Anyone have a ceiling/shelf train with o72 curves?

hi there.  I have O-72 curves on my suspended layout and just a smidge of the track is visible on turns.  Will post a few pics as well for you to see. 

Here's a better video that shows a few turns

what is your dark gray roadbed stuff (looks like three layers of it) seen in the foreground?? How wide are the straight wood pieces please?

Don't forget to add some Cab swing distance, 4", at a guess, but that would depend on your particular locomotives. Also don't forget about the locomotives that you WANT but don't have yet, better to give a bit extra clearance now, rather than later finding out that the new locomotive that you were so excited to get hits the wall going through the curves.

Doug

Thank you for all the replies.

Banjo- I've drawn a birds eye view of my room in Sketchup with various diameter curves. o72 looks so much larger than o36 that it has me concerned. Hoping pictures of actual setups will change my POV.

Dreamer- Thank you very much.

Doug - I've been thinking about that, current plan only includes about 2" of swing out from the outer edge rail to the wall.

OGaugedreamer posted:

hi there.  I have O-72 curves on my suspended layout and just a smidge of the track is visible on turns.  Will post a few pics as well for you to see. 

what is the blk/wht fast moving train movie on the tellie??

This is how it looks on my layout in the den.  In case you're thinking of running 2 parallel lines, both can be 072 with a little extra overhang.  I saved plywood by laying in a 2' X 4' piece at 45 degrees ( instead of shaping it out of a full 4' X 4' ) , cutting its corners to fit against the walls.  Other than attaching the 1/2" plywood to the cove molding support, it spans the corner gap without any extra support.

Bruce

brwebster posted:

This is how it looks on my layout in the den.  In case you're thinking of running 2 parallel lines, both can be 072 with a little extra overhang.  I saved plywood by laying in a 2' X 4' piece at 45 degrees ( instead of shaping it out of a full 4' X 4' ) , cutting its corners to fit against the walls.  Other than attaching the 1/2" plywood to the cove molding support, it spans the corner gap without any extra support.

Bruce

what is the bridge post shaped thing in the front left corner in this second pic, please.

Carey Tearose:

To fill the 8' gap over the bay window I built this bridge.

Bruce

brwebster posted:

Carey Tearose:

To fill the 8' gap over the bay window I built this bridge.

Bruce

 

HOLY CATS!!! You fabricated the red metal, too??

Carey TeaRose posted:

what is your dark gray roadbed stuff (looks like three layers of it) seen in the foreground?? How wide are the straight wood pieces please?

The dark grey material that looks like multilayers is actually a product made to mimic stone walls.  I had left over pieces from using it to create retaining walls elsewhere on the layout so i layered smaller lenghts of it on top of one another to cover the edge of the wood.  The wood shelves are 8" wide

Carey TeaRose posted:

OGaugedreamer posted:

hi there.  I have O-72 curves on my suspended layout and just a smidge of the track is visible on turns.  Will post a few pics as well for you to see. 

what is the blk/wht fast moving train movie on the tellie??

 

The video on the television is coming from a 4-channel infrared wireless receiver.  I have 4 wireless cameras installed on the layout.  2 discretely placed out of sight on the suspended layout and one on each of the two main lines down below.  The receiver has a remote so I can switch views among each of the 4 channels/4 cameras. 

BMR4LIFE:  here's another couple videos I just took so you can see a train take the corners better.  From the corner of the room to the outside edge of any turn there is 15 inches of space

Thanks OGauge, train room looks awesome.

BRwebster, I like how you used the 2x4 plywood.

Carey TeaRose posted:

HOLY CATS!!! You fabricated the red metal, too??

Yes indeed!  The metal structure is a combo of curtain rod "I" beam, extruded aluminum shapes and Erector girders.  Everything is held together with machine screws. 

This is during the construction....with the 2 piers temporarily screwed to the kitchen floor.   And yes, my wife was soon afterwords elevated to sainthood.

Bruce

Here are some from underneath. I have two loops, the closest to the walls is O72, and the inner loop is O54. I fi only had the O72 loop, the corners would not extend as far. I also chose to keep the corners at fort five degrees as opposed to rounding them. 

Don

Thanks Rail, how wide are your shelves?

Brandon,

The shelf is 10" wide. the main shelf is nine inch wide oak, and the border is 1" walnut. My space is approximately 10' X 16'.  It is around the ceiling of a covered patio attached to my work shop. 

Don

Amazing work guys, I love it.  Bruce your Bridge Work is amazing.  Don your outdoor layout in very interesting.  Everyone else, all the stuff you guys do is fantastic to see.

My 8 year old son has recently re discovered an 0-27 set I bought him two years ago with gusto.  He has always liked trains because his grandpa is a rail fan and he is exposed to the stories of his great grandpa being an engineer on Challengers,  4-8-8-4's, Turbine Verandas, F-3's, etc.  But his attention span used to be limited before in the way that helps to operate smoke, prototype effects, etc (his set is MTH Protosound 3).  Now I get to "play trains" with him and we are looking to build a partial outdoor layout maybe, or an elevated room layout.  Then I can buy "me" one of those amazing UP locomotoves to help play trains!  (inset sinister inventor / doctor laugh and thunder...).  I have to have 072 minimum for future plans but it looks like I have a lot of room to work with radius if I go partial outdoor (I can use very wide radius, more than 072).  I have a covered deck in the backyard and we could do sort of what Don has done, in the post above.

Don are you using Atlas track or another "outdoor friendly" variety?  How often are you cleaning the rails and do you have a fully detachable power supply setup to keep sensitive track power electronics relatively moisture free?

Thanks!

Eddie P posted:

 

Don are you using Atlas track or another "outdoor friendly" variety?  How often are you cleaning the rails and do you have a fully detachable power supply setup to keep sensitive track power electronics relatively moisture free?

Thanks!

Eddie,

I am using Atlas nickel silver track with plastic ties. I don't run trains very often, sometimes months may go by, so I clean the track before running. My switch controllers are powered by an HO DC power pack mounted on the wall inside the shop. Track power is provided by to Lionel K's mounted to covered outside wall. Never had any moisture issues to date, and no signs of, (new), rust on the metal surfaces.

Thank you!!