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The Mill Run And Western Maryland Railway
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The Mill Run and Western Maryland is a HO scale model train layout based on my own personal narrow gauge railway, The Mill Run & Western, mixed with the Western Maryland Railway. My channel focuses around the fun of basic model railroading on a DC powered layout. Vintage locomotives, logging, coal mines, tunnels, yard operations, locomotives of the month and DIY videos are just a little bit of what I hope to make this channel out to be. So hop on, check it out!
My new layout on the same table! Ho Scale model railroad rebuild, Mill Run & Western Maryland RY
So I tore up my layout and rebuilt it! In this video I'm sharing what my layout looks like now and little bit of what's to come. If you're still interested in seeing new videos on the Mill Run and Western Maryland channel please give this video a like and share it with your friends. Thank you for your support, so now, HOP ON!
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So you put Kadee Knuckle couplers on your rolling stock, but they don't mate up even with your other rolling stock. What did you do wrong? How can you fix this without modifying your rolling stock. Well you didn't do anything wrong and fixing it is EASY! We're going to walk through it today in this video, So hop on and check it out! Kadee 206 Train World www.trainworld.com/kadee-206-ho-insulate...
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If I have multiple red wire feeders coming from different sides of my layout track(to ensure I have enough power throughout my layout) how can I connect all these to the bachmann ez command controller knowing that there is only one aux jack input
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Hey there. Thank so much for the great video. It looks really good. I can tell you've put a lot of work into it. So far this is the only video I've watched of yours, so if you already knew everything I put down below please excuse my ignorance. Just wanted to give another way due to what you said towards the end. Although I did subscribe so I can come back and watch some more another time. But if you didn't know it and you have questions feel free to ask. I'll help all I can. Hope all is well. I use casting epoxy. It is a 2 part but it's simple to use and layer as well as create the ripples you wanted. You can use acrylic paint to tint it (to get the depth look you want) or doing clear like you did over your painting. To get the ripples tint a tiny bit bit white in a seperate little cup. Put a small line down and either use a stir stick to blend out the edges or a straw to blow it around. Add to your eyes desire( unless you have a problem with your too-much-gene, like me, lol) I first started out with "Alumlite" at WalMart. In the craft paint section in the craft area. They have a small starter kit that includes parts A & B as well as cups, stir sticks and gloves. That brand has done me well and my fall back if I run out and have to wait on a shipment. Tips for smoother mixing and to help with bubbles is 30 mins before using it, pop the bottles in some warm water to heat it up.
That's great! Looks very authentic!
Thank you very much!
This is really cool!!!!
I bought a shed load of straight black ez track on ebay just a minute before I watched this video. I want to build a test track consisting of a basic oval. I bought a load of grey curves at a thrift store already. I didn't know the black track was steel, but no matter I'm going to paint it all anyway and just scrape off the rail surface.
I have a mixture of both on my layout. I've honestly never had any trouble with the black. I just keep it clean and run my trains! Good luck with your set up!
@@themillrunandwesternmaryland11 Thankyou!
I have a question about the table and the size and length of the plywood?
The table was 2'x4' and the plywood was 33" wide and 18" long (per section). Hope this helps!
Yes it does thank you.@themillrunandwesternmaryland11
Neat way to get your train up and running. I would have to do that with my train layout because I live in a 1 bedroom apartment. I have a 6' folding table. So you guys gave me an idea.
I have more than 300 pieces of freight cars. I bought 10 sets of those 100 per box but once in a while you will run into trucks that are too wide to keep them in place. I bought the boxes when Walthers had them on sale then my Dealer put them back fro me, when I needed more I went to my Dealer & pick them up. 10 boxes of 33 4 boxes of 36.Some of my newer stock already had wheels & couplers. I had a number of Talgo type trucks so I had to change those too.
Wdym he’s “Little Joe”? He’s not a Milwaukee Road E.P.3! lol (/j if not obvious)
Lol! No, it's a C-16 dockside. The real dockside locomotives were nicknamed "little Joe" by railroad workers. That's where we got it from.
@@themillrunandwesternmaryland11 wait, really? I never knew that! That’s actually pretty cool! :D
Don't you wish we could talk Bachmann Trains to produce an EZ-TRACK Double Crossover? Thoughts?
Yes! Something like Kato.
Have you noticed any shrinkage as the 50/50 glue mixture dries?
Couple of thoughts on this: how thick is the scenery that you're gluing? You may be doing too much at once. And, what type of surface? I have done scenery on both plywood and foam board and never had a problem BUT I also paint the surface material first to prevent it from soaking up the IP and glue. Perhaps that has something to do with it as well. Sorry if I'm not much help here.
@@themillrunandwesternmaryland11 Thanks for the quick response. Painting the surface before adding any texture or landscaping sounds like a good idea that should eliminate or minimize any shrinkage or warping. I'll try it out on a scrap/rest piece of foam. My little project will be made entirely of foam and is intended to swim as it the harbor from the island of Wangerooge on the north coast of Germany. It has a narrow gauge railway, a docking area for ferries, a rescue boat and a ramp for cargo vessels. The overall length is around 3,6 meters and 1 meter wide, although all of the sections will all be 600cm long for transport. The sections all connect with magnets and aligning pins made of polystyrene, also all sections will be covered be polystyrene around the perimeter. The railway will not be powered, rather the train itself will be carrying a Lipo and a micro RC receiver. Just like all of the vehicles and vessels that operate on it. I convert 1/87 scale cars and trucks to RC and recently started working on a landing craft ferry. Last year I got the chance to operate my vessel for the first time with another "micromodeller" in the model boat pond in Cuxhaven. He mentioned that now that I have a vessel, now I need a harbor. Just last month we met again and he was very encouraging for my idea of the harbor of Wangerooge. Search for the video Minihaven 2022, from mikromodell.eu I am trying not to rush the project but I am certainly being confronted with materials and methods that I have never used before.
The black is cheap metal, rust corrodes. Grey much better nickel.
My brothers built our first HO railroad in Japan 1953. My dad said we could have anything we wanted, we just only must pay for it. Well... they, later we, gathered coal and brass along rail roads, traded to brass merchant for hand made track and trains. Many model railroads later, I now rely upon Bachmann Grey road bed E Z track. Have a nice day.
TY Chris, precisely what I wanted review on! Ur water turned out great. BTW- ur voice sounds exactly like Woody Harrelson 🙂
I'm just starting this project with my 55 ton hopper fleet. It consists of Athern, LifeLike, Stewart and a few Atlas cars. The Atlas needs no improvement. I put Atlas trucks under one of the Athern cars and it not only runs like an Atlas, it looks like it. Next I'll just replace the wheels on another & compare.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Well done ! 👍
Very cool! Thank you! Now just thinking out loud. Which stock requires which radius.
Most locomotives will have a minimum radius listed that they proform best on. Steam locomotives are affected the most by this (2-8-0 wheel arrangement and up). Some may have "blind drivers" and will do better than others. Rolling stock typically will run on any radius, but keep in mind the longer the car the more it will hang over the tight radius curves... if that makes sense?
@@themillrunandwesternmaryland11 Awesome! Thanks for the response as well. I won't get any passenger or autoracks then. I'm at 28.74" (730 mm) radius all around. Two 270 degree circles with a 90 degree crossing (bow tie layout).
How do you connect one terminal rerailer to another? They both need female cables and Bachman doesn’t make a female-female extension cable that I can find. Thanks.
I had one that came with a turnout set (I think). I've never seen another one like it. This might be something you'll have to make. I am however still looking and will post If I ever find one.
You can buy two power leads, and screw the two round eyelets for transfor connection to a piece of wood. Or as I did, buy some female spade connectors, and make my own double ended power connection. I also made my own polarity reverser using a latching double throw relay, reed switch on a insulated piece of track, and a small neo magnet glued under the loco. Just use you imagination. Can get everything you need at a lot cheaper than what bachmann market them for. At my dcc turnouts, I added bi colour 3mm LEDs, red/green to show if a track was open or closed. Polarity shifting from the frog, and a small rectifier, resister to suit. Dcc is Not AC power. It's phase swapping DC. A simple pwm signal.
@@russcole5685 wow! Thanks for the help. For some reason my EZ track re-railer terminal was actually DE-railing my locomotive so I got rid of it anyway and just soldered wires to the track.
What a cool channel. Me and my son just got his train out and considering a train table. I will definitely subscribe for more tips. Love the intro! Made me excited about trains.
Thank you so much for your comment and welcome to the hobby!
Best early locomotive was an Athearn Blue Box "Super" F7. After having some Bachmans and Tycos, that locomotive was a revelation. Secondly: an ancient Penn Line K4 is a more recent get. Love it. Lastly, a Hobbytown/Cary Loco Works Alco S2; talk about a brute!
How do you stop ground cover from cracking when dried?
I'm sorry I'm not sure. Using this process, I've never encountered that problem ...yet. I do everything at once usually: glue, ground cover, i.p., and 50/50 water glue so it will all dry at the same rate. Not sure if that helps!
What ever is best for you your choice I used both
Brass or nickel silver track. Manufacturers should never use steel because it rusts.
Neat. Looks fun.
good explanation, always used #5's yrs back, but just got back into hobby after 30yrs. Always used styrene to adjust height, (the hard way), but this much simpler, kadee's are great.
[thank, you for youre great video]👍
Your discussion regarding the extra power supply was valuable for me.
How do you wire a frog juicer to an EZ track wye?
If you are using the gray road bed ez track with the metal frog, they usually have a terminal and wire on the bottom that you can plug in to power the frog.
Seems so counter-productive to me that the starter sets all come with bad track. Bad running and fiddling around with cleaning track would put me off as a newbie. Just my 2 cents =)
You are supposed to use some form of screw to hold the lid on so it’s easy to change couplers. Hope this helps you in the future. 😊
In the 2000s I did find different pieces of black Bachmann, including cross track. Maybe it’s the place you’re at.
What could one possibly need a double decapod for…?
Just having some fun on the layout.
people need to know how to do this. thanks for the video
My opinion is that Kato is the best starter track because it lasts longer and it has isolated turnouts for more operating opinions
I think these look really good. But I like to use real coal instead. I get it from the trackside of my local heritage railroad and find large lumps. Then I either put it on some cardboard or a permanent load with some Woodland scenic tack, I just brush on a nice layer, get crushed up coal and pour it on the tack. Then I tip it over to let the extra fall out. I then rinse and repeate that 5 times and the coal looks great!
Make the Beard Grow Again lol
Another key thing to consider in buying used locos is of their parts availability. If its obscure, the likelihood of replacement parts is low. Also like what you said in the video with Proto 2000, I also have a FA-2 in the PRR Brunswick green scheme that had cracked gears. Proto 2k were for the most part, Athearn clones so Athearn axle gears fit in there perfectly and I havent had them crack since. I do have a small collection of Proto 2k locos (13 total) and only that FA-2 had the gear issue. Recently from a swap meet, I did score a proto 2000 steam heritage USRA 0-6-0 switcher with DCC and sound. I did previously hear that these models are excellent quality and have good reliability, luckily there was a test track and the model ran like a swiss watch so I bought it for 100 dollars. Normally on Ebay, these go for over 200+ dollars.
I only buy locos that have lots of models made and thus a lot of parts. Basically I buy Lima, Fleischmann, Piko, Jouef, Roco , Mehano etc. I avoid bachmann, gears are too iffy imo.
What I look for is. How rare is it? How many were made in the history of the model? The other thing I tried to look for is when was the last time it was rained on a layout orbit's completely gummed up and it doesn't want to run. Sometimes you come across the oddball. Locomotive. Something you don't see very often, but you want to take on a challenge and rebuild it from scratch. That's what I look for something that sync my teeth into as a project.
Awesome comment! Thanks for sharing! I always appreciate your enthusiasm towards the hobby.
I buy locomotives now for parts to keep the Mantua locomotives running.
Thank You! Be Blessed!
[THANK, YOU FOR YOURE VIDEO]👍
You're welcome!
[IM., STARTING ON MY 3RD. HO- SCALE MODEL RAIL ROAD. 2- BED ROOMS DOWN NOW THE LAST ONE TO DO.]🙏
[YOU, CAN REMOVE THE TRACK FROM OUT OF THE PLASTIC ROAD BED.]
Bachmann's parts website sells wheels sets that fit your 0-6-0
or get a hornby track and put it on top of the ballest buts its just me you do you
The FIX worked, but now I have a mini power saw sound and wheels stop moving. So one door closes so another one hits me in the nose. Funny thing is this train was brand new bought at the Piedmont train show 2024 Sunday in Cartersville GA. I guess its new old stock. Go figure
I recently had that problem with my decapod (BL&G #7 “Alastor”), and I used that same method to fix it. It really helped, and #7 works way better now than when I first got it three months ago.
I see that you used a TCS WOWsound decoder in that thing. I actually have an engine with that same decoder. Apparently they actually have the option of a Western Maryland 3 chime whistle on those decoders.
I've enjoyed going through all the whistles offered in this decoder. I'm a sucker for the Hancock low tone 3 chime, so I've reset this loco for it.