What did you do on your layout today?

R.C. posted:

Made a Video last night Featuring new W&LE Power

2 Part Video with Caption's edited in on my you tube channel @13min

WLE Take the Grade pt1-The Drag up Wooster Hill

WLE Take The Grade pt2-The Return trip to Craneville

The video cover's the entire 10 x 12 dbl tier inter-connected shelf layout & features 2 new WLE locomotives (106 is non-powered) added to the fleet over the weekend by RC Jr.

Over the past 2 months the layout has received;

    1 new MTH ABC (Akron Barberton Cluster) SW1500 Switcher (1501 Pusher in video)

    Scratch Built dbl track trestle bridge

    The entire lower tier added with Y Loop & 3 yard tracks

    MTH WiFi Module with multiple devices

    Also on loan from RC Jr is the MTH 999 Empire State Express set

Enjoy!

PS; These MTH GP35's have the canac radio control antenna & sticker on carbody, system's which I installed on the actual units years back!

R. C.,  I finally took the time to watch your videos.  Hooray!!  I have a couple questions.

What is the diameter of the turnback curve at Shreve, I believe it is?  The place the track gang or road crew were working all day.

What material did you use for the shelves?

i guess I have a third question.  I see the shelf brackets you used under the narrow shelves.  They are similar to some on my Ceiling Central RR.  What did you use to support the turnback curve I asked about above?

The engines really work going up Wooster Hill.  I am glad to see the gluten free Cheerios mill as one of the W&LE’s customers!

 Thank you for the videos!!

I have not worked on my small layout since November as I have been waiting to receive my Broadway Limited Imports Operating Water Tower that I pre-ordered back in April.

The water tower was delivered two days ago and I think that it was well worth the wait.  

I am currently in the process of working on the scenery around the new tower at this corner of my layout so the photos and video attached do not show the final installation.

The (somewhat poor quality) video has only one set of dialog but the tower plays recordings of several different sets of comments on a random basis.

Hmorgan125,

That water tank was well worth the wait!  I really like it!  Your scenery by it looks great too!!

I think you might regret this statement

 Being retired I am home most of the time and anyone is more then welcome to stop.

So I take it you removed the Bryan not welcome sign from your side door.  lol 

My Mannhiem Road bridge was finished last night and traffic started on it right away this morning.  A trucker and a car got on it before it has been striped or road signs put up.   Greyhound is anxious to start using it to get to the downtown Chicago bus terminal beside my Union Station.  Streets and Sand dept has road work to do before it officially opens too.

There are Illinois State Police on both sides so this could get interesting.  I better hurry up and completely finish this area.

Art

It looks like somebody didn't get the road barriers up?   I wonder who will get thrown under the bus for that?  I have to go to lunch with my train buddies.

Art

Wow!!  Art, it looks great!  Now if only we could get PennDOT to work like that, we would really have something!  LOL   (Apologies to any PennDOT employees; we in the telecom business could definitely take a lesson from Art!!)

HMorgan125 posted:

I have not worked on my small layout since November as I have been waiting to receive my Broadway Limited Imports Operating Water Tower that I pre-ordered back in April.

The water tower was delivered two days ago and I think that it was well worth the wait.  

I am currently in the process of working on the scenery around the new tower at this corner of my layout so the photos and video attached do not show the final installation.

The (somewhat poor quality) video has only one set of dialog but the tower plays recordings of several different sets of comments on a random basis.

 

Nice pictures and video!   I also have one on the way from Trainworld.com !  Got the unlettered brown weathered one.   Glad you like  yours!!!  Hope mine is here today or tomorrow!  

Jim

Chugman posted:

My Mannhiem Road bridge was finished last night and traffic started on it right away this morning.  A trucker and a car got on it before it has been striped or road signs put up.   Greyhound is anxious to start using it to get to the downtown Chicago bus terminal beside my Union Station.  Streets and Sand dept has road work to do before it officially opens too.

There are Illinois State Police on both sides so this could get interesting.  I better hurry up and completely finish this area.

Art

great work!

Great work!!!

                                            some lunch time train running...

Art- the bridge looks great. If the troopers are there they should be able to control the traffic.

Bob

trainroomgary posted:

Day in the Life of the Train Room with the Grandchildren

Today the grandchildren came over and they spent the day with grandpa. This is our story.

Thanks for taking a look: Gary from The Motor City

Gary - That's a great look into a day you'll never forget.  These days go by fast.  Our grandson is 14 and our granddaughter is 11.  They both like trains, but their friends and sports are in the vanguard now.

Chugman posted:

It looks like somebody didn't get the road barriers up?   I wonder who will get thrown under the bus for that?  I have to go to lunch with my train buddies.

Art

Art - I like the way your highway goes through a wall.  The troopers are in their cars having coffee, instead of directing traffic in a construction zone.

Worked on cleaning track this morning and then ran trains.  I still have a lot of work to do in the yard area, but sometimes I think better when the trains are moving.

Track cleaning...............

A Freight is just passing through.........

My version of the "Downeaster" pulling into Exeter in SENH...........

Great job on the bridge, Art. The Troopers are probably why everyone is driving in the right lane and (I assume) going slow. 

Matt!  Very cool layout and nice videos!   Bad season for Coppertone?? LOL   

Jim

The videos are great Matt. Hope you are defrosting a little bit. We are up in the 40's here on Long Island today. A regular heat wave!

Bob

RSJB18 posted:

The videos are great Matt. Hope you are defrosting a little bit. We are up in the 40's here on Long Island today. A regular heat wave!

Bob

Bob - We are defrosting slowly.  Today it got up to 38f.  Yesterday it was over 40f.  Expect rain by Friday night.  

Jim -  We found out the hard way that reflected glare from the snow/ice can give sunburn to unprotected skin.  With the wind that we have experienced, we find that SPF50+ helps a lot.  So I guess my little billboard can keep pushing CopperTone!