Benchwork - Roadbed
Milestones
A few days ago, I celebrated a milestone with my wife - 20 years of remission from cancer. But the other part of this milestone was that the time I spent in Chemo was when I was building my first layout. (1 module survives yet). Or the time I was in the hospital putting rooves together for some covered bridges.
A New Chapter
Hello everyone,
I am starting this blog to show the creation and the beginning of my new shelf-type O scale, 2 rail switching layout. I am one of those O scaler's that would like to show that you do not need too much space to build an O scale layout. Here is a photo of the old layout. A few weeks back I removed this layout because it was just not working out for me. It had the old Atlas #3.5 turnouts and they were getting too old. I had code 148 which I also wanted to upgrade.
HO 1950's/60's NYC-ish 7'x17' Layout
Building a layout for a client in his 3rd-floor game room based on Monticello, NY in late 1950's/early 60's:
Now where is that pesky short?
Sometimes my stupidity amazes even myself!
I spent 10 minutes tracing a short in my newly laid track work - DUH!
Modular Help
Hi as I am sure most of you know by now my school is starting a club and we want to make it modular (possibly) and I could use some help planning the gap points below is the track plan so please let me know what you think. Thanks, Trainmaster247
Updates To The PRR Southwest Branch - My Situation ***Update 11-19A
Welcome to my layout room...
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Bench work begins on page 12....
Signals construction begins on page 26...
Re-do it all!
Sadly, my layout has been fussy. There's a small grade on it that the trains can't cope with, and nothing seems to make it past 5-6 laps before something goes wrong! I am faced with only one choice: tear down the roadbed and start over! Here are some final pictures of the half built mess, before I get down to it:
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Is a router a tool that has enough potential applications to make the investment worthwhile?
As a tool junkie I have no problem working up the temptation and I do have a few situations where owning a router would be helpful, but I just don't know if over the long haul it would be a reasonable investment. Perhaps anyone who's used one on their railroad would have an opinion on this.
Charlie Comstock turnout jig and tutorial
After watching Charlie Comstock's tutorial on building turnout using homemade frog jigs and pc ties, I attempted my own version. I have just finished the first no. 5 turnout for a turning wye. The jig worked just as shown in the video. Charlie recommended using Rolly Holders from Railway Engineering. I ordered a set for code 83 rail and after a two week wait they arrived by mail with postage due (probably why it took two weeks). They are an excellent tool for track alignment and work better than three point gauges for laying turnout track.
Pokey Progress: Stacked
With the advent of warmer weather I haven't been spending as much time working on the layout. However I have managed to finish the final two helices I needed which are stacked above the two helices I built earlier.
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