Thanksgiving Weekend at the Movies 11/22/2012

Happy thanksgiving weekend and start to the Christmas all!!!  Great videos Jeffrey  I have done a lot of work on the layout lately. I took everything off the plywood including grass to do some vast improvements. I got darker grass for more realism, wired up my new DCS system, redid track making thee outer loop O-54 with a graduated trestle and bridge with an O-31 remote siding with an operating track and lighted bumper, in the siding I added a freight station and yard moving one of my light towers there, rewired my MPC crossing signal to flash, and added a lot of details such as billboards and signs around the layout. Next week I'm adding trees and grade crossings thaty are currently on their way and will post the progress.

Great videos guys. Always love to see different layouts and get good ideas from them.

Thanks again,

David

My Home-made coal trestle is pretty much completed, except for wiring to it's permanent switches.

Great job on the trestle Keith; Another work of art!

^ Thank you Chris!

Keith

How many hours went into this project?

It would be great if OGR magazine a section for these type of home built projects.

This hopper unloading unit could be a nice addition to any model railroad with coal mine facilities.

Thanks for the well ilustrated tutorial video.

A very large three rail layout.

Charlie,

I'm not exactly sure how many hours.  I worked on it off and on for a month.  A few hours here and there.  Most of the time was spent on deciding how to do the chutes and on painting.  Many thanks for the comments.

Took a little time to make a video to post over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Hope you like it.  Bo   

You can visit my website Bo's Trains at http://www.bostrains.com

Keith,

Nice job on the homemade coal trestle, very impressive.  You do good work!  Great job on the video also!  Bo 

You can visit my website Bo's Trains at http://www.bostrains.com

Great videos everybody!  Liam, the layout is coming along nicely!  Keith, the coal trestle looks awesome!  Charlie, that layout looks great!  And Bo, your layout is incredible!  Very nice!!!

Here are a few I took yesterday.

Keep them coming!

~Jeffrey

Jeffrey,

Thanks for the compliment on the layout, but frankly there is a lot of work to be done.  A large portion of the railroad is currently under construction and my train room looks as if a bomb went off, stuff everywhere.  The video was made in the few areas not affected and the shots were kept pretty tight so as not to show all the chaos!  I wish I was more neat and tidy when I'm working, but my excuse is that I am working on a pretty large area.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it!  

I love your video above of the NYC equipment.  Aside from the fact I like the NYC, I am impressed with how steady you were able to hold the camera as you were following the trains!  Bo 

 You can visit my website Bo's Trains at http://www.bostrains.com

Here is my first video of the season.  The village isn't finish just yet, but it's far enough along to start shooting some videos.

Continuing with the New York Central theme, here's a video of a Lionel Empire State Express Hudson with a set of MTH passenger cars keeping busy moving the holiday travelers.

Joe

 Charlie, that video should be called ghost train. Great shots but I kept looking for the train running. I kept laughing thinking it was just around the bend.

Finally I saw it near the end, and I was just about to give up. It's going to be a great layout!

Totally awesome video's everyone.

Here's my new Lionel Thomas the tank set going around the tree

Alex