Chris' O-Gauge Layout: RBP Trains

Great layout!!! Thanks for posting! JohnA

nice layout!

Very cool! I especially like the juxtaposition of the PW Warbonnet passenger train with the modern scale car version! Glad you have so much acreage to really show off those beauties!

Chris, I just finished reading your friend's blog.  Really neat benchwork.  Incredibly strong with all that plywood but well thought out.  (not a typical overbuild).  The whole layout it cool.

Nice work.  Great layout plan to. Thanks for sharing.  I bet it's nice to have so much real-estate.

Appreciate all the kind words! My wife is the one to thank for giving me the basement! Thank you all

I was happy when my wife to let me build a 8x5 in the basement but now that I have that I just want to make it bigger lol

@Casper it never ends does it? Haha! I think that is one of the greatest challenges of this hobby, always coming up with new ideas that need more room!

Very nice and clean lines layout. Enjoyable running.

@Chris1985. Very cool!  Love all the action and the bridges. 

I created a POV video of the layout a few weeks back. This gives a little more perspective on the track plan.

We start the journey on the outer main line before the tunnel. We transfer to the inner main to turn the camera around then transfer back to the outer main. We head down the line to make a pass by the engine shed. We continue on and then switch through the Claire rail yard where we change direction again next to the Big Rock Candy Mountain. We then head back to the starting point. Enjoy!

Nicely done video.  

Nice POV video! I liked the time remapping and the music. Good job and nice layout!

@Chris1985, do you have any kind of short circuit protection on your z4000?

Very nice layout and great documentation of the benchwork build.  What size curves are you using on each of the different routes/mainlines?

Impressive layout, and you're making great progress!

@t8afao, thank you very much! Love the Boba Fett quote.

@Keith Crook 020419 appreciate the kind words and thank you!

@Casper I am not using any additional circuit protection aside from the built-in protection on the Z4000 and the fuses in the TIU. The Post War ZW also runs through the TIU.

@JD2035RR, thanks! For curves, I am running O72 on the Purple Line, O60 on the Blue line, and O36 with a few wider curves on the elevated lines.

@gunrunnerjohn, thank you! I have been following your progress from some time and must say had several elements that you helped inspire! Really appreciate the comment.

You're obviously spending way more time getting yours running than I am, it's taking me forever!

Chris, as stated before on another thread I have to say wonderful video and Great layout! I am glad you started your thread to show your wonderful layout!

Thank you as always @mike g.! Been enjoying the conversations in the Layout forums with you and the folks over there. Appreciate the support!

@Chris1985 posted:

Thank you as always @mike g.! Been enjoying the conversations in the Layout forums with you and the folks over there. Appreciate the support!

Chris I will be fallowing here so I don't miss anything! LOL

Chris, well done!

Peter

Thank you @Putnam Division!

A little bit more about the layout and collection here. My awesome crafty wife made me the t-shirt!

I love the Boba Fett quote, too. I also love trains. I wish I could do something like your layout. I do have a simple loop of Fastrack on a shelf in my room, but I'm hoping to add more stuff in the future. Keep it up.

@Dylan the Train Man, my layout all started with a Fastrack loop as well. Sometimes I miss the simplicity and reliability of my original loop! Keep collecting and adding and it will grow over time. There are so many options regardless of physical space. The fun part is working on it and creating as you go. Thanks for the comment!

Chris,

Thank you for sharing all of this, your layout room, benchwork, track plan ,and scenery are beautiful! I always say these are my favorite threads.

Thanks, Alex

@Alex M thank you! I agree that these are my favorite threads. I had read so many of them that it inspired me to finally join in on the fun.

Chris, thanks for the neat little video! I love how simple your layout looks, sometimes I see layouts like yours and just want to tare down mine and start over. Maybe someday ! LOL

Very impressive concept Chris. You have a good eye for operational detail.

Great video.  Just one note - I searched YouTube for "Chris' O-gauge" and found another young guy's channel.  What's the channel name for Chris1985 channel?

Very nice, Chris. I very much enjoyed the video in your first post. Well done! Can I asked what you used to shoot and edit it? Did you use a gimbal for the tracking shots? I assume you used a tripod fro some shots. I just made my first train video and it was a lot of fun.

@Mallard4468 posted:

Great video.  Just one note - I searched YouTube for "Chris' O-gauge" and found another young guy's channel.  What's the channel name for Chris1985 channel?

Click on YouTube in the lower right of one of the videos in this post and it will take you to YouTube where you can watch other videos and subscribe. RBP Trains.

Nice layout and operation.  I will be subscribing to your youtube channel.  Keep up the good work.

Thanks @mike g.! I have been following your build and getting ideas from you so don't stop now!

@Tranquil Hollow RR Thank you! When I was designing, I really wanted to be able to move a train anywhere on the layout and to be able to switch directions.

Thanks @Will! I am pretty new to the whole YouTube thing so my gear is limited. I have a tripod/ring light for static shots and I use a gimble for motion shots. I record and edit on my iPhone 12. The POV video I did required my older Sony AVCHD camcorder which did I nice job. As my video hobby grows with the trains, I will probably find myself looking at nicer cameras and recording gear! I agree that the videos are fun to create!

Thanks @Aem7s4lyfe! Appreciate the support. I love the AEMs as well! When my wife was in Grad School, I rode many of them via Amtrak on the weekends to visit her in NYC.

@Mallard4468 Thanks for watching! I really wanted to title my channel as Chris Trains but it was taken so I used "RBP Trains". RBP was the name of a fictitious production company that my brother and I created as kids.

The link to my YouTube channel is here: RBP Trains

Chris 1985, this is amazing, your nice video, your great layout, excellent track work, and your table is excellently crafted. Congratulations on getting into this hobby at a young age, you will see so many new innovations in the next few years as this Hobby is changing with the times, Legacy command, (not real sure about DCS command)  Lionels Voice Control, everything backwards compatibility, the best is yet to come. I will check out your channel. You might show us more pictures of your fathers layout to. Thank you again. Happy Railroading Everyone