Bill, sounds like you were busy in your Sauna/Train room! LOL I cant wait to see everything lit up I bet it looks great! I hope you wont work that hard today on the day of rest! If anything just enjoy what you got done and run some trains!
As for me I am going to work on one switch, vacuum, watch some foot ball and clean under the bench!
I hope everyone has a great day and find sometime for fun with your trains!
Great job everyone!!
Finished the first layer of cliff lake area.
John Rowlen posted:I need an opinion.
Should smoke shoot out of the remote couplers on my new 1935020 Bethlehem Track Mobile when the coupler is activated? Here is a short video of what is happening. I have never seen smoke come out of a remote coupler before.
This what I did on my layout today. I appreciate your input.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
Did you put oil on the coupler thinking it would close easier?
John, Pretty snazzy!
Lou, The turntable area looks great!
Mike, Isn't it odd how things happen like what happened to the lift bridge? I'm glad you made the adjustments!
Bill, You are a trooper! I doubt I have seen 94 degrees since I was in Texas in August about 5 or 6 years ago!! Rest up!!
Bryan, that cliff area is shaping up nicely!
Okay, I spent over 16 pleasant leisurely hours assembling the Disney Train Station out of Legos. Considering that I have no talent, this is quite an accomplishment. It will join the Disney Railroad (also known as "The Triple R," for Rodent Run Railroad") in my upcoming Christmas lay-out.
Vincent, I'll be looking forward to seeing how the Rodent Run Railroad develops! It certainly has a great looking station!!
S.B.R. C20 after weathering.
Vincent, Lego railroad is looking good.
Johan, great job weathering the caboose.
Mark, your layout is taking shape.
I accomplished nothing in the basement all weekend. I was hoping I would of gotten my cars from the "B"...Paul 2
This afternoon one of my car-stoppers quit working. It was sticking and wouldn't retract with the spring pressure exerted by the Tortoise machine.
A reminder of what this gizmo is I'm going on about:
I scratched my head until I noticed the Sun was and had been shining through my South facing window (because lower in the sky with Fall) right onto the track. Careful examination showed that the track had expanded slightly (remember Sun-kinks) and was pressing against one side of the car-stopper outer tube just enough to flex it a thousandth or so and cause the plunger to bind in the tube. Once figured out an easy fix by removing the uncoupler section and enlarging the hole for the track-stopper tube to give clearance.
Problem solved. In future I will establish clearance as seen above as Tastrack is not immune to a slight bit of creep for one reason or another.
Briansilvermustang asked for a video of my MTH Shay running real slow. Here is an attempt at a video of it running at 1 scale mph.
I was right. After yesterday's high temperature marathon, I woke up sore. Today I put a LED in my #6-2311 mechanical semaphore. I will revisit this later to reduce the light bleed. The #395 floodlight tower was not working this morning. When I powered it up with 9VDC, in the house it worked. I will attack the wiring the under my layout with a volt meter tomorrow.
Upcoming: How do I make a a clean cut in balsa wood? I need to make some cribbing.
Mark, the shay is amazing.
Bill
Bill the LED install looks good. I have had good luck slipping some heat shrink tubing over the LED to stop the light bleed and narrow the light beam.
Mark, nice video.
Johan, the C20 caboose looks great.
I went to a TCA train show this AM in Mass. Found this really cool Weaver 40 foot wood side DL&W Gondola with the nicer metal Weaver trucks and couplers... then as I looked around the table I found 2 other Weaver cars with the metal trucks/couplers. Ended up buying the 2 other cars for $25 total... I am not interested in the cars, but 2 pair of brand new Weaver Betendorf metal trucks with metal couplers were definitely worth $25. Also got a great deal on some almost new Ross Regular 11 degree switches and 8 Gargraves uncoupler tracks.
Had a really frustrating experience last night when I turned on the layout... Had Legacy control issues and track power supply problems I have never experienced... then when I got those to settle down, one of two DZ2500 switch machines on a long passing siding started switching while I was running a 25 car train over it ???? Really. No I don't have them wired for TMCC or Legacy control, nor did I have them wired for "non-derailing" automatic operation.... Ended up pulling the switch machine out, and putting a replacement in, but by midnight I was too tired to keep messing with it.... Not a today problem.
Bryan, The cliff/lake area look great! are you going to add rock molds or just paint it?
Vincent, Nice work on the station! I could not and would not attempt anything like that! To much work! LOL
Johan, wonderful job on the weathering! I still think you should make a YOUTUBE video on how you do such great work!
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mark, great little video! But 1 scale MPH is just to slow for me! LOL
Eric, The transfer table looks great! I really like the whole service area! Nice work!
Bill, Nice job on the semaphore! I am sure you will have the light bleed over taken care of in no time!
Bill, Chris, Thank you very much!
Bill the semaphore looks great! You have reason to be sore and tired. It was 75 here yesterday and I am sore and tired from cleaning out my aunt’s personal care apartment.
Chris, Those are some good deals! Sorry for the trouble with the switches
Mike, I agree it was painfully slow to watch on several takes, but when Brian requested the video, I aimed to please!
Well today I spent a good amount of time out in the train room, I did stop for the Seahawks game which they won just in case anyone wanted to know! I also got a nice surprise, I got a call from Briansilvermustang! We talked trains and football! Congrats to his Browns for winning also!
Well today I worked on some switchs that have been giving me problems and I think part of the problem is the weight of some of my cars. They seam to ride up on the points when coming in from the back side of them instead of moving the points over. So I am going to start to weigh all my cars and make sure they are up to standard weight! I also got my grain building set and fasten down!
I also did some cleaning of the layout and the room its self! I found a freebee I forgot to tell you all about! A friend of mine is moving to town to be near the Hospital, His wife and him are not in the greatest health and both are in the mid to late 80's. Anyways he invited me over cause he was getting ride of some lumber and said I could take anything I wanted for free or he was just going to burn it! Well I ended up with a lot of building lumber, but I also ended up with 5 packages of 1/8"x1/2"x 36" balsa wood and 1 package of 1/8"x1/4"x36" balsa wood. Here are a couple pictures of the train room and my freebees!
Chris A. Great looking wood sided car! Your right you cant beat Metal trucks for $25! I am sorry about your night, but things will get better! at least that is what everyone keeps telling me! LOL
I really hope everyone had a great day with there layout and trains!
Thanks, Mark. That's the great thing about this forum, though! I did some searches last night and found several threads describing other's having the same kind of issues. Most contacted Dennis Zander and he took care of the issues either by reprogramming the DZ2500 or replacing it... I'll probably reach out to him Monday and describe what was happening.... It was just one of those nights... I just wanted to move the trains out of the way and lay bend some gargraves for the main line. Never got there.
Mike you're right, 2 pairs for $25.00 was a steal. You're layout is really coming together Mike.... Glad you isolated the car weight issue with the frog derailments...
Mark Boyce posted:Briansilvermustang asked for a video of my MTH Shay running real slow. Here is an attempt at a video of it running at 1 scale mph.
Nice video of a nice engine, Mark. The slow-mo makes it easy to see the fascinating gear motion.
mike g. posted:
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mike, because Lionel-style couplers typically require a lot of force to couple, (crash coupling 
) and I enjoy slow speed switching, I developed a gadget to hold a car in place so an adjacent car can be slowly coupled to it.
I posted a topic on it awhile back:
https://ogrforum.com/...g-with-claw-couplers
hello again Mark, thanks for the video of the shay,
an awesome engine, really like that one !
geysergazer posted:mike g. posted:
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mike, because Lionel-style couplers typically require a lot of force to couple, (crash coupling
Lew, That's a great idea, I wont need it cause I am switching everything over to Kadee's. But I sure like the idea! Way to think out of the box!
I posted a topic on it awhile back:
https://ogrforum.com/...g-with-claw-couplers
paul 2 posted:Vincent, Lego railroad is looking good.
Johan, great job weathering the caboose.
Mark, your layout is taking shape.
I accomplished nothing in the basement all weekend. I was hoping I would of gotten my cars from the "B"...Paul 2
Paul. Thank you. More S.B.R. items coming soon.
Johan
chris a posted:Bill the LED install looks good. I have had good luck slipping some heat shrink tubing over the LED to stop the light bleed and narrow the light beam.
Mark, nice video.
Johan, the C20 caboose looks great.
I went to a TCA train show this AM in Mass. Found this really cool Weaver 40 foot wood side DL&W Gondola with the nicer metal Weaver trucks and couplers... then as I looked around the table I found 2 other Weaver cars with the metal trucks/couplers. Ended up buying the 2 other cars for $25 total... I am not interested in the cars, but 2 pair of brand new Weaver Betendorf metal trucks with metal couplers were definitely worth $25. Also got a great deal on some almost new Ross Regular 11 degree switches and 8 Gargraves uncoupler tracks.
Had a really frustrating experience last night when I turned on the layout... Had Legacy control issues and track power supply problems I have never experienced... then when I got those to settle down, one of two DZ2500 switch machines on a long passing siding started switching while I was running a 25 car train over it ???? Really. No I don't have them wired for TMCC or Legacy control, nor did I have them wired for "non-derailing" automatic operation.... Ended up pulling the switch machine out, and putting a replacement in, but by midnight I was too tired to keep messing with it.... Not a today problem.
Chris. Thanks.
Johan.
mike g. posted:Bryan, The cliff/lake area look great! are you going to add rock molds or just paint it?
Vincent, Nice work on the station! I could not and would not attempt anything like that! To much work! LOL
Johan, wonderful job on the weathering! I still think you should make a YOUTUBE video on how you do such great work!
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mark, great little video! But 1 scale MPH is just to slow for me! LOL
Eric, The transfer table looks great! I really like the whole service area! Nice work!
Bill, Nice job on the semaphore! I am sure you will have the light bleed over taken care of in no time!
Mike. Thank you. Now is just a too busy, but i try remember that. Lets see, maybe i have a time after March 2020 made a some weathering video.👍
Johan
S.B.R. gondola & coil wire load. Next come weathering.
had a busy weekend, not alot of train time...
did pick up some more shelves cheap...
spent a lot of time outside, working in the yard...
go BROWNS !!
BAR GP7 #63 posted:S.B.R. gondola & coil wire load. Next come weathering.
Johan, your backdrops are stunning! Same said for your weathering and scenic techniques! Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Dave
darlander posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:S.B.R. gondola & coil wire load. Next come weathering.
Johan, your backdrops are stunning! Same said for your weathering and scenic techniques! Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Dave
Dave. Thank you very much. I am happy you like it. 🤝
Johan
mike g. posted:geysergazer posted:mike g. posted:
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mike, because Lionel-style couplers typically require a lot of force to couple, (crash coupling
Lew, That's a great idea, I wont need it cause I am switching everything over to Kadee's. But I sure like the idea! Way to think out of the box!
Mike, I'd probably have converted to Kadees except for a problem. Due to zoning restrictions (no more room taken in the sewing room! ) the only way I can have a long enough interchange track (which is in a corner of the sewing room) is to fold it on itself into an O31 loop:
There is no way frame-mounted Kadees would negotiate this and so far no one has come up with a way to mount Kadees on a Lionel-style truck.
Hello everybody! I haven’t posted on this thread for a while now. In the past month or so I’ve gotten a lot of scenery done. 75% of the track ballasted, trackside signals wired, stonewalls placed, roads started to be put down, ground foam and trees put in. This is my first attempt of a small mountain got done as well!
Wow! Lot of work here already this week and lot of great ideas and gizmos and LEGO’s.
Well I got a little train time this evening. Drayage Dan is unloading some Railway Express Agency piggyback trailers on the layout. Keep the progress going.
Johan, I will be watching come April 2020! Great job on the Gondola!
Brian, I am happy you got more shelves and that your Browns Won! But now you need to stop playing around and get the shelves filled! Am I going to have to call Marci and have her get Izzy on you to get more stuff for us to see! LOL
Hi Lew, I agree about the Kadee's and Lionel trucks, But I am working on it! LOL
NSRAILFAN100, You doing a great job on your layout ! Things are really looking wonderful!
LEE D. Great Photos and story to go with them! You really know how to bring your layout to life!
I spent a good amount of the day in the train room today, really did more work then I thought I was going to.
First I re strung the fishing line for my Crane and ran new wires to the controller. While I was under the layout I decided to wire up the train station, the grocery store, and a couple of Hummers from Menards! The Train Station what a great surprise from Paul 2! Thanks Paul! Well here are a couple of pictures for you all to enjoy! Please comment with what you think! I am always open to suggestions!
I hope everyone had a great day and Hope you all have a great Tuesday! I will be getting a brain mapping done in the morning then when I get home I hope to get back in the train room to wire up a few more buildings!
Remember please have fun on your layout and with your trains!
mike g. posted:I spent a good amount of the day in the train room today, really did more work then I thought I was going to.
First I re strung the fishing line for my Crane and ran new wires to the controller. While I was under the layout I decided to wire up the train station, the grocery store, and a couple of Hummers from Menards! The Train Station what a great surprise from Paul 2! Thanks Paul! Well here are a couple of pictures for you all to enjoy! Please comment with what you think! I am always open to suggestions!
I hope everyone had a great day and Hope you all have a great Tuesday! I will be getting a brain mapping done in the morning then when I get home I hope to get back in the train room to wire up a few more buildings!
Remember please have fun on your layout and with your trains!
Mike;
Looks like you are making some great progress on the layout... maybe you should ask the doctor to pull your license for a couple of additional weeks!!!
ROTFLMAO... Absolutely LOVE the cow sign... You have made my day 
geysergazer posted:mike g. posted:geysergazer posted:mike g. posted:
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mike, because Lionel-style couplers typically require a lot of force to couple, (crash coupling
Lew, That's a great idea, I wont need it cause I am switching everything over to Kadee's. But I sure like the idea! Way to think out of the box!
Mike, I'd probably have converted to Kadees except for a problem. Due to zoning restrictions (no more room taken in the sewing room!
There is no way frame-mounted Kadees would negotiate this and so far no one has come up with a way to mount Kadees on a Lionel-style truck.
Lew
I’ve found a way to use the Lionel trucks and then add Kadees to the car but it involved some cutting with a Dremel tool
lee drennen posted:geysergazer posted:mike g. posted:geysergazer posted:mike g. posted:
Lew, Nice easy fix! But can you tell me what you use it for? I have never seen anything like that before!
Mike, because Lionel-style couplers typically require a lot of force to couple, (crash coupling
Lew, That's a great idea, I wont need it cause I am switching everything over to Kadee's. But I sure like the idea! Way to think out of the box!
Mike, I'd probably have converted to Kadees except for a problem. Due to zoning restrictions (no more room taken in the sewing room!
There is no way frame-mounted Kadees would negotiate this and so far no one has come up with a way to mount Kadees on a Lionel-style truck.
Lew
I’ve found a way to use the Lionel trucks and then add Kadees to the car but it involved some cutting with a Dremel tool
Uuuuuh! Lee, pics or it didn't happen!
Would love to see how you did it.
Ok I had to grab one of my All Nations Cars and go to the work bench here you go hope this helps. You can see where I cut the lobster claw coupler off.
Lee, we need a way to mount a Kadee "talgo" (on the truck) so extremely sharp curves can be negotiated.
ON EDIT: Huh. It occurs to me, Lee, that IIRC you have O36 Fastrack curves on your pike. The Kadees are OK?
Lew, I will see if I can figure something out for you tomorrow when I get home from the Doc's!
Good for you guys. No matter what your train layouts or what. It repdrosints. No matter haw big or small it is all about having fun and pleading yourself. My layout is average size but it is fine with me .they are toys and are supposed to be. Have fun with your trains and don't let anyone say what you have or building is not what it should be. If they do probably they haven't done anything to. Compete with what you've done.
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