What did you do on your layout today?

I never did get around to posting pics of the cabin I put on the layout. so here they are.

Has been said before......   Ever notice how guys who run trains, so many of us, can

also turn a wrench or two, rebuild, and do it right!, car engines along with train engines.... and boats, too !  The talent possessed by many of our fellow train guys stands out and does have us above so many others.  IMHO.....

Jesse

John,

The church looks good in gray.  I have one in the still out of the box white.  Every town needs a church.

You mean like Our Lady Of Sudden Deceleration?

https://ogrforum.com/t...16#40849088762303216

Mitch

Put a wall up and created a siding put lights inside a Ameri-Towne building and here's what I came up with.  then the granddaughter came over and decided to dust off the layout

Man, can I relate!  There was much initial convincing of SWMBO that my ambitious plans were practical.  Then, to build in the attic I had to start in the basement with jack posts. Congrats on the real estate merger.  12 X 20 should give you plenty of space.

Bruce

It's good you have her to keep the railroad nice and clean!

Oh, I remember that unfortunate incident!  ha ha

Lol Bruce, at least I get to start on the same level as the layout... Ah but the cost is high. New wall in basement followed by a new wall and new staircase on the first floor, new bathroom on the second floor, run new wire and move the kitchen range and install an over the stove microwave.... All but the upstairs bathroom by 12 noon Wednesday.

I haven't posted to this topic in a while, but it's not for lack of working on the layout. On the contrary, I've been working far more than I have since I started keeping track of my hours. I put in over 40 hours last week. I might have put in that kind of time when I first started 13 years ago, but certainly not in the last 9.

This is getting really exciting, seeing things start to fall into place. My goal of having a working railroad is getting closer every day.

This post is sort of a teaser for next week's monthly update. Here are a couple of pics as a preview.

Joe squeezes into Roseville. That's just 8 inches of space.

This is a much longer story...

but you'll have to wait til the 30th. There'll be even more to tell by then.

Painted a Grain elevator, built three MTH lash ups, UP, CSX and a CNW/ SP. Updated so of the wiring and am in the process of trying to figure out the best way from an approach perspective how to get my Lionel BB over the 28 inch TT and into the extended stall. Right now, I gave up. I need to figure that out and how to integrate a MTH Diesel 2 Stall Diesel Shed into the engine area.

Help on the design would be appreciated.  

Started to wire power to layout that has been under construction for the last five months. I am using Montana Rail Power, MTH, and others components. Power wire is 16 ga. I may write on construction project if there is interest. Layout is 44.5' x 17'. It contains double main, classification yard, separate single main and industrial area.

Tplee,

Looks like you are well underway with track and wiring.  What a nice room as well.  I like the holes in your wiring panel that lets you keep the wires out of the way except for the connections.  What components are you going to use besides the TIU and one Powerhouse?

Currently I have available 4 180 bricks, Z4000, ZW, TMCC, 4 TIU's, 2 TPC 400's plus small DC Trans for LED's indicators and signals. I would like to get several more Bricks, but there seems to be a shortage currently. I want to be able to use both DCS and TMCC. Planning on using my iPhone and iPad in the future.

Thanks for the interest Mark.

Buzz

I got to building the flat across the back of the layout, after a very lengthy search for a kit and finding nothing that looks right for what I'd had in mind. I used a 1" thick pine board for the base and building up around it, with the end result to be a building that looks very well-weathered and not painted for a good 10-20 years...

More details here: https://ogrforum.com/t...ure-flat-in-progress

jdjr,

  Still in the planning stages for the Christmas layout but did pick up a couple new

ceramic houses to add to the layout.  Like we did not have enough already - right.

PCRR/Dave

Looks good. I like coffee stirrers as siding. Made a house out of them for my layout.

Well instead of just running trains I decided to revisit the station area I had been working on. I took out the uncoupling track on the middle track to make it to store two RDC cars instead of freight cars. The end of the station sits right at the edge of the table. I am going to measure and fill in that area with piece of plywood and extend the tracks and the station back another 4 inches. That should be the final change..............Paul

opened two new businesses today as a result of attending a show in Monaca.

One can never have too much Plasticville for your layout, can you?

I didn't work on my layout (I rarely do), but I did clean up and repair a junk box 3360 Burro crane that I purchased at this past Saturday's Albany, NY train show.

Packed trains for our Science Museum of VA show.....coming up Fri-Sun this weekend.

Peter

Today, I finished the emplacement of a temporary Holiday parade on my permanent layout, Moon Township, and took these photos to share the view with you, if you please.

I hope you enjoy the views, and I welcome your perspectives.

Please note, I fully realize I am being totally whimsical with this parade, and in particular, with some of its elements, such as the larger-than-life-sized figures, which in my imagination imitate/model(?) floats and balloon figures seen in such events as the Pasadena's Rose Bowl Parade, Chicago's Miracle Mile parade, and NYC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

How d' I do?

FrankM.

that looks fantastic Frank!

The parade looks great, Frank.

Got my wood cut. A 17" X 4" section to add to the table the station is on. Adding this will give me a bit more for the sidings around the station. Glued the pieces together. I'll let them set up over night. I would work some more on it but I have a Tuesday night train get together. I did finally vacuum out the second storage area and put some boxes in there ................Paul

Frank:

Moon Township really knows how to put on a parade! It looks great. Happy Holidays.

Neat looking parade!

Installed ground throws and cleaned up the new yard/staging area on our modular layout for this weekend's first open house of the season. 

Earl

Anthracite HighRailers    

Frank M:  Love the parade!  Now all you need to do to complete the festive atmosphere is to have a K-Line circus train come by on the track in front.

Paul Fischer

I had a gold strike today!  I have wanted decals for this MoPac model I made of the

American Standard Car Co. gas electric kit, that was painted and been sitting for a

week, and I want through my stash of decals, and found I had a Champ set for a

MoPac passenger reefer that has everything in it that shows in photos of the gas electric prototype, "Missouri Pacific Lines", etc.!

It was the only MoPac set I had, but I found I have a lot of Rock Island decals, for a

planned Rock Island shorty gas electric.

(i was procrastinating on custom ordering decals for this) Now I need to dullcote, put

in window glass, and I am done). (It is on one of those RMT RDC chasses, stretched,  that are  showing up for sale in other threads)  The Am. Std. car exactly models

MoPac #651, and the Walther's C&NW gas electric kit matches a Burlington gas electric

I have photos of....so...in the future...  I will abound in prairie road doodlebugs. While

waiting, I repainted a Hallmark 1936 GMC pickup (had paint problems with this like with the Hallmark 1937 Ford pickup, and found that my usual inexpensive rattle can

paint well not work, but Testor' expensive little spray can stuff does, with no problems) The GMC comes in white, which I didn't think would be a farmer's or rancher's color choice for 1940 mud and gravel roads.  And I am gluing siding on the pickle cannery to go with my Menard's sauerkraut/pickle station.  I plan to build a canopy over part of its loading dock.

Oh yeah!  I definitely want to see a lot more of THAT!  What a beautiful layout!

Did some scenery around the building I put in place over the weekend .

Mitch

video I made tonight

Today began with finishing loose ends, mostly fine tuning support heights and adding bracing on this end of the layout.  Rather than continuing the bench work, I concentrated on laying sound board and track.  I needed to reassure myself that a flowing track design could be built as I had planned.  Any of the track work in plain view has been painted dark camo before installation.  Minimum sectional curves of 072 are used in hidden areas for simplicity of assembly rather than force such sharp curves out of flex track.  The conventional control FM's in the fleet did some trial runs on the new rails.... the big Trainmaster walked the grade out of the staging yard like it wasn't even there.

The bench work simplifies on top of the staging yard.  Three tracks continue off to the right, two on the upper deck and one below and behind.   The crossover turnouts are roughly in a planned position.  More interest to the track plan in this area will be added later.

A little further along, those 3 tracks go in behind the furnace chimney ( ignore the black speaker ) and exit by passing over the stairwell.  I'll temporarily bridge the gap with boards until I get the chance to build 2 bridges.  But for now I'll return to bench work and laying track as I go.

Bruce

Ran trains for 5 minutes.  Better than nothing

Put fresh pickup shoes on my 1666...

(old ones underneath) 

Perked the little thing right up, it did! 

Mitch

My sincere Thanks for the enthusiastic replies of approval of my parade to:

Steamer; Country Joe; Randy Harrison; p51;\, and

Fisch330 (I do have a circus consist, so you have given me something to consider).

Thank you, all,  for taking the time to write a reply and for being so positive about my efforts.

FrankM.

 Here are some more of the parade's participants...