WORKIN' ON THE RAILROAD "Tanenbaum" 9/25/23

Impressive!  Looking forward to more episodes.

Outstanding Dave! I really like the concept of what you'd like to do. I enjoy the tour of the current layout, it's a beauty. In addition to your description of the processes, it's great to see you demonstrating the actual task, like when you carved the foam with the drill. Things like that are tremendously helpful to lots of folks, myself included. I look forward to the additional layouts that you will show us. Well done as always.

Andy

Dave - Fabulous video!!!!  Your narrative is clear, to the point and concise   I love how you demonstrate the task at hand explaining in detail as you go  I learned lots!!   I'm looking forward to future episodes

Great video. This is going to be a fantastic layout when completed. Boy that spray foam is a mess but the end result is incredible. Looking forward to more videos!

Great, enjoyable

texgeekboy-They'll be coming 'round the mountain, lol.

Andy-Thank you. I had to throw that demo in since the majority of what I was doing surrounded carving rock. There are definitely more coming.

Patrick-Thank you. It took several takes to bring it down a bit. I can really get carried away.

Dwayne B-Due to the magic of video you will be able to see the "end" relatively soon. I definitely have more of these videos coming.

Ron-Thank you kindly sir.

Wow Dave...  That is an impressive layout and video.  I clicked your name so I can follow the progress.  Thanks Dave.

Thank you Wood!

Dave, excellent ideas for your YouTube channel!  The layout you are working on looks great!  
I see the foam is Loctite Tite Foam, I have never seen it before.  What is the black mesh behind the foam?

Mark,

Thank you much. Variety is key. The material is the same netting/mesh material you get for your yard to keep the weeds down. It gives a base for the spray foam. You know we model railroaders use "non-model railroading" items all the time, lol.

Dave

Hey Everyone,

Here's the second part of the first episode of my "Working on the Railroad" series. Fun stuff!

Dave

Very impressive work!  I really enjoyed the videos.  Thanks for sharing!

-Greg

Fun to watch! Very nice layout ... and layout room.

Great work DAVE!!!👍👍. Keep them videos coming!!!

Man I can't wait to watch these later. Somehow I missed the original post and the Youtube upload!

Thank you much Greg, CNJ Jim, and laz1957!

Bill-That's ok, just pull out a beverage and some popcorn and have at it later, lol.

Dave

That looks great, Dave!  Thank you for posting the second video

Hey Mark,

Thanks a lot!

Dave

Dave that is a fantastic job you are doing love the videos and you are doing an excellent job with the discription of the work and details of what you are doing.. I wish you could demo some of the shaping and carving of the foam. I attempted to use the foam and made more of a mess than creating a base for landscaping.

Awesome layout so far. What are the stats of the layout you are working on? Keep up the good work, man. I'm looking forward to more updates.

Rick-Thanks a lot! Were  you able to watch the first video? I squeezed a short demonstration in that one. I have another video coming out in future where I will show a bit more of the process.

Dylan-Much appreciated. The layout is approximately 20' X 20' (main room) and 10' X 14' (smaller room extension) with 3 levels. Grades are about 2%. Mostly Gargraves track(Ross switches) with some 027 Lionel on spurs and trolley line. There is a 3 track yard plus 3 sidings for cabeese and maintenance of way equipment. There are four passing sidings on the layout, two of them being in the rail yard. Lastly, the layout is set up to run 4 trains at once or one across the entire layout, depending on how the turnouts are thrown.

Dave

Nice follow up video Dave. You’ve all made some nice progress too. Thank you for the description and explanation of the process. All welcomed. Keep them coming.

Andy

I appreciate it Andy! This is really fun to do.

Dave

Follow up to my question about layout stats: What control system(s) does the layout use?

Hi Dylan,

The layout is conventional.

Dave

Hey Guys and Gals,

As a follow up to working on this layout, I went back to see what had been done since I last worked on it. As expected more buildings were added, with other details such as people, vehicles, etc. Enjoy part 1 of the tour!

Dave

Wow! Awesome!

Thanks Ron!

Dave

Just watched your 1st episode and thought it was great. You do an excellent job with both the video and the content. Likewise with the scripted narrative, it is clear, precise, and pertinent to what you are trying to show in the video. Worth watching - thank you.

Much appreciated Moon Mullen!

Dave

Outstanding Dave! LOTS to look at. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to part II.

Andy

Thank you Andy!

Hi Guys and Gals,

Here's a short conclusion of the tour of this fun layout. This one is just running trains. As you will see the customer is thoroughly enjoying his layout.

Dave

Very Cool, beautiful!

Very nice Dave! Great to see the trains running. What a layout!

Andy

Hi Everyone,

Here's part 1 of another episode in this series. It's  been several months but I thought I should splice this in between my layout updates, etc.  More to come...

Dave

That’s a nice overhead run.  Mine is quite sloppy in comparison!  😄

Thanks Mark! Because he's done this many many times and does it for a living, "sloppy" is not an option.

Dave

Al’ layout is AWESOME! Love the fact he runs in conventional and enjoys semi-scale trains! (like me)! The Lionel grey 4-8-4 is one of my favorites. JohnA