Recently, some of the OCSMR members on the O Gauge side got together to run Christmas trains one week before the big day.
Here are some videos of some of the action.......
ANNNNNND there OFF!!!! It's Rudolph leading by a nose followed by Baker's Dozen in second. It's Baker's Dozen passing around the turn followed by Rudolph.......
Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!!!
John, Lots of action! What are the peppermint stick subway cars?
Hi Mark,
The subway set is the Lionel Candy Cane Transit. It was catalogued only once maybe 7 years ago. Got it for a good deal from Trainworld.
That’s neat John! That explains why I hadn’t seen one before. Thank you!
Ballasting of track has begun. Al, Bill, Jim S, Jim T, Sean and Ted have been busy these last couple of days. Had to stop 'til a new shipment of ballast arrives.
Had a few visitors.
Lil Liz was having a great time running trains. Everything was fine until she noticed a lonely alien hiding on top of the roundhouse. He was retrieved and she was tryied to find his spaceship. Looks like ET has to "phone home".
Great work gents!
Hello Fellow O Gaugers,
Now that the holidays are over, progress has continued once again on the mural.
And it came..........in a BIG way.
In a matter of six hours, I was able to accomplish what is done in the photo below. It was a challenge, but I figured out what to do.
More to come!
That backdrop looks great John! You did a great job and it makes the bump out sections of the wall much less noticeable.
Mark Boyce posted:That backdrop looks great John! You did a great job and it makes the bump out sections of the wall much less noticeable.
Thank you, Mark. I was hoping that the design would hide the moulding on the wall, and it turned out better than I expected.
Plenty more to come in the upcoming weeks. So, stay tuned!
Well... HE'S BACK for the 3rd time joining the club again. Tom aka "TBall" is one of the original club members from about 30 years ago when the club was first organized. Pictured with Tom is Bud aka the Nutty Track Professor who designed our layout that we are building.
I'm glad to see Tom has rejoined the club! Also, I am glad to see a photograph with Bud too! It is nice to put a face with a name!
Thank you, Ted!!!
OCSMR's newly elected President ballasting track.
Grass has started to "grow" on the layout.
Bud, I’m glad you put him to work! That looks like a tight spot. Great job Ted!
The grass looks great
OCSMR's newly elected President ballasting track.
At least he can bend to get into the tight places and has some flexibility in his joints still. LOL!
Ted Bertiger posted:OCSMR's newly elected President ballasting track.
At least he can bend to get into the tight places and has some flexibility in his joints still. LOL!
LOL!!
Way to go, Captain Kraft!
What a fantastic multitrack curve. I can wait to see some multiple trains on it.
Talk about throwing yourself into the job! Have you considered one of those rolling cantilever elevated platforms? Ted, the life you save may be your own!
--Frank 
Ted Bertiger posted:OCSMR's newly elected President ballasting track.
At least he can bend to get into the tight places and has some flexibility in his joints still. LOL!
Yes Ted, I am quite impressed!!! 
F Maguire posted:Talk about throwing yourself into the job! Have you considered one of those rolling cantilever elevated platforms? Ted, the life you save may be your own!
--Frank
Frank does have a good point, Ted!!
Talk about throwing yourself into the job! Have you considered one of those rolling cantilever elevated platforms? Ted, the life you save may be your own!
Frank/Mark - We do have one of those platforms sold by Micro Mark. Top part is visible in the upper left of pic below. Don't know if anyone's used it. Problem is access is needed under layout. Where Ted is, there is now lower access (cabinet is in way).
Mike - Here're a few pix of trains on the curves.
Ted is probably grumbling, Who put those cabinets there? Just kidding! I understand. This whole layout building thing is all about compromises. All of us have to make them or we won’t get very far. Thank you, Bud!!
Mark - Ted installed those cabinets along with Tom, our Master Carpenter. Ted complain...nah.
LocoBudd posted:Mark - Ted installed those cabinets along with Tom, our Master Carpenter. Ted complain...nah.
This dream layout is truly a work of art. I love the large roundhouse and just wish I lived closer. You guys have done a fantastic job!
Mike Brooks
Crocodile Train Store posted:This dream layout is truly a work of art. I love the large roundhouse and just wish I lived closer. You guys have done a fantastic job!
Mike Brooks
Mike,
I have said the same thing. The closest I have come is meeting Ted on both my trips to York! 
John, That’s a lot of great painting in a short time!! The clouds look great! So many people say they have trouble painting convincing clouds, but yours are great!
Wow John,
Just having dinner and checking out OGR and saw what you painted-OUTSTANDING!
Will get these pictures on the website once it is back on line.
Your President,
Ted
Not much work activity last weekend. Most of the wrecking..er...working crew attended the NJ HiRailers' Trainstock. Picked up some ideas to incorporate in our layout.
JohnBrandt has been busy and turned a new corner.
The scenery crew has been working hard during the evenings.
Somebody touched boxes filled with buildings and buildings just popped out all over the place, just waiting for the housing developers to start installing them.
Oh yeah, finally got back adding some more real estate to incorporate the gas station, car wash and fire house (big foot prints). Want them up front so guests can see and operate them.
Looks like more good progress! Yes, train running will be at a minimum until the building mover crews get those buildings moved!! My bad knees just ache looking at the photographs!!
John,
The backdrop is outstanding! Well done.
Andy
Mark Boyce posted:John, That’s a lot of great painting in a short time!! The clouds look great! So many people say they have trouble painting convincing clouds, but yours are great!
Thanks, Mark. Had a lot of practice to get what I accomplished on this mural.
And more clouds are going to be rolling in when I work on it next. In fact, just this past Tuesday, I made a continuation of it in a corner of the layout. LocoBudd just posted a photo of it not long ago.
More to come as I get to the last 25 feet of the mural. Keep an eye out.
Steamfan77 posted:John,
The backdrop is outstanding! Well done.
Andy
Thank you, Andy. I'm glad you like it.
John T. posted:Mark Boyce posted:John, That’s a lot of great painting in a short time!! The clouds look great! So many people say they have trouble painting convincing clouds, but yours are great!
Thanks, Mark. Had a lot of practice to get what I accomplished on this mural.
And more clouds are going to be rolling in when I work on it next. In fact, just this past Tuesday, I made a continuation of it in a corner of the layout. LocoBudd just posted a photo of it not long ago.
More to come as I get to the last 25 feet of the mural. Keep an eye out.
Yes I see Bud posted some more! 25 more feet to go! I’ll keep an eye out for it
You guys are good! It looks fantastic!
Peter
Made a little more progress today. Ted added some scenery under the elevated section and tweaked other areas. Made some discoveries in our stash of odds and ends in the form of several pounds of rubber ballast that was used on our old layout.
Continued with the right hand side of the elevated section. Got the supports done and cut the plywood. Still have to fasten the plywood down. Waiting to check some clearances with Ted's Big Boy first.
Placed the major buildings to see how they fit. Area was originally designed to be open to access the track. Don't like covering track unless necessary. Like accessibility in case "something" happens. The Large Scale guys criteria is that no tunnel should be any longer than twice your arm length (of course you might want to consider what might be in the tunnel before you put your arm in ).
Hope JohnBrandt notices the addition of the tunnel portal at the end of his scenery. Plan is to utilize cars that have been modified (aka cut in half) to enter and leave the tunnel. Unfortunately the scenery crew (as in many other places) have been very active in covering everything is sight with grass (must have been in the Army). Now the road crew will have to excavate and lay in the road.
Eric was up top making sure there was no low flying Jet Blue planes! LOL!
Ooooooooo...Nice track...clean track. Ted cleans the residue on the rails from gluing ballast.
Make my day. You need more scenery glued down, punk?
The building gremlins have been busy putting buildings back on the layout. Final positions...TBD.
Organization?
Ted can do it all! Good work to all!
Yep, had the glue spray bottle aimed at Bud to stay away and let me glue those buildings in place!
Still have to tweak some ballast and scenery areas with additional glue spray as some areas did not get enough to make it solid.
Work continues on Tuesday night there.
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