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The Rocky Mountain Line
A tour of a great model railroad done by a life long modeler. Don has a world of the Rockies he built since retirement. I had the privilege of operating on this layout. It takes 14 people to run it. Two Part Video.
LINK TO YOU TUBE CHANNEL
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuh7aW2ZQ0u3MQclOH2Edg
This a link to my you tube channel. If you are interested in the videos of the many model railroads that I have visited and will in the future please connect and subscribe to my channel that way you will get to see all of them and receive a notice when one is posted. To the 100000s who have watched and asked all of the great questions thanks.
Those that have requested specific videos I have a list and will shot it as I do it on my layout. Like the last one Track painting.
Another Way To Install Cork Roadbed
As with most thing we do on our layouts, there are usually several ways to get something accomplished. We also tend to be influenced by our particular area of expertise, tending to do things in a way that we are most comfortable with. In my case, I am a 66 year old retired cabinet maker, so my perspective is from that point of reference.
Making Sub Roadbed from Scrap
For years I found it very frustrating trying to get the most out of a sheet of plywood when cutting curves for use as sub roadbed. As a result, I came up with a method that has worked very well for me over the years. It allows you to use virtually any size piece of plywood scrap of the same thickness for any curve that you need. It requires some basic wood working skills and the fabrication of a simple jig for laying out the pieces. I wanted to pass it on in the hope that some people will find it useful.
Geoff A
Joey Ricard, has a new YouTube video posted.
Joey,
Stumbled upon your new video on YouTube. What did you call that? No shame? I got the message. I had to drive across town, across the Red River into Bossier City to find a copy. That was great!
Den
Iowa Scaled Engineering - Why Open?
Maybe you’ve noticed that funny looking gear logo on our advertisements or on our website and wondered, “What is that?” Maybe you’ve heard of open source, and you’re wondering how a bunch of products aimed at model railroaders really fit into that.
More Uses for 3D Printing Around the Layout
So you have heard all kinds of things about what modelers are doing with 3D printing to assist in their rolling stock, locomotive and structure builds. How about some some more basic items to spruce up your layout?
Heart of Georgia (HOG) layout by Scott Perry - modifications
There was a post earlier this morning about the HOG layout asking if it could be run point-to-point along with a few answers. The post has since disappeared (marked as spam?) but I wanted to share some info about my modified HOG layout.
Rx224 enters traffic after 2 and a half years
Hi All,
A rather momentous occasion occurred recently, when my South Australian Railways Rx class 4-6-0 entered traffic.
The prototype loco entered traffic in April 1915, and was built by Walker and Co. of Maryborough in Queensland. Some 80-odd of the Rx class loco's were operated by the South Australian Railways, and were basically a jack-of-all trades, go-anywhere loco's and weighed in at 80 tonnes and were equipped with Belpare fireboxes. Some loco's received superheated boilers, however, Rx224 (as I have modeled), remained a saturated loco.
A cruel sense of humor.
Just as I have finished painting and detailing a GP35 as CP 5023, Atlas announces CP 5023 and 5024 in their new catalog. I think the train gods must really, really be killing themselves laughing at me.
Still, it was neat to try my hand at painting, detailing and decaling but I could have been doing the OBRY engine instead!
David
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