That is so cool how you did the lights in the shop.. WOW!
Joe... The engine house is definitely a hit,great work,and I loved the to (cTr...Choose the Right)
Top notch Joe....as others have said your engine house is a hit. The lights, the smokey haze...the trip hazards...er uh I mean details... 
Seriously though your layout is coming along great, thanks for the pics and vid's. How are you powering your layout?...AC right?....How many blocks did you incorporate? Oh and by the way what are the dimensions of your layout?...Thanks in advance Joe.
Seriously though your layout is coming along great, thanks for the pics and vid's. How are you powering your layout?...AC right?....How many blocks did you incorporate? Oh and by the way what are the dimensions of your layout?...Thanks in advance Joe.
Hmmm, it goes all around the new basement so it's T shaped like 32 x 44 with a 24x30 addition T'd off the long wall. The engine house sits on a 12' island. Blocks.... well basically the mainline is divided in four blocks each like 40' long on one tiu ch AC powered. The engine house is on a separate tiu channel. The G scale loop is on a third TIU channel. Joe
Enginear Joe,
Your engine shed is very nice and those loco's are top notch. Looks like you have a nice sized layout also. Keep up the good work. Thanks for posting.
Your engine shed is very nice and those loco's are top notch. Looks like you have a nice sized layout also. Keep up the good work. Thanks for posting.
Wow Joe nice space you have available....wish I had that much space but the Chief officer in charge of lands and aquisition isn't having it...yet .
Thanks for the information and track plan, it looks great.
.Thanks for the information and track plan, it looks great.
I was able to watch the videos and the pictures, thanks. Nice going converting those Lionel tank cars!
quote:Originally posted by SANTIAGOP23:
I was able to watch the videos and the pictures, thanks. Nice going converting those Lionel tank cars!
Thanks, but.... Ed R converted the black ones. I converted the white ones and two have sound. I'll have to shoot a newer vid. Joe
Joe...what all was required converting the Vision Line Tank cars? I have these cars also still sealed in the box. Haven't got them out to convert yet.
I get some requests for pics of my engine fueling shed. I have to still add the gutters and the fueling details that I'm building. It's easier for me to bring this post out of the grave. Joe
Eng. Joe, was amazed at the length of the train and then pushers at the end. I would have personally been afraid of the pushers pushing the cars off the track.
I also couldn't imagine unpacking so many cars, wow, especially now after packing all the ornaments away from the holiday.
Nice pass by.
Phill
I also couldn't imagine unpacking so many cars, wow, especially now after packing all the ornaments away from the holiday.
Nice pass by.
Phill
The first few times I attempted to run long trains I was scared. I did have a derail, because of a small wheel flange on a bumpy track. The truck was too tight. I stayed with the smaller flanges.
As I run these I've found that the MTH PS2 decoders adjust the engines constantly. I even run a converted Atlas with PS2. The train has just the right pressure maintained. I can put my hand on top of a car and notice the engines adjusting for the drag of my hand! If I push, the engines will slow almost as if they're telling me to stop messing around. They are really sensitive.
After all that I'm pretty confident in the ability of the DCS system to run these huge consists. I'm going to try over 100 cars with a dozen engines spread through out the train. I've got to get some extra eyes down here to make sure things stay on track. It will get interesting when I build the mountain grades.
As I run these I've found that the MTH PS2 decoders adjust the engines constantly. I even run a converted Atlas with PS2. The train has just the right pressure maintained. I can put my hand on top of a car and notice the engines adjusting for the drag of my hand! If I push, the engines will slow almost as if they're telling me to stop messing around. They are really sensitive.
After all that I'm pretty confident in the ability of the DCS system to run these huge consists. I'm going to try over 100 cars with a dozen engines spread through out the train. I've got to get some extra eyes down here to make sure things stay on track. It will get interesting when I build the mountain grades.
Kind of self indulgent, I want to keep this alive for sharing.
Helps me find some missing pics.
http://s252.beta.photobucket.c...r/media/004.mp4.html
Do these post still expire???
Up top Mike asked who's P42. Reading it now It's an MTH.
I thought he was saying proto 42
Joe that is a great photo, I love the bridge.
Joe nice bridge! Where did you get the railing caps?
Joe, Thanks. Looks great!
I see some new P42's in the new MTH catalog, why can't they just offer these with scale wheels?
Originally Posted by Enginear-Joe:
Up top Mike asked who's P42. Reading it now It's an MTH.
I thought he was saying proto 42
I'm really disappointed that MTH didn't follow through with the "all new diesels will have the scale option". I guess they just meant newly tooled???
The Genesis has the 3/2 trucks and was an easy swap out. Fixing the pilots should be fairly straight forward as the prototype has a division right there in the body/pilot mount. I just never got to it.
The bridge in the pic is made of plaster and came from daebay. It's the only place that looks scenicked on my layout!
I know this post is almost 2 years old I just did a search for "engine house" and yours came up. WOW! That is so cool! I don't have the space for what you have but would love to add something to my new WYE siding spur.
stop!
I'm blushing!
Thank you!! Wow Sept.2011!!
It's not that the building didn't look cool overall. It's that I didn't finish the inside properly or do anything more since!!
(I'm busy outside building my G scale!)
