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My O-Gauge layout

pittsburghrailfanpittsburghrailfanOGR Forum Member

My dad and I have been working on this train layout since winter 2011-12. Opinions, comments, questions, and tips welcome!The layout is MTH O-gauge. Track is MTH realtrax with no cork roadbed or anything like that. The layout is run with DCS. Power is an MTH 2-8-0 in Steelers livery and a MTH PCC car in similar colors. Also, the D.A.R.E. Model RR club ocasionly lets me lease their MTH Montour SW9. An MTH water tower, station, and switch tower are one of only a few professionaly made structures. The other two are a ready-built house and a painted kit of Independance Hall, both Plasticville structures. A stained glass cottage and several lego buildings round out the accesory lineup. Vehicles are 1/36 scale Kinsmart vehicles and a few other scales from assorted manufactuers.The mountian was made with a cardboard frame, stuffed with newspaper held together with masking tape and covered with Plastercloth.Rolling stock is all MTH, with the exception of a Lionel boxcar. Figures are lego minifigures and footbal guys. Businesses include a handtruck rentel shop, a travel agency, a radio station, a curio shop, a gun shop, a police station, a grocery store, a cafe, a razor blade factory, a hotel, a farm, and of course the railroad.

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  • 2010--022011_1122_193938: The layout after a mountian was added.
  • 2010--022011_1122_211303: My MTH Steeler 2-8-0 and borrowed from D.A.R.E. model rr club Montour SW9 passing the station.
  • 2010--022011_1122_194020: Same trains past farm siding. THe trolley is an MTH PCC steelers streetcar.
  • 2-20-12 001: My steamer calls at my UP switch tower in town.
  • 2-20-12 004: An old car and a modern tank pass the town's police garage. The police car is a Hummer H2. The police's german shepard is in the pickup bed. This was taken as the railline passes behind several businesses.
  • 2-20-12 009: A football game is in progress between the two mains.
  • 2-20-12 080: My steamer passes a track repair crew.
  • 6-29-12 521: The steam engine comes thundering out of the acme razor blade plant.
  • 6-29-12 525: The steam engine idles in the loco serviceing facility.
  • 6-29-12 520: A train passes thru town.
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MoonsonMoonsonOGR Forum Member

Your layout looks like a treasure already, and the more you and your father invest time together in it, and buying things you both like for it, the more the treasure will increase. As time goes on, you'll be looking back and cherishing every minute spent on it. Continue having fun and sharing its growth with us when you can.

Frank

Bobby OgageBobby OgageOGR Forum Member

Daniel,

 

You and your dad are doing a fine job. I notice that you are using MTH Real Trax. My layout also has Real Trax, and I have had trains stop in difficult to reach places because the electrical rail joints are not reliable. The joints on the Real Trax are copper strips underneath the roadbed, so fixing them is not practical.

 

Take a look at the sketch. It contains techniques used by OGR Forum members, and I tried them all. I found that "J" works best and it is the most recommended by members, so I suggest that you use "J" on all center rail joints where the track is not accessible or difficult to reach, and also use "J" as a repair for any joint the fails.

 

Keep the pictures coming as construction progresses. You can download the sketch by clicking on the photo icon below, and do a "Save Image As."

 

Track Joint Continuity Fix 254kb

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pittsburghrailfanpittsburghrailfanOGR Forum Member

Some new pictures of the layout. The one with the trolley all messed up is a attempt at an panorama shot with an iPhone. The one with kermit is when a school thing for a sibling required pictures of the frog around the house. The dump car was bought at a train show. For ChristmasI got a Lionel flatcar with a rubber-band submarine on it, lettered for the Carniege Science Center. The last shot is a triple-header of my Steelers 2-8-0, CSX SD70ACe, and the D.A.R.E. Model RR Cub's Montour SW9. All the engines are MTH.

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