Mountain Railroading in HO Scale

The basement of the Zamostny residence has always been thriving with model trains, and although scales have changed throughout the years, the creations have never ceased to amuse and amaze visitors and family, as well as the creators; my father and I. Nowadays, we have an HO Scale layout taking up our basement quarters, with a double-track mainline running up and down the mountain grades, rock cuts and foothill industries, as well as a single-track mainline running around the perimeter of the room, passing through tunnels and winding its way alongside the gradients. To give you a more mountainous and rugged feel for the layout, some more extreme angles were put into use to exploit the true power and beauty of the mainline run. With UP being a theme for this video, you'll follow a heavy manifest led by an SP C44-9W and an SP SD40T-2 and a swift intermodal with a UP AC44CCTE and a pair of CNW C44-9W's up and down the mountain grades, battling the uphill drag and working to stay in control while descending the gradients. Enjoy the action!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• trains
• railfanning
• mountains
• hills
• grades
• up
• sp
• cnw
• ho
• scale
• model

[jbrailphotography]

how did you do the slanted curves



[ConrailForever]

To create super-elevation, we laid a thin wire underneath the outside rail.

[MichaelPenn66109]

Wonderful layout - great work...

[ConrailForever]

Thanks!

[teddyv1]

Are all your units Athearn? Certainly sounds like an Athearn growl. :)

[ConrailForever]

Yes, all of the units in the video are Athearn, my favorite maker.

[wesolint]

Great action shots of a running railroad!

[brother1997]

one question,do u know any ocean (or any water-side) models in HO scale?

[jbrailphotography]

thanks for the help because we are currently building our layout

[stationmaster12]

I love your layout! I wish I could get mine to look like yours! Great work!!!!!

[bn513]

this is awesome cody!! :)

[Keith120286]

You should run them slower to create the illusion of bigger layout. I'd also try to eliminate those tight turn radius' in the future if possible. Otherwise, nice layout and I love the Union Pacific locomotives.