Mid Ohio Valley Rail N scale model RR #12

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Action at the west yard end, with CSX coal, NS intermodal, and Amtrak passenger trains.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• model
• railroad
• scale
• Kato
• Atlas
• CSX
• NS
• trains

[metraF40PH163]

nice N scale stuff! keep up the good work

[MOVRMAN]

@metraF40PH163 Thanks for watching!!

[Amtrak1194]

with kato switches its hard to wire them to actually electrically switch them because the wires are too short do they make extensions for the wires?

[MOVRMAN]

Wow!!...I was off a lot. Kato turnout extension cord is 35 inches long at $3.75 a cord.

[HoosierLine]

Why not lop off the end and add your own wire between the turnout and the plastic connector clip at the end. Then you can make these as long as you like without getting taken to the bank for every Kato extension you need. I use the Kato crossover, #6 & #4 turnouts and I also like to throw those manually and haven't bother with getting their electric turnout throws. Getting those plus the extensions can get really expensive.

[MOVRMAN]

Actually, I've cut the plug end off the Kato wires and used Radio Shack wire from there to my Atlas selector switches.

You're right....to fully wire it with the Kato modular method and controls would be an astronomical price indeed.

[potatothorn]

@HoosierLine that's what i do

[MOVRMAN]

@zombyfart Thank you! The 3 tracks involved there give me a trio of equal length passing tracks, that go around the yard. All this was powered by 1 MRC Tech4 280 dualpack transformer.

All my little productions, short of the single-train videos, require a few test runs, and often have many takes before I get one I'm happy with.

Thanks for watching!!

[MOVRMAN]

They make about a 4 or 6 foot extension, not sure, but I'll look it up for you. They aren't cheap.

I kept my turnouts manual to prevent burnout. It's not an easy fix if you burn one out after getting the scenery down.

You could do cheaper exact length wires by taking one of Kato's extensions, cut it in the middle, and splice in an equal gauge wire, keeping the modular Kato ends to the controls and turnouts.

[MOVRMAN]

Having seen the real one numerous times, I had to have one for my museum.

The one you see is from Bachmann's first design in 1988. Very poor runner.

The J you see in my videos is the newer, improved version, that is much, much better.

Thanks for watching!!