Toy Trains Video 3

More of the same...different view.

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Entertainment

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• Toy
• Trains
• Lionel
• MTH

[bluecomet390]

Nice videos all around. Love the passing train shot. How do you hold your camera steady on the flat car? I've been trying to figure this out for my standard gauge layout, but my Handicam is too bulky, and my Kodak Zi8 stands upright, needing some sort of holder.

[Iliamna]

@bluecomet390 I used a Canon Powershot A710 to make that video and it was just sitting naturally on the flatcar. As I recall, it gets knocked around in one of the videos by one of my "trestle supports."

Thanks for watching the video.

[blarsonchicago]

No problem this layout is a work of art the home made elevated trestle looks great from what i can see in the video.

[Iliamna]

Well...you are far too kind...when I look at some of the stuff other guys do...well...they wouldn't allow this in their hemisphere. The homemade trestle brings the track up another 18 inches...I roughed it out to something like a 2.5% grade and it seems to work well. There's a storage yard up there with about 60 cars in it.

[blarsonchicago]

if you have the freight cars can you do a scale mile long freight with three or four engines at the head end and make a video of it?

[Iliamna]

I, probably, have the cars...but, I think (though it may look longer) the whole railroad is only about one half mile long. I believe the most cars I can get around the outside loop...the longest...is about 60. Each of those would be roughly 50 scale feet...so, 3000 scale feet is all I can do.

Maybe, I'll have to figure some scheme where they snake around and through a few crossovers...I'll have to check into it.

Thanks for looking at my video and trains.

[aals123]

TOOOOOOOOOO SLOW!

[happykittyify]

im going to make on just like that!

[maz323se]

Very well done sir! Very prototypical, just the way I like it too. Cant wait to see more!

[RCburner]

I have a Hogwarts Express set then got a amtrak train.nice job!!!!

[MartyLJ57]

Very good use of space.

[buggiecar]

Best ever!

[trainutjob]

i would love to make this kind a vid,but there is a bridge on it with a low clearence!eh sucks for me!