Hi, I'm new to the forum and I'd like to show everyone my layout. Go to youtube.com and search "Joe's O gauge railroad shelf layout"
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Wow, awesome job Joe.
Here is the link for others to click on
Wow! That's a very well done shelf layout... I like the tunnels and the efficient use of space overall. Thanks for sharing!
-Dustin
Excellent job, nice design and scenery, very impressive.
Great Work,,Looks like you put some thought into building it..
Thanks everyone for the compliments. I'd like to say it was some grand plan but it started out as just one track around the room but I just kept adding on. Redman, does the 440 have any significance?
It's very nice. I'm guessing the line the Allegheny is on is one way only, as it looks like quite the down grade through the closet. It's making me really think about doing one now to have a better place than the floor to run my trains until I can finish teh back room and start on the main layout.
Thanks Sinclair. The layout is two lines. The upper one is a big rectangle and the grades are the same up and down of about 2 1/2%. If I set just one car on the grade it will sit there until I give it a slight push. I've had over 15 cars behind the engine and it pulls then no problem. On the lower line I tried a dog bone arrangement where the train goes back on the same line thru a switch but the switches are just not reliable enough and was always derailing so I took the switches out and ran two tracks parallel to each other with a loop at each end. The curves on the upper level are 072 but on the lower level they are 031. I just couldn't go any bigger without sticking out into the room to much.
Very impressive shelf layout.
Great job on your layout!!!!
That is SO cool! Sweet! Pretty efficient use of your space.
Excellent. A great, space-saving alternative. Very nice execution. Thanks for sharing.
Originally Posted by JoeGrapes:
Thanks Sinclair. The layout is two lines. The upper one is a big rectangle and the grades are the same up and down of about 2 1/2%. If I set just one car on the grade it will sit there until I give it a slight push. I've had over 15 cars behind the engine and it pulls then no problem. On the lower line I tried a dog bone arrangement where the train goes back on the same line thru a switch but the switches are just not reliable enough and was always derailing so I took the switches out and ran two tracks parallel to each other with a loop at each end. The curves on the upper level are 072 but on the lower level they are 031. I just couldn't go any bigger without sticking out into the room to much.
Is that a K-line Allegheny? I ask because I have one too, and if it can pull that kind of train on that grade, that's great to hear.
Very nicely done. What's the height?
Yes it is a K-Line Allegheny. It can pull all 18 cars I have with no problem. I keep 16 cars hooked up.
The level sections are 66" and the bridge is 74" from the floor.
Vary nice layout Spence. I agree with you on the track. I was being cheap so I went with the better Lionel tubular track but after I finished I knew I made a mistake. Especially with the switches. The trains just don't go thru them smoothly.
Great video Pennsy484! I have a lot to learn to get to the level of quality your
video has.
