Another Trip Around the Layout (Under Construction)

[boghopper20]

Were the oil contaminated when you drained them?

[bladnik]

Very enjoyable video. really realistic speed of the train, and it runs so smoothly it is a pleasure to watch. have added to the layout since the last posting??

[htc6600]

Nice to hear that there's someone else who isn't a railroad "techhie." People try to make me feel like I'm from the stone age, running straight DC with blocks. Keep it simple works just fine for me.

[Adrian45738]

dude that i mean that Layout is AWESOME!!!! how long it took u 2 work on it???

5*****

[natzilllla1]

it would be cool to have this around the house going through walls and such.

[aacuna09]

NIce Layout :)

[D4449]

Best quality ive seen so far as far as cams for on a layout. congrats!

[margas121]

This is cool :)

[Southerntreatment]

Great layout man great work great track plan-- the thing that got me... how the hell do you see?! lol

[epiCnIGraRiNSeOUt]

Fucking amazing.

I like the transitions where you go from risers to ceiling-suspended trackways. You put it closer to the edge then I would though! I always leave enough room so if there's a derailment you don't lose $200 worth of rolling stock!

[Iliamna]

rancocaskid...I never think that far ahead or actually operate that technically. It is just a nice place to run some fairly long trains. I will put my Atlas O signals back up sometime in the future...but, largely, for decoration and to add color to what's going on...I don't have the mind to figure all that technical signaling stuff out.

Thanks for your comments.

[flyboy8492]

nice wye at the upper level. i have an HO scale layout, i need more money and more space. unfortunately, we never have enough of the two.

[edoliver51]

@Iliamna

What brand of track and switches are you using

[rancocaskid]

I enjoyed the ride

It has the look of a real railroad. How do plan to operate it. From freight yard to freight yard? Operating sessions? Signaling?

Thank you with the videos. One great model railroad.

[Blurredman]

Must cost you a bomb for all those engines

[Iliamna]

It is a sickness, a fever, or whatever you want to call it. Right now, I am going through a phase that makes me add all that up and say, "why?" I have trains in boxes that have not yet been run...and...that makes no sense...unless I don't intend to buy anything in the very near future...and...I don't...but, when the fever hits...I go out of control...ever-so-slightly.

[flyboy8492]

I'm trying to decide what's more interesting, the camera getting all but bumped off of the locomotive, or the interesting objects found along the tracks. lol.

[indycar101]

One nice rail road! How about a ride using some or lots of the crossover's!

[Iliamna]

Indycar 101...Thanks for the compliment. I agree, I need to do a video that "runs" from the outside loop to the inside and, then, up to the higher level.

I will do that in the near future.

[indycar101]

Well after about 5 more trips around, I'm getting to know your rail road a bit better! Using the Y and then using the running truck through the diesel house, I lose track of where I've been? Trying to look at all the power! Witch is very cool! I ran engines in the Elkharts diesel house the early 70's, off and on for a while, till I got set up full time! We handled 40 to 70 engines in 8, hrs a lot of the time! It's the NS now Elkhart, Ind. Conrail then? Phones ringing, I'll be back later!

Chuck

[ilovemthtrains]

Your ability to build this speaks volumes! Can`t imagine your passion in doing this! "that`s what I see" ...... Bravo my friend!

This should be in a magazine! EXCELL !

[Iliamna]

Yes, it is in a 3-car garage in California. The layout platform is suspended from the ceiling...6 feet, 2 inches from the floor. I am attempting to make it as much a "hi-rail" layout as possible. I suppose true model railroaders really go for the scenery and I don't. I just wanted a place to run "long" trains using as much "scale" equipment as possible.

[flyboy8492]

lol, you need a big boy. that'll get you up the grade with long concists

[rhbeadlejr]

I take it that this is in a garage. Is this going to be a scale model layout or a toy train layout? How high off the floor is the lower level?