The Model Railroading thread - Page 19

August · 01-17-23, 11:58 PM

Been up to the train room recently after a long hiatus. The layout now has a working farm!

The view from the cornfields

From the Farm stand across the street.

A birds eye view of the chicken coop

Also I just finished wiring up this little guy for lights. Still thinking about where to put him.

Aktungbby · 01-18-23, 01:20 AM

...way to 'necro'

errrr glad yer back on track after nearly half a decade!

How many operational locomotives are in that 'train room' fleet? There are six alone in the round-house pic.

August · 01-18-23, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...way to 'necro'

errrr glad yer back on track after nearly half a decade!

How many operational locomotives are in that 'train room' fleet? There are six alone in the round-house pic.

All of the ones in that picture are operational. About 2/3rds of the roundhouse bays contain a working locomotive.

Here's some more in the line up.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-18-23, 10:14 AM

Nice August

Aktungbby · 01-18-23, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ReallyDedPoet

Nice August

l'll just settle for a dryer Febuary!

The Napa Wine train tracks, incl. a vital trestle bridge over the Napa River are currently washed out...

...and the Napa Expo Train Society recently got evicted from its Quonset hut after 52 years of dedicated hobbyists' multi-generational work due to profit motivated fairground's management decision-making

Now I'll have to build my own after 30 years of enjoying this place...but think some astute nephew glommed all my childhood train stuff from mom's basement years ago...

August · 01-18-23, 04:13 PM

Too bad that looked like a nice layout. Did the society find another place or did they have to destroy it?

Aktungbby · 01-18-23, 07:23 PM

I think so...over to Sacramento?

August · 01-18-23, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I think so...over to Sacramento?

That's good to hear. It takes so much to create these layout's it's nice when they can be preserved. Some people make them modular which is something I wish I had done. The NMRA has a standard for modules that allows for that and to mix an match them.

August · 01-30-23, 01:37 PM

Fueling up.

nikimcbee · 01-31-23, 02:37 AM

That's a cool setup!

August · 01-31-23, 08:56 AM

Not very realistic i'm afraid. Steam engines and diesel fuel do not mix.

August · 02-01-23, 01:17 AM

Got the motorbike placed on the layout.

Onkel Neal · 02-01-23, 09:01 AM

Nice, is that a Honda? Do you run the wires under the base to power the lights?
One thing about model railroaders, they don't just model a tank with a few shells and scrub lying around, they model the whole blinking town. Very very cool, love the chickens too!

August · 02-01-23, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Nice, is that a Honda? Do you run the wires under the base to power the lights?
One thing about model railroaders, they don't just model a tank with a few shells and scrub lying around, they model the whole blinking town. Very very cool, love the chickens too!

Thanks!

I believe that is a post war BMW. It's from a set of two produced by a company called Rocco.

For the lights I used micro LED's and ran the wires along the frame and down underneath the layout. I put the wires on the back side to hide them but I found they are so thin that once painted in you can't even tell they are there.

August · 02-03-23, 12:27 AM

This is what railroad people call a "U-Boat" Otherwise known as a General Electric U25B.

01-17-23, 11:58 PM	#271
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,666 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Been up to the train room recently after a long hiatus. The layout now has a working farm! The view from the cornfields From the Farm stand across the street. A birds eye view of the chicken coop Also I just finished wiring up this little guy for lights. Still thinking about where to put him. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,822 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! ...way to 'necro' errrr glad yer back on track after nearly half a decade! How many operational locomotives are in that 'train room' fleet? There are six alone in the round-house pic. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The one and only East Coast Posts: 10,775 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice August __________________ Back in the Day

01-18-23, 04:13 PM	#276
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,666 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Too bad that looked like a nice layout. Did the society find another place or did they have to destroy it? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-18-23, 07:23 PM	#277
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,822 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I think so...over to Sacramento? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-30-23, 01:37 PM	#279
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,666 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fueling up. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,924 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That's a cool setup! __________________

01-31-23, 08:56 AM	#281
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,666 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Not very realistic i'm afraid. Steam engines and diesel fuel do not mix. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-01-23, 01:17 AM	#282
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,666 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Got the motorbike placed on the layout. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-01-23, 09:01 AM	#283
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,283 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Nice, is that a Honda? Do you run the wires under the base to power the lights? One thing about model railroaders, they don't just model a tank with a few shells and scrub lying around, they model the whole blinking town. Very very cool, love the chickens too! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-03-23, 12:27 AM	#285
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,666 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is what railroad people call a "U-Boat" Otherwise known as a General Electric U25B. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.