Awesome Handwork!

Those look great Rick! Nicely done, the old fashioned way, Bernd would be proud.

Train order boards

Fantastic...I have been thinking about order boards for my small town station of Swoyersville (also O scale) and this looks like just the ticket...I was going to use a static one from a Walthers station, but now I gotta try this....I will probably operate it with a bike brake cable.....thanks for the inspiration!!

There are alternatives

Great work. I am doing something similar in HO for my interlocking signals. However, if a person is not inclined to scratchbuild, Grandt Line has a couple of nice order boards in O scale and the price is around $4 US.

Thanks all

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Skip, I've actually have a set of the Grandt Line boards but I decided that they weren't what I needed, lower quadrant not upper, "wrong" style, plus I wanted them in metal for the durability.

Basically what it really came down to was a challenge, to see if I could do it.

I've all the parts finished for the other one but my only can of silver spray paint is hopelessly plugged. These silly new cans that spray upside down, great if you are building a model while swinging on a trapeze but not so great if you want to invert the can and clear out the dip tube! Just a way to get you to buy more paint, I maintain.

I'll post some more pics later.

Second order board

I've finished the other order board, at least the "above ground" portion.

I need to put in an order with the good folks at Tam Valley and get some of the fun stuff that goes "below ground".

We have movement!

My package of goodies from Tam Valley arrived today... Neat stuff!

I had a few household chores set aside for myself after work today, but they didn't seem to get done. I couldn't resist unpacking the box from Tam Valley and playing with the servos. I managed to get one side of one of the order boards working and temporarily set up on the layout. I must say it is entirely to fun watching the little sucker bounce up and down.

This is the second time I've bought product from Tam Valley, I'm using their dual frog juicers on my turntables, and was once again impressed with them. There stuff is well thought out and easy to use.

I'll take some pics and maybe a little video once I get it all assembled a bit more permanently.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to run downstairs and watch my little order board wave at me.

Great work!

Too few narrow gauge railroads had semaphores, so it's always cool when I see them on a NG layout, and that they look good and plausible.

Great job!

Rick - Did you ever make a video of this in operation? Curious minds …