Weekend Update 1/5/20

[Mike Madonna]

Back in the train room after nine months or adult responsibilities. Cleaned the track and some wheels and took the SW1 out for a spin. A great runner but always manages to find that one speck of dust that keeps you from a flawless run. Can anyone direct me to a thread on building a keep alive circuit for this locomotive?

Mike,
Welcome Back! Know all to well about "adult responsibilities" 
Very well done, indeed! Look forward to more....

[wm3798]

Applied the way back machine to @mu26aeh Adam's CSX layout during a nice visit this afternoon.


Looking forward to helping him expand the layout room!

Lee

[NtheBasement]

I bought a cheap mini camera and mounted it on a flat car. Not a very impressive camera for layout work, but well worth the $18 just to see the layout from a very different point of view.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPfVy--ur56AnRJMzY6Bd1LXrXW8dYfiNDaRePv

https://youtu.be/QVsnz2JKc3o

Be warned the first camera I ordered only took 5 second clips, but Amazon replaced it in less than a day.

[Philip H]

I bought a cheap mini camera and mounted it on a flat car. Not a very impressive camera for layout work, but well worth the $18 just to see the layout from a very different point of view.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPfVy--ur56AnRJMzY6Bd1LXrXW8dYfiNDaRePv

https://youtu.be/QVsnz2JKc3o

Be warned the first camera I ordered only took 5 second clips, but Amazon replaced it in less than a day.

That’s a well done layout sir!

[John]

I bought a cheap mini camera and mounted it on a flat car. Not a very impressive camera for layout work, but well worth the $18 just to see the layout from a very different point of view.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPfVy--ur56AnRJMzY6Bd1LXrXW8dYfiNDaRePv

https://youtu.be/QVsnz2JKc3o

Be warned the first camera I ordered only took 5 second clips, but Amazon replaced it in less than a day.

Great job carving the rocks ..  thanks for the video .. the track in the tunnel and on the helix is scary .. I would put some guardrails in there

[CRL]

This video does a great job of illustrating the true strength of N-scale... the ability of the scenery to dwarf the trains. Great job.

[SAH]

Very well done Mike.  Is that a vineyard in the right background of the scene?

[160pennsy]

I've been working on this N Scale Architect kit on & off for a few months. It was a special run made for TexNrails that I found on eBay and is long OOP.





The build details are in the link below

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=48670.0

[garethashenden]

I made a boiler:

[diezmon]

Trying to get some scenery finished and buildings placed

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[GaryHinshaw]

On the theme of getting back to it over the holidays... I finally installed the 4-turnout assembly at Kern Junction, along with the corresponding Tortoises and block detectors:





The two straight routes are the SP/UP main into Bakersfield (staging), the two diverging routes are where the ATSF/BNSF peels off.  We've been running this Junction with hand-thrown Atlas turnouts for roughly two years now(!) so it's really nice to have this automated.  Still to do: the two crossovers in the distance, signals, ballast, scenery...

[peteski]

On the theme of getting back to it over the holidays... I finally installed the 4-turnout assembly at Kern Junction, along with the corresponding Tortoises and block detectors:



The two straight routes are the SP/UP main into Bakersfield (staging), the two diverging routes are where the ATSF/BNSF peels off.  We've been running this Junction with hand-thrown Atlas turnouts for roughly two years now(!) so it's really nice to have this automated.  Still to do: the two crossovers in the distance, signals, ballast, scenery...

Wow Gary!  That photo of under your layout caused me to have a double take.  Here is a photo of my fastidious friend, Ernie Poole's layout.  He worked as an IBM field service engineer.



Looks like both were built by the same person.  I still can't get over how similar your wiring methods are.  Looks clean, and is easy to troubleshoot (if and when that need arises).

[chuck geiger]

Back in the train room after nine months or adult responsibilities. Cleaned the track and some wheels and took the SW1 out for a spin. A great runner but always manages to find that one speck of dust that keeps you from a flawless run. Can anyone direct me to a thread on building a keep alive circuit for this locomotive?

From the desk of Rip Van Winkle:

Was I asleep and missed this gem? Please show more

RIP

[mark dance]

On the theme of getting back to it over the holidays... I finally installed the 4-turnout assembly at Kern Junction, along with the corresponding Tortoises and block detectors:

Nice Gary...but I am going to miss the excitement of your long trains negotiating the floating trackage of the "temporary" Kern Jn!  I can understand why you can live without that type of excitement in an ops session...

I finished another small project: the truck ramp at Cascade.  I will install it when the Cascade depot goes in...now to finish that one!







md

[NtheBasement]

Great job carving the rocks ..  thanks for the video .. the track in the tunnel and on the helix is scary .. I would put some guardrails in there

Thanks all for the compliments.  I suspect most people would got bored after the first minute or two.

I did have issues with the helix a few years back.  Seems the Atlas curves slowly go out-of-gauge narrower if you install the loose rail on the inside.  You will note a re-railer or two in the helix from that episode.  But I've always had a piece of foam board clipped to the bottom that keeps any rolling stock from hitting the floor.