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Roger,

I was able to take a little time since you were here to work on two, rather neglected corners and install two operating accessories. The Esso Gas Station and adjacent parking lot, the Woodsman spot, and an unloading car site. 

 

Alex,

It goes without saying, you are welcome anytime. I am counting the days to York and to visit you and see your layout then.

 

Ed,

Most definitely! As a matter of fact, in the rear of the building on the lower section rooftop, there is a Ultra High Speed Friction Drive Static Generator.

 

Jim,

Thank you as well!

 

Alex

Alex

Your layout has really come a long ways since I saw your pop up access hatches. Your efforts have achieved a WONDERFUL LAYOUT. So many GREAT EXAMPLES of your detailed efforts are reafly sean all over the layout. You have already captured my full attention and admiration of your work BUT, The NIGHT PHOTOS are just absoluteY a WOW FACTOR!!! Congratulations Alex. Bill

Pat, Bill -

 

Thank you for your comments - very much appreciated.

 

And one more picture, of a scene that I included in the video (above), and which scene I finished just prior to making the video. The Saw Mill -

 

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It is operational, and the dump car is operational also. I will have push button switches on the edge of the layout for fans to operate the accessories. I have done the same at several other locations, and people really like them. (The red button is almost flush with the edging, below, and operates the Esso Gas Station.)

 

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Thanks!

 

Alex

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A.I., Ken, Alex -

 

Thank you!

 

I have a five areas yet to finish; i.e., they still have the raw QuietBrace as surface, and I will be working on them soon.

 

I am also trying to finish all the wiring. This means connect the remaining 23 turnouts (out of 57) to the control panel, because even though all are connected to the AIU's, I like to have both the AIU control and the toggle switches at the control panel.

 

I also need to wire the remaining 53 sensors for the turnouts. These are sensors for which I have a patent applied, and sense the true/actual position of the points without contact to the points. They do not in anyway use the switch machine or the control signal to the switch machine, are totally independent and accurately sense the points.

 

All in all, about 6000 feet of wire to go, to make the total around 14,000 feet.

 

And then computer control . . .

 

Ken:

As you will see in a couple of days, the layout room is 33' x 38' and the layout occupies about 80%, or 1000 Sq-Ft. Looking forward to your visit.

 

Alex

What caught my eye this morning, is the in depth and detail, in the street, landscaping.

Amazing !  (pic #6)

 

Alex,  You have explained the viaduct, construction, but I have 1 question,?? 

What are the Grey, Supports, and are they approx 6" high !!!

 

Really , like both yours and Alan's girder/viaduct construction--- I keep making notes

THANKS !

 

JD, Louis, LOS, RGP -

Thank you for your comments!

 Terry,

I believe that what you are referring to are the MTH Railking Elevated Subway Trestle Set (40-1047, 40-1157). I had to add a 1/4" base at the bottom in addition to the 3/4"-high stringers I had under the track to achieve the proper height to clear the tallest Intermodal car I have, by just 3/16".

 Here a few more pictures of the Subway Shopping area.

 Thank you all!

 Alex

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Originally Posted by Ingeniero No1:

I have failed to take the time to post recent pictures of the Hidden Pass Junction RR, so here are a few of the areas I have modified more recently - thumbnails below. (I've been working on other train-related projects other than on my layout - but these have been extremely enjoyable as well.)

 

I will be posting a new video in a few days, and plan to have close ups of the more interesting areas.

 

Thank you for your interest!

 

Alex

Alex, good afternoon!

I need a big favor from you, I'm riding my town and need to know the size of MTH Corner Building but without the sidewalk (gray) of your photo DSC_1989 A07 med.

Thank you,

Leandro ...

Andy, Marshel, Bill -

 

I haven't looked at my own (this) thread in a while, and missed your nice comments.

 

Thank you!

 

I am working on finishing the scenery in a few areas, but primarily I have been concentrating on automating the operating accessories. I am making the accessories such that at the single push of a switch, the accessory will run for a complete cycle. The pushbutton switches are located on the edge of the layout, and also are connected in parallel with switches on the main control panel.

 

Visitors can easily run the accessories and I don’t have to worry about the operation being stopped in the middle of a log or drum load, or a dump car stopped before it returns to the ’home’ position. A few accessories, such as the MTH Filling Station, will run automatically once the cycle is started with the switch, but most other accessories require that a switch be held to complete the operation.

 

Now I can detect and keep track of drums available to load, cut lumber ‘in-stock’ for the Lionel Sawmill to run, dump car in position before it can dump and the dump cycle complete, and so on.

 

Alex

 

Alex, Hi I have recently finished reading about your layout over a month long period. Your work is fantastic! Before reading your thread I could not begin to think of such a fabulous layout, although the reason I started to read it was the fact that I am in the early stages of planning my own new layout.

 

In my first thoughts of a new layout I was planning to go with Atlas track, but somewhere along the line I heard that there was a problem with electrical continuity when using the Atlas track. I read the post where you showed how you drilled and then screwed your power supply right to the rail. I'm guessing that method completely removed any such electrical problems. Please advise If my assumptions are incorrect.

 

Following my doubt with the Atlas track I was pretty sure I would be using Ross switches with Gargraves track, but then, lo and behold, you ran into a problem with your Ross switches, but not the Atlas ones. I don't recall seeing how you overcame your problems with the ross switches, or whether or not you did at all.

 

The layout I am planning will not be on as  grand a scale as you have there, more likely it will be about a third of the size or less; just the same I would like your input on these items before I go and purchase a bunch of track and switches.

 

By the way thanks for a bunch of good reading, I hope that I can retain enough of your lessons to help with my new endeavor when it finally gets off the ground.

Rich 

 

 

 

Originally Posted by Roger Wasson:

Alex, great to talk with you this weekend. Sounds like we need to come up there and do an "inspection" of all of these new electronics. I have seen the drum you fixed up and now I would really like to see your sawmill in action.

 

Hope you and Judy have a great week.

Roger,

I had meant to let you know that in a couple of days I will post (YouTube) a short video of the sawmill in operation together with the preceding operations. 

 

Rich -

You are very welcome.

 

Alex

Shortly after the first of the year (2014) I started adding a few structures, weathering, and ground cover for the Steam Park in the HPJ-RR, as well as weathering the grain elevators. I would like to share a few pictures of the results. The last picture - the track layout - shows where the grain elevators and the Steam Park are located.

 

 Click on the pictures (or thumbnails, below) for clearer details.

 

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Thank you for looking!

 

Alex

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