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Description: This is my very first instructional video on building my model train layout. I know it is not perfect, I have things running out of the shot, and some other issues, but this was done with a Canon Digital still cam that takes videos. If I get a good response, I am going to do more details on how I build my layout. I learned a lot in this first video, and how to make the rest much better, plus I am shopping for a good digital camera to make them oh so sweet! This video is about how to prepare and wire your model train layout above the main board. A lot of people wire their layout below the main board, and they crawl under it, but I cannot since I am in a wheelchair. So I have wired this on the table, but it will be all below the landscape. All of the wires will feed back to a main panel, so I can make changes or additions on the fly, from a simple panel. I will be putting wires all throughout the layout, for stuff I have, and for future use, that way, I can pull out wires when I need them for new cool stuff. This layout is going to have automated crossing gates, a wig wag signal, and oh, so much more. Follow me in my journey while I build this cool layout with lots of bells and whistles, literally!!
November 29, 2010 at 8:41 am
how long did it take you to build that
it also looks bigger than a ho
November 29, 2010 at 8:50 am
i wish i could have some ho-scale trains, but my parents wont let me. ughhhhhhh
November 29, 2010 at 9:28 am
what kind of loco is that at 1.41 ???
November 29, 2010 at 9:48 am
Sir I tip my hat to you you and your team have the best HO track i have seen
November 29, 2010 at 10:22 am
very realistic well done
November 29, 2010 at 11:18 am
@NJTrainSET I looked it up on Wiki. I understand now. Thank You.
November 29, 2010 at 11:51 am
@DieselRebel Cool! Finally someone who actually searches things! LOL
November 29, 2010 at 12:27 pm
how long did it take you to build that
November 29, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Top notch layout there. I wish i had the space to make one that size. Then again, probably for the best haha.
November 29, 2010 at 2:38 pm
this is amazing!!! I have 3, 4 feet by 8 feet long tables in my small basement and i’m trying to do something simaler to this just not this big
November 29, 2010 at 2:54 pm
but… will it blend? That is the question
November 29, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Jaw dropping scenery, ballast and track work, beautifully weathered sound equipped units, realistic dispatching, locomotives performing as if they were hauling TONNAGE…………..this is as sweet as western model railroading gets!
November 29, 2010 at 3:33 pm
@coops8291 looks like an alco c415
November 29, 2010 at 3:46 pm
sick
November 29, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Another question for the video host. BN engine #5809 at 2:11 in, I noticed it has a functioning yellow beacon. Did that come with the model from the factory, or after market? If it’s factory, who made it?
November 29, 2010 at 6:40 pm
@DieselRebel BN #5809 is a upgraded Atlas U30C with after market details. Beacon and many other details from Details West and sound decoder is from Loksound.
November 29, 2010 at 7:22 pm
plus, couldn’t you just dump all those little cars of grain out into a bag and walk it to the other side of the building in much less time?
November 29, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Awesome layout. You guys need a heli-pad on one of those trains. get a couple of those toy helicopters they sell now for $20 or $25 and land them on there. Don’t crash them thou, or you’ll ruin part of your layout. Again, Awesome layout !!!
November 29, 2010 at 9:18 pm
is this a C-415 @ 1:44? and tell me if i’m wrong, but 6424 seems to be an EMD SD50.
November 29, 2010 at 9:43 pm
@nascarmonsterjamfan why?
November 29, 2010 at 10:11 pm
@Fireheart528 Yes that is a C415, and 6424 is a SD45, looks like a former NP from the notch in the nose.
November 29, 2010 at 10:33 pm
that is so epic
November 30, 2010 at 4:37 am
Wow, love the signals, and the realistic slow, steady speed
November 30, 2010 at 7:02 am
@DieselRebel Centralized Traffic Control. It is something thats been used on real railroads for 60 years now.
November 30, 2010 at 8:59 am
Absolutely LOVE the SDP45-now there’s a rare model! Brass or bashed?