What's happening on your layout?

[logandsawman]

What solution have you found for electrifying the track on your bridge section once it is in place?

I have seen some modelers having matching hidden contacts on the bridge and layout.

I slide the joiners into place from one side. Also helps keeping the alignment perfect. Slide them out of the way when it is time to lift out. Takes about 10 seconds.

 

[steelwheels]

Yeah, I know, it's not necessary here because the crossover will be removed when not in use.

Mounting the crossover is not a pit stop. How much time does it take to connect a plug? Track alignment is the most important, I will say that.

Modeling O scale, even that is an easy one, this is where bigger is better.
Pep

 

[PMW]

I have seen some modelers having matching hidden contacts on the bridge and layout.

I slide the joiners into place from one side. Also helps keeping the alignment perfect. Slide them out of the way when it is time to lift out. Takes about 10 seconds.

I do the same thing. I also bring the bus line in to the lift out section with an easy plug/unplug harness and connect feeders to the bus. That way I'm not relying on the joiners for power. (I'm talking about my first layout... same plan for the one I'm building now).

 

[NorthBrit]

Altering the layout since removing the 'duck-under bridge'.
Clarence Dock is no more.
Leeds Sovereign Street Station is in its place. I still want a small dock, so Sovereign Dock is built. (Just like in the real world.)

Sovereign Dock with 0.4.0 'Pug' in charge of the crane.

Still (a lot) more work to do. Slow going, but there is no rush.

 

[NorthBrit]

I want the area around Leeds Sovereign Street to have the appearance that it has been raining and has just stopped.

A short train of Leeds Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway freight wagons in the Goods Yard.

 

[rgeiter]

Dropping and endless amount of feeder wires so I can run trains this week!

 

[Mopac Junkie]

My first rock outcroppings. I’ll figure this out as I go….
Am thinking about spending my Labor Day doing just this.

 

[logandsawman]

I made some new steps for the train shed:

Dave LASM

 

[Kusojiji]

Gotta luv the realism in 1 to 1 scale! haha

 

[kleiner]

Hi everyone - Its been a while since Ive been on this forum but I just checked in and thought I'd post a quick update. Last year, someone at my model train club gave me some Kato N-scale Unitrack so I decided to make layout based on that. This layout is completely computer controlled so it has a very simple track plan. I have written the control software from scratch (I really need to create a separate thread for this layout!).

I don't yet have a name for this layout but the general setting is eastern Pennsylvania in the area between Reading and Scranton. My inspiration was a ride behind the Reading T1 2102 last year. This is a magnificent steam locomotive. You can see a model of the Reading T1 that I just got from Broadway Limited (what an amazing model!). The layout is running well and the scenery is about 2/3 complete .

 

[NorthBrit]

New station building has arrived.

Just five minutes ago a new little 0.4.0 locomotive has arrived.

Picture to follow later.

 

[steelwheels]

On the edge, golden spikes are not far off.

Pep

 

[steelwheels]

Weekend, mainline & bridge prep for install.

Pep

 

[PMW]

I finished working on my rock pile, I used the pink or the purplish styrofoam to make little rocks and then painted them to color.
Now I'm putting the rock pile on my back wall mountain top.
Also trying to finish off the left side of the rock wall layout so I can soon start putting my track down.

They look great!

 

[PMW]

I've been somewhat inactive on the forum in the last several weeks and even less active on my layout. This is because my dad suddenly and unexpectedly went into hospice care at home and died days later. I've never lost anyone so close before and (kind of) knew what was coming but I wasn't prepared for it. As many of you know, it's a lot to do and deal with. I don't want to misdirect the thread should anyone want to offer condolences so a simple "like" is fine

Anyway... YankeeDabller was having a track sale so I got a good price on 25 pcs. of flex track. That should get me back in the game I look forward to posting progress soon.

 

[PMW]

Flex track arrived this week and I got to installing some today.

I also changed my track plan a bit. I have two arrival-departure tracks for my yard which also form a longer than necessary run-a-round track. The original plan was to use two sets of crossovers to form a smaller run-a-round within the a/d tracks. Now I'll just use one set of crossovers near the body of the yard and use the turnouts at either ends of the a/d tracks to complete the run-a-round move. The run-a-round is still longer than necessary but I think more prototypical (as I understand real railroads like to keep track work simple to save money) and this will also save me some money

 

[DeaconKC]

Redid the yard area to a switching area. Got the switches hooked up and it's working now. I think it's gonna make the layout a lot more fun.

 

[PMW]

Unfortunately work projects have dominated a lot of my free time recently. But another turnout arrived today and I have a fair amount of flex track on hand so hope to keep up the fight this weekend!

Apropos of nothing, my new truck has a Youtube app so I can watch train videos on a big infotainment screen before work...much better than my phone

 

[DeaconKC]

Waiting on a new turnout controller to arrive to finish up the new switching area.

 

[steelwheels]

DOT moved in to widen and stripe the main road, but it took a while.

The cars & trucks will fit the road, with the road scale corrected.

Pep