HO 80s/90s CSX, NS, & Conrail layout resurrection.

[ozdell]

Thanks Tony. No, not painted by me, from Instant Horizons. They come in 24" X 35" sheets. They have a desert series as well. PauE

Hi PaulE, I had a look on Horizons , come across some from Down under, depends on the price , this is the pic I hope to paint without the ship to hide tracks on the fence .

Tony from down under

[minitnkr]

She's very aware Rick (hammering/sawing/cursing/swearing), just not very concerned as I had remodeled very nicely before starting trains.
Never had school or work on my b'day & most remembered it Chris. There are three rooms (laundry/bath, bedroom/momcave/mancave annex, sitting room/mancave/trainroom), in the basement. Laundry is cool, as sorting/folding are mindless tasks allowing contemplation of modeling issues and washing/drying are easy as I'm down there modeling anyway also humping laundry up & down in sync w/meals/snaks is no sweat.
Very cool Tony. PaulE

[minitnkr]

Finally solved south loop issues. Abandoned the bridge idea. 3 of 4 big curves completed.

Working tunnel locations

Another view.

C&Cs welcomed. PaulE

[JR]

Paul could you tell me please what the 4 objects are in the 2nd photo bottom right are ?

[Tim Marlow]

They look like re-railers to me John. In UK practice we used to build our own using plastic card and use them in what we called “fiddle yards” (Areas of track where the stock and locos were swapped over). They make it fast and to put stock on the track. You just slide the wagon or whatever across the railer and the wheels are aligned with the rails.
UK homes rarely have this much space, so the usual idea was build the interesting bit, such as a station (usually a terminus rather than a through station) and swap out stock in an “off stage” area so you can vary the trains running into the station.
As an illustration, this was the last one I worked on....It was a club layout, and I made the big warehouse in the background....never did get around to the windows.

https://www.scalefour.org/layouts/woolworthroad.html

Both ends of this had fiddle yards to vary the stock.
Sorry to hijack this a little Paul, I’ll delete it if you want.

[boatman]

HI Tim the link dont work
chris

[boatman]

An PaulE that graident looks a little steep to me in the first pic of the last lot or is it just the camera angle ? as on my layout when i treid something like this the trains just sat an the wheels spinnin going nowhere
Chris

[Tim Marlow]

Try this one

https://www.scalefour.org/layouts/woolworthroad.html

[minitnkr]

No worries Tim. Dzohn, Tim is correct, they are re-railers I use for grade crossings & magnet holders for decouplers as well as their intended use as he mentions. Chris, sharp eye, this is the cheat area I spoke of where I couldn't hold to the grade standard, but like you say the angle of view exaggerates the grade. Right now the continuous run will be one way going downhill here. Switchers working locals won't need to go here. PaulE

[Mini Me]

One could always "Doubblehead" with a little more weight over the drive wheels............or shorten the train a bit. "It's your Pike, run it how you like"! :tongue-out3:
Rick H.

[boatman]

PaulE THIS is looking great i love a layout how you are doin this plenty of lines goin in all dirctions but a question please how wil you clean all this track as that was part of my nemis on my layout ?
chris

[minitnkr]

Rick, it's only 4% so I don't think I'll need helpers, but we will see. Chris, it's a dry basement which helps, the nickle is more tolerant than the brass & I'm not adverse to cleaning before sessions, but I'm more concerned with loco wheels which was a problem before. All the added detail to the locos makes a cradle or shell removal problematic. Before I added the detail it was easy to remove the shell, clip on some leads & throttle up w/cleaning rag applied to the turning wheels & presto clean wheels. PaulE

[JR]

They look like re-railers to me John. In UK practice we used to build our own using plastic card and use them in what we called “fiddle yards” (Areas of track where the stock and locos were swapped over). They make it fast and to put stock on the track. You just slide the wagon or whatever across the railer and the wheels are aligned with the rails.
UK homes rarely have this much space, so the usual idea was build the interesting bit, such as a station (usually a terminus rather than a through station) and swap out stock in an “off stage” area so you can vary the trains running into the station.
As an illustration, this was the last one I worked on....It was a club layout, and I made the big warehouse in the background....never did get around to the windows.
https:tongue-out3:/www.scalefour.org...worthroad.html

Both ends of this had fiddle yards to vary the stock.
Sorry to hijack this a little Paul, I’ll delete it if you want.

Thanks Tim.:thumb2: I thought it was some sort of uncoupling system like is used in freight yards.

[JR]

Rick, it's only 4% so I don't think I'll need helpers, but we will see. Chris, it's a dry basement which helps, the nickle is more tolerant than the brass & I'm not adverse to cleaning before sessions, but I'm more concerned with loco wheels which was a problem before. All the added detail to the locos makes a cradle or shell removal problematic. Before I added the detail it was easy to remove the shell, clip on some leads & throttle up w/cleaning rag applied to the turning wheels & presto clean wheels. PaulE

No worries Tim. Dzohn, Tim is correct, they are re-railers I use for grade crossings & magnet holders for decouplers as well as their intended use as he mentions. Chris, sharp eye, this is the cheat area I spoke of where I couldn't hold to the grade standard, but like you say the angle of view exaggerates the grade. Right now the continuous run will be one way going downhill here. Switchers working locals won't need to go here. PaulE

Thanks Paul .

[minitnkr]

Last curve completed.

Bench work done except for nagging grade violation.

Discarded tunnel idea to hide it & am playing with a bridge solution.

C&Cs encouraged. PaulE