Post 33 6/4/2017 Revised 10-31-2023
Accessories on Layout List
Been awhile in getting back. Been busy patching up my junk 1950s Delta 24 inch jig saw and working on stereo systems, getting an old Dual 1225 turntable up and a 1955 Hallicrafters shortwave tube radio running.
Scottie - No I did not install the Lionel trolley, I kept the HO trolley but had to replace the HO transformer.
Tom -
Accessories on Layout List as of 5-2023
Scratch built Operating Turntable ,on page 1, Post 9
Oval and figure 8 for both direction reversing on inner loop Main board
Double dog bone on New board, reversing in both directions
2 Trains on 1 track with relays for two loops 1977 fixed 2022 runs good with NO OX on tracks, Two loops on main board have two trains on one track relayed system 1977, outside loop system will work on total out loop of both main and new board
Dozen of Lionel uncoupling /operating track sections
Wye added to outside loops of both train boards, 5-2020, on Pg 7, Post 61
Marx 1590 metal frog switches, 31 installed
Ice skating Frozen Pond rink, homemade operating with disk of magnets under board, rink recessed on new Board, have above board commercial ice skating rink in box,
Marx 18 inch metal Tress bridge over Ice skating rink, one Lionel or Junior Bridge Co. 24 inch plastic Tress bridge and one 24 inch metal Junior Bridge Co. Truss bridge in attic and one 18 inch Arch Under Train truss plastic and metal bridge on shelves
Marx red 12 inch Plate Girder bridge
Coal Mine & Loading Station, Scratch built & kit bashed Bach. 1975 coal tower, w/solenoid triggered gate, on page 2, Post 15
Milk Platforms Lionel 3562, have Two, one on new train board and one on outside loop of main train board installed when Wye installed 6-2020
Cattle pen Lionel 3656, Cattle car will unload cattle back to cattle pen
Gantry Crane Lionel 12834 installed with tracks for gantry
Lionel Steam Coal Tender Whistles in two buildings, each board, whistle buttons on each end of both control panels
Lionel Diesel Sanding Tower, no building around TT
Bachmann Shell Oil Tank with diesel horn, have 2, a Third one sounds bad, horn buttons on each end of both control panels
Trolley - Bachmann HO trollies and homemade stop, reverse and start rotary switch
Log Loader, 6-12774, a Cheap Lionel Automated - Homemade solenoid automated loader will load coal dumping car and dump logs on to Lumber Mill- see Post 43 for details of automation
Lumber or Saw Mill, Lionel 464, rebuilt needing several new parts, coal dumping car will unload logs onto Lumber mill
Barrel Loader, Lionel 362, homemade base, Barrel car will unload barrels to Barrel Loader and Barrel Loader will load Barrel cars, installed operator man
Oil Drum Loader, Am Flyer 379, use with gondola cars
Ice Station, Lionel 6-12703 and Lionel BREX 19823 Burlington Refrigerator Express car to be loaded,
Control tower Lionel 192, operating, made some parts like roof, weather vane
Marx 416 Flood light towers, have 4
Operating Switch Tower Lionel 445
Operating Gate Man Lionel 145
Colber Oil Derrick Tower with bubbling lighted tube, have another spare tower
Micro wave tower Lionel 199 - Two installed, one with homemade top
Rotary beacon tower Lionel 494, light bulb heat turns reflector - Two installed
American Flyer 762 Whistle Billboard with two tone whistle installed in mountain in Jan 2022
Two tender Water Tanks, one a repainted Water Tank, Marx 065 and the other a copy of Lionel water tank with brick building homemade from Oat meal box and Masonite, later i got a Lionel 6-12711 Water Tower Building Kit not on layout, one but mine is better looking. Have second Marx 065 water tank not on layout and shell for Lionel Water tank
Water Towers - One a Am Flyer 772 with repainted checker board and blinking red light, second, a Lionel Style 193 Industrial Water Tower with homemade tank and red blinking light made support tower from Marx tower
Goodyear - Blimp, with Moving Message Sign, a Revell kit, wired with a 3 volt wall wart and Buck converter to DC in 2022, on layout for years, not working from 1985 or so
X-10 color TV security camera mounted on flat car. Projects videos from moving train to 12 inch TV on floor by L of layout and to 55inch flat screen TV on wall
I have a Lionelville Dispatching Station, Lionel 465, that needs some fixing but no where to put it !
At least 6 Marx and Lionel light flood light towers
Numerus area flood light posts at various operating accessories
Two lighted working signal bridges
Wye to reverse trains on the outside loop of main train board and new train board
The following was added 5-26-2023 to show where on the layout, each accessory is located.
The photo below shows an overhead view of layouts boards, where most of my operating accessories can be seen. The layout can maybe better be viewed if you click on it and to make a layout picture larger.
Main Board 11ft – 2 in X 5ft - 9in, New board 7ft – 6 in X 4ft – 7 in
L shape legs 11ft – 2in and 12ft – 3 in
The layout accessories, from the left upper corner, are listed next.
Homemade Gray and red manual operated gantry crane, Lionel 445 Operating Switch Tower, homemade turntable with control knob left of the LW transformer on control board, Revell Goodyear Blimp with rotating lighted sign, non operating Marx water tower, Bachmann 1975 Coaling Tower that does not have coal loading or unloading at this time, Lionel 192 Operating Control Tower, Gantry Crane Lionel 12834 installed with tracks with controls left of TT control, AF 379 Oil Drum loader, Lionel 362 Barrel Loader, Lionel 3562 milk car unloading platform, Lionel 3656 cattle coral that loads and accepts cow from cattle car, Lionel 464 Lumber or Saw Mill, Operating Gate Man Lionel 145, gray and orange Lionel 6-12703 Ice Station, Log Loader, 6-12774 with homemade automation at mountain with gray roof, behind Ferris wheel, Kitbashed Bachmann 1975 to Coal Mine and Coal loading facility, with the two roofs and brown walls at mountain.
On new train board, to the far right is a homemade Ice Skating froze pond with operating ice skaters, and to the left is another Lionel 3562 Milk Car Unloading platform. The Lionel 3562 Milk Cars and unloading platform are by far the most popular with all the kids that visit the layout.
I also have two lighted working signal bridges, two Lionel 199 Microwave flashing towers, two working Lionel 494 Rotary Beacons, AF 772 water tower and homemade water tower with flashing red lights and an Colber Oil Derrick Tower with bubbling lighted tube, four Marx 416 Flood light towers. Two of my building with open windows have working Lionel whistles for coal tenders, a American Flyer 762 Whistle Billboard and two Bachmann Shell Oil tanks with working Diesel horns and two control panels that have operating buttons on each end to work the horns and whistles. These work for all trains and I do not work any of the coat tenders or engines with whistles or horn from track voltage. I tried to place items close to where the would be located in the real railroad era of steam locos.
Charlie
