Model RailRoading

[Talon]

Anyone into model railroads?I'm working on an Ngauge one now on a 6ft x 8ft board.Late steam early diesel era.


Talon

[gramps]

I had a N scale started.... mid to late deisel era........got the table an track done in a 12x 24 ft room...no scenery really, but had it runnin purty good.

Ended up havin to take it down. Still have most of my rollin stock, but that's bout it.

One of these days I hope to be able to do one again

[Collin]

Hi Talon,

yep, got N gauge but I'm the same as Gramps, its packed away as I don't have room.
Been toying with the idea of having a setup on a board which can be lowered and raised to near ceiling height but the landlord doesn't approve.:costumes:
Thought I might be able to fit 2 engines into a deisel model.....end result was 2 ruined deisel models.:banghead:

Have you come across an N gauge sand/gravel hopper that discharges its load like the OO Hornby one?

regards Collin:ernae:

[stansdds]

I grew up with HO scale, but upon entering college I had no time for such things and left the hobby. Well beyond graduation now, I did buy some N scale locomotives (first generation diesels), some rolling stock, track, turnouts, and used Atlas' free software to design a nice door top layout. I have yet to even purchase the door.

[Talon]

In 1992 I had an HO layout with about 300ft of duel line track,36 inch radius curves and was nice to see a big Boy or CabForward to go aroung them.

I started to get back into it last year after I found an NGauge Daylight Classic train with a steam engine.I now have two 4-8-4 Warbabies for the Southern Pacific and a few F3 diesels in the Black Widow scheme.All mainline track is working and need to wire the branchlines. The city is almost done,just waiting for 2 more buildings for it and I'm working on the industries.I usually pickup what I need when I'm in NJ.I expect everything will be in during July.


Talon

[gramps]

Be sure an take some pics Talon..........lookin at others is bout as close to havin one as I can get right now.

[Henry]

hmmm have a bunch of HO gauge
in England told my sister to sell it
as my mother is in a home
and its sitting in the attic
maybe rethink:banghead:
my grandfathers were train people in real life
my mothers father at cromer and my fathers father
at Magdalen road allways waved at the Queen on her way to sandringham
had one room with trains running around
is it worth anything today?
H

[thicko]

Yes,
Ho scale here, way too many brass imports sitting on display shelves. 22 ft x 16 ft dual track layout in a U shape that one of the cats likes to claw on. I'll get running again this late fall, when it is too cold to enjoy the outdoors.
The hobbies are way out of control here! I did the plastic model aircraft and tanks plus many resin kits, until the eyesight started going. I still saved the best work, much WW1 in resins.
Now mostly CFS2 design and I still get to the occasional vintage sports car race with my 1958 Lotus 7 and 1960 Lotus Elite. Don't tell anyone, but I have started planting flowers around the house. Scary, Very scary!
Cheers Thicko

[Kofschip]

I started with HO, but my wife got me going in G Scale in the garden. Have about 120 ft of track in a figure eight with one loop around a pond with 26 gold fish and three frogs. Used grey Trex boards as foundation, very stable and it looks like ballast from a distance. That saved a lot of work. :d

PS I still have the original Marklin FIRST HO tinplate passenger and freight trains. No, I am not selling them. :d:d:d

[gramps]

is it worth anything today?
H


It's very possible that it is H.

[Talon]

I 'm in NJ to see my folks but went to my fav train store.Got some new buildings and rolling stock.I ordered a few things and they should be in in 2 weeks.I will be here till late July so it should be no problem to pick it up.

My plan is to start doing scenery in september if all goes well.


Talon

[Collin]

I still have a refugee from my OO days.

Its a 4-6-2 Princess Elizabeth by Triang.

Not sure who is older, it or me!:costumes:

Still works, has the old fashion coupling on the tender but none on the front of the loco.

regards Collin

[Talon]

I still have my brass pieces in HO.Southern Pacific Cabforward,Union Pacific BigBoy and ATSF 4-8-4 Northern.I also have the first edition Penn.passenger cars ( lighted with interiors ) which I was offered 5 times what I paid for them.


Talon

[Collin]

I wonder if there will be a model "Maglev" railroad system.?

regards Collin:ernae:

[Lewis-A2A]

I know am still a young Whipper snapper on these forums but ill say it anyway.

When I was young...

I use to have various sets but alas size is always a problem and so is the expense. A year or so ago however I discovered the 'Trainz' software.

I can make 'virutal' layouts to as large as I want them and use whatever I want from buildings to trees to vast amounts of rolling stock and loco's.

Heres a few pictures of my layout, set in the UK naturally but the program has all sorts of country setting's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/Madaboutsims/trs004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/Madaboutsims/trs001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/Madaboutsims/trs003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/Madaboutsims/trs002.jpg

The current Version I believe is Trainz2006 and is well worth buying for anyone who wants to have a layout but does not have the space.

[Jerm]

Is that Microsoft Train Simulator? Whatever happened to that sim. Never made a new one?

[PostFatal]

Is that Microsoft Train Simulator? Whatever happened to that sim. Never made a new one?

Trainz is not MSTS, but this is > http://www.microsoft.com/games/trainsimulator/

I hear that whistle blowin', commin' round the bend.
TS X is on the way, I got no bucks to spend.
I'm stuck in unemployment
So I don't get to play.
But TS X is commin' so I'll have to find a way.

[Collin]

Is that Microsoft Train Simulator? Whatever happened to that sim. Never made a new one?

Trainz is from an Australian firm.

regards Collin:ernae:

[troyden]

I had a nice N-guage set-up a few years back in an unfinished basement in an L-shape around the walls. I had the track working smoothly was about to start the scenery when "THE X" and I split and before i got into a place that i could store the stock the cow threw it out.:censored:
I'm hoping to start from scratch again but the money is just not there at this time.:banghead:

[Collin]

Thats a shame Troyden, do hope you can get some pennies together and restart.
Money isn't my problem, space is. Living in a flat doesn't lend itself to a permanent set up.:redf:

regards Collin:ernae:

[troyden]

have you tried setting something up like a wall bed. it would only have to be abot 3 inches deeper than your tallest point you would not be able to leave anything loose on the layout. You might also consider z scale, I've seen a very detailed setup in a table of about 3' x 5' and the top was about 8" deep covered with glass

[Lewis-A2A]

Ill say it again Colin,

For those without space Trainz2004 or Trainz2006 software is great. Unlike Microsoft train simulator Trainz isnt an exact train simulator but rather as crazy as it sounds a model trains simulator. This is were it gets confusing as that makes it a simulator of a simulator of the real thing :isadizzy:

Anyway its very easy to get started kinda drag and drop plus theres thousands of downloads on the web to make your perfect layout.

[Collin]

have you tried setting something up like a wall bed. it would only have to be abot 3 inches deeper than your tallest point you would not be able to leave anything loose on the layout. You might also consider z scale, I've seen a very detailed setup in a table of about 3' x 5' and the top was about 8" deep covered with glass

Troyden, I have considered it, but I wouldn't go smaller scale, tho I might return to OO.
I like to see the trains working with summat instead of just running from station to station. Like the old Triang operating hopper set or the Hornby operating tipper and conveyor sets, and unless I can find the equivalent in N gauge I might go back to OO.

Lewis,
I have heard good things about Trainz but have no plans on getting it or the Microsoft one. Some Trainz users have requested my fsds2 model ships for use within their set up, I'm quite happy to let them have the files but they must realize that these models have to be converted to G-max first.

regards Collin:ernae:

[troyden]

Colin that's the nice thing about the hobby ... it's a do your own thing those that don't understand that can bugger off. The only other suggestion i can make would be a club of some sort, you can't be the only one in your area with the desire but without space.
I wish you good luck.

[Collin]

Thanks troyden, ......I'm now toying with the idea of a working diorama,
John Brown's in either WW1 or WW2 vintage. Should be able to use the large plastic kits of the Hood or KGV .

regards Collin:ernae:

[Collin]

Anyone come across this type of crossing before?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIANG-MINIC-MOTORWAYS-NEW-RM912-ROAD-RAIL-JUNCTION-B_W0QQitemZ120136687500QQihZ002QQcategoryZ7319QQtc ZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

regards Collin:ernae:

[Talon]

That reminds me of the old HO Race car tracks with RR crossings from 40 years ago.


Talon

[Kofschip]

That reminds me of the old HO Race car tracks with RR crossings from 40 years ago.


Talon

That is what it is Talon. :applause:

[Collin]

Well I just got my first N gauge loco through the post from a seller on Ebay.

Its a luvly little 0-6-0 Jinty in LMS colours, mint condition, £24.06 inc p&p:d

Now its just a matter of waiting for the rest of the items to arrive:costumes:

regards Collin:ernae:

[Talon]

In March a new N scale Daylight is coming out.steam loco with 18 passenger cars.Price about $650


Talon

[Trans_23]

I have a couple of big boxes of HO locomotives and cars I have been collecting for about 20 years or more now. I don't even know what I have anymore. Once in a while I will see something I like and buy it. My last purchase was SD38-2 in the EJ & E livery. I live about a mile from their tracks so when I saw it I just had to buy it. Most of my stuff is Chicago and Northwestern though as I grew up near their tracks. I screwed up a few years ago and bought a house without a basement so I don't have a layout. I have been a Model Railroader magazine subscriber for many years so when the time comes for me to begin a layout I will be up to date on the latest products and procedures. The cost of new products worries me a little but I guess that is the price you pay for "ready to run". I still have many models that need the handrails and number boards installed. In fact, except for a few Proto 2000 products, I have yet to purchase a ready to run product (off the top of my head). I could be wrong though. :costumes:

[Collin]

Trans, I know what yer mean about the layout placement problem.

No matter where yer go these days you risk fire, family, theft or flooding:costumes:

If ya live in a flat like me, then space is the watchword.


regards Collin:ernae:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

wow cool trains..............didn't know this was here!!

[blacksheep-ghost03]

got to love trains:d:d

[blacksheep-ghost03]

:jump:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

:isadizzy:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

the above post / picture is after the fact..........we tore it down to make a whole new setup. At one time two of us could race cars around and over the train tracks. Had to try and beat the train..........LOL or a collision may occur.

[blacksheep-ghost03]

:kilroy:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

:d alot of stuff

[blacksheep-ghost03]

sorry the one above got posted twice

[blacksheep-ghost03]

some old model kits including that super bee

:d

[blacksheep-ghost03]

some more:isadizzy:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

:icon31: another set of cars n stuff

[blacksheep-ghost03]

I will check back in here more often.............pretty cool !!!

[blacksheep-ghost03]

I Like the real trains too. :jump:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

anyone have some pictures of there layout? Train collection?

[crashaz]

Hey nice pics! Model trains ruuuuuuuule! :d


Went house hunting out with my brother and his family... asked me why I needed a big house...... duh... for stuff like this. :applause:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

Hey nice pics! Model trains ruuuuuuuule! :d


Went house hunting out with my brother and his family... asked me why I needed a big house...... duh... for stuff like this. :applause:


spent countless hours messing with the trains n stuff
they do rule!!! Never seem to have enough room..lol

[blacksheep-ghost03]

more pics.............:running:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

:isadizzy:

more

[Collin]

Oh gawd I going green with envy....:costumes::costumes:

crashaz help!:costumes:

regards Collin:ernae:

[blacksheep-ghost03]

Oh gawd I going green with envy....:costumes::costumes:

crashaz help!:costumes:

regards Collin:ernae:






LOL........................:ernae:

YOU HAVE SOME NICE CFSII SHIPS AT UR SHIPYARD COLLINS:wiggle: