industrial overhead fixtures. The exterior lights also look great. The different color washing the side of the building is very realistic. That's one place where dull coat would actually detract for the effect. The glossier finish looks just right for a metal building.

Thank you!

I don't know what you guys see, my screen shows black boxes. Here's the one I wanted to post

http://s252.photobucket.com/al...urrent=AllOgauge.mp4

That is so cool how you did the lights in the shop.. WOW!

Joe... The engine house is definitely a hit,great work,and I loved the to (cTr...Choose the Right)

Top notch Joe....as others have said your engine house is a hit. The lights, the smokey haze...the trip hazards...er uh I mean details...

Seriously though your layout is coming along great, thanks for the pics and vid's. How are you powering your layout?...AC right?....How many blocks did you incorporate? Oh and by the way what are the dimensions of your layout?...Thanks in advance Joe.

Hmmm, it goes all around the new basement so it's T shaped like 32 x 44 with a 24x30 addition T'd off the long wall. The engine house sits on a 12' island. Blocks.... well basically the mainline is divided in four blocks each like 40' long on one tiu ch AC powered. The engine house is on a separate tiu channel. The G scale loop is on a third TIU channel. Joe

Enginear Joe,
Your engine shed is very nice and those loco's are top notch. Looks like you have a nice sized layout also. Keep up the good work. Thanks for posting.

Wow Joe nice space you have available....wish I had that much space but the Chief officer in charge of lands and aquisition isn't having it...yet .

Thanks for the information and track plan, it looks great.

I was able to watch the videos and the pictures, thanks. Nice going converting those Lionel tank cars!

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Originally posted by SANTIAGOP23:
I was able to watch the videos and the pictures, thanks. Nice going converting those Lionel tank cars!

Thanks, but.... Ed R converted the black ones. I converted the white ones and two have sound. I'll have to shoot a newer vid. Joe

Joe...what all was required converting the Vision Line Tank cars? I have these cars also still sealed in the box. Haven't got them out to convert yet.

I get some requests for pics of my engine fueling shed. I have to still add the gutters and the fueling details that I'm building. It's easier for me to bring this post out of the grave. Joe

Eng. Joe, was amazed at the length of the train and then pushers at the end. I would have personally been afraid of the pushers pushing the cars off the track.
I also couldn't imagine unpacking so many cars, wow, especially now after packing all the ornaments away from the holiday.

Nice pass by.

Phill

The first few times I attempted to run long trains I was scared. I did have a derail, because of a small wheel flange on a bumpy track. The truck was too tight. I stayed with the smaller flanges.
As I run these I've found that the MTH PS2 decoders adjust the engines constantly. I even run a converted Atlas with PS2. The train has just the right pressure maintained. I can put my hand on top of a car and notice the engines adjusting for the drag of my hand! If I push, the engines will slow almost as if they're telling me to stop messing around. They are really sensitive.
After all that I'm pretty confident in the ability of the DCS system to run these huge consists. I'm going to try over 100 cars with a dozen engines spread through out the train. I've got to get some extra eyes down here to make sure things stay on track. It will get interesting when I build the mountain grades.

 Kind of self indulgent, I want to keep this alive for sharing.

Helps me find some missing pics.

http://s252.beta.photobucket.c...r/media/004.mp4.html

 Do these post still expire???

Up top Mike asked who's P42. Reading it now It's an MTH.

 I thought he was saying proto 42

 

 

Joe that is a great photo, I love the bridge.

Joe nice bridge! Where did you get the railing caps?

 

 I'm really disappointed that MTH didn't follow through with the "all new diesels will have the scale option". I guess they just meant newly tooled???

 The Genesis has the 3/2 trucks and was an easy swap out. Fixing the pilots should be fairly straight forward as the prototype has a division right there in the body/pilot mount. I just never got to it.

 The bridge in the pic is made of plaster and came from daebay. It's the only place that looks scenicked on my layout!

I know this post is almost 2 years old I just did a search for "engine house" and yours came up.  WOW!  That is so cool!  I don't have the space for what you have but would love to add something to my new WYE siding spur. 

stop!

I'm blushing!

Thank you!! Wow Sept.2011!!

 It's not that the building didn't look cool overall. It's that I didn't finish the inside properly or do anything more since!!

 (I'm busy outside building my G scale!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...xZM9pcZwOpkZrcdHggpg