WHAT TRAINS DID YOU RUN TODAY?

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Gorgeous trains, scenes, and autumn colors, as usual, Pat.

Thank you so very much Arnold!!

Great looking trains on this thread! I posted this video in the Layout Thread as well but wanted to share here since this is all about running the trains! Just wrapped my layout benchwork and track and this video is from my first test session.

You have some very nice shots there of your cars Pat'.. They are unique looking units'.. I like that RDC electric version'...😉👍

I moved a couple of cars with the 5 finger switcher.

Does that count ????

@Arnold D. Cribari That was bold with the 773! What a great engine.

@RSJB18 I hear you on that! I move cars that way all the time.

@RSJB18 posted:

I moved a couple of cars with the 5 finger switcher.

Does that count ????

I call that the "Jolly Green Giant" movement. I like your moniker too!

Chris 1985,

I like the simplicity and the flow of your layout.  I sure would like to see a diagram of it. In the video it looks like two main circuits with  two trains running on each. You seem to have good long runs and many other features that make this look huge. What are the overall dimensions?   Earl     

RSJB18,

We call that the 0-5-0 !

Earl

@Conductor Earl posted:

RSJB18,

We call that the 0-5-0 !

Earl

Yes - it goes by many names.

@Conductor Earl posted:

RSJB18,

We call that the 0-5-0 !

Earl

This might be the beginning of a new thread. "What is your name for illogical car movements". I like your name as well!

Hi @Conductor Earl, the layout is roughly 26'x12'. Still cleaning up the diagram as I added some sidings and an upper track. There are two loops on the main level. Each loop is powered by a 180 watt Lionel brick. The main yard and engine sidings are on a separate block and powered by a 135 watt Lionel brick. The upper track is run using a Post War ZW transformer as I mainly run conventional engines there. My friend helped me with the benchwork. The table construction is highlighted on his Blog which will give you a better image of the size and such.

https://midnightwoodworking.co...-train-table-part-1/

https://midnightwoodworking.co...-train-table-part-2/

https://midnightwoodworking.co...-train-table-part-3/

https://midnightwoodworking.co...-train-table-part-4/

Nothing since July 2019 after loosing my workshop, and I miss running them everyday, hopefully that'll soon change

Hauled out UP #844 and some old 15” pax cars.  They all run great.

Wow, i love the night time run, great..

I ran this train on Sunday at the TMB club;

Salute to the MENTORS that make this site helpful..

Ya'll are FUN!........ trying my hand at 022 switches. Thanks to ELI at Flint Rock and all the comments helping carpet layouts like me.

That absolutely counts, Frank!!  

D&RGW for the Troops

@Miggy posted:

@RSJB18 posted:

""I moved a couple of cars with the 5 finger switcher.

Does that count ???? ""

Salute to the MENTORS that make this site helpful..

Ya'll are FUN!........ trying my hand at 022 switches. Thanks to ELI at Flint Rock and all the comments helping carpet layouts like me.

It's all about having fun Frank. 😁

Includes the new Muffins special run UP E9 pulling k line

@WinstonB posted:

D&RGW for the Troops

You have some beautiful buildings on your layout.  Is that train she’d custom?  I really like that as well the scalloping on your station.

Been breaking this new to me RS-11 in lately.

Bob,   Nice to have appropriate rolling stock with those handsome engines.

John

Time to bust out some war bonnet.   John

Kwisor, tell us about those dual-direction roads full of moving automobiles on your layout!  What are they and how do they work?

David

Conrail pups had a good workout today.......

One more....

Hi guys - haven’t posted in awhile but wanted to report that the Attic Layout continues to evolve. Here are three videos I took this week. Enjoy the trains!

Nice pics and videos everyone!  Winston B, my Grandpa used to tell me stories about riding the troop trains on the D&RGW..

Good morning Forum friends,

Take a close look at these Chessie System cop and hobo cars:

See anything unusual about them?

Will let you know later.

Here they are in action, being hauled by a very smooth running K line Chessie System diesel with other box cars at the break of dawn:

Arnold

Answer: both the cop and hobo have a broken leg (glued back together). LOL, Arnold

Coastside Kevin - Very nice layout but as I was watching I was thinking 'access' to your layout might be difficult at times, particularly where the roof joists are quite low.  Not to take away from your layout though, it's great and keep up the good work!  I was just thinking it wouldn't work for an old dinosaur like me. (lol)

Arnold, So you have added orthopedic surgeon to your list of talents. 

I ran the LC Polar Express with snow on the roof last night on the newly set up Christmas layout, reduced version for this year.  I bought it two years ago, and didn't get to run it much.  Last year, I didn't use it as I was recovering from a knee replacement.   After lubing the moving parts, it was a little stiff running, so I was doing a break in run.  I'll get photographs later this month and post here and on christmas layout topics on the Forum.

@PH1975 posted:

Coastside Kevin - Very nice layout but as I was watching I was thinking 'access' to your layout might be difficult at times, particularly where the roof joists are quite low.  Not to take away from your layout though, it's great and keep up the good work!  I was just thinking it wouldn't work for an old dinosaur like me. (lol)

Thanks! Yes, access is always a challenge in the attic, but the benefits of having a big empty space were too good to pass up. I turned 50 this year so definitely feel it in my knees but hope to be able to manage awhile longer. Lately I have noticed it is getting more difficult to reach certain areas, and I attribute that to adding more stuff to the layout. I think it’s maxed out now.

Kevin, I too admire your attic layout!  I was still able to get around well on my knees when I was 50.  Now that I am 64--no way!  Of course a knee that was replaced a year ago doesn't help.  My attic is for storage, and I am having trouble moving around to get things.  I am thinking of getting a creeper to sit on and roll around instead of killing my other knee or gathering splinters in the keister!! 

Attic crawling = knee pads. That or I send my 16 YO son in 😁.

That is a neat layout Kevin.

@RSJB18 posted:

Attic crawling = knee pads. That or I send my 16 YO son in 😁.

That is a neat layout Kevin.

When my wife's grandmother lived in this house, she would send our younger daughter, Holly, to the attic for things.  Holly only lives a mile away, and I have told her some day I will have to be calling her to come over to go into the attic again!!

Now it is knee pad-singular, since I can't put pressure on the fake knee.  I pointed out to my wife Kim, that the right knee pad is much dustier after getting Christmas decorations out, compared to the left knee pad that sits on the shelf. 

A Milwaukee road Bi-polar is on the point of a train consisting of some beautiful Phoenix eighteen inch streamlined passenger cars, complete with beaver tail observation.

Next step is to dig out the MTH repop of the 1937 Hiawatha 4-4-2 loco to power the train.

Finally tracked down a schnabel car and had to run it behind the 611 briefly. Thing is almost as long as the 611 lol.