Daryl, you might consider building the car shop floor up to the top of the ties - I'm not accustomed to seeing the track profile raised above the car shop floor - in fact, the rail tops are usually set at the height of the concrete floor. I LOVE your trackwork!
Howdy Daryl! Great point on the backdrops... when the train is moving next to them you only see it with your peripheral vision. Really great effect! Seems are virtually invisible at that point. I think it's going to work out awesome. Thanks for sharing 🤠
A while ago I had a pikestuff building originally for an engine house. Now expanding and will use it as a car shop. Scratchbuilt a loco service building much larger than the pikestuff bldg.
Recommend that you round over the corners of the plexiglass. The sharp corners have the ability to draw blood. But then again that may be a good way of encouraging operators to pay attention to where they put their arms.
Love the backdrops Daryl, you hardly notice the spliced sections but great idea hiding them with trees, dirt mounds and the boom truck. Is the red sill a manufacturing error or yellow is just more prototypical for your modeling timeframe? - Steve
Gov mandated reflective yellow or white on all rolling stock and motive power in 2011. All had to be completed by 2015. Since I'm doing around 2016-17, needed to have the yellow sills. Red Sills are appropriate for pre 2015.
A pleasure, as always, watching one of your sunday layout updates. Just curious, What is the total amperage you use for your layout? Do you have a video on your full DCC setup by chance that I'm missing? Id love to see more of how you've wired all your busses and such at the point of the command station you're using!
looking good as usual Mr. Cruise sorry if I misspelled your last name. Just bought an NCE POWER CAB and my first DCC SOUND GP40! need info on your turnout jigs please let me know where you got them. Gotta fulfill some of my bucket list stuff
Very nice! Handlaidtrack dot com I don't use the faststick turnout ties. Too expensive. I get ties from proto87 dot com and then glue them to the turnout template you can download from fast tracks.
From what I understand it’s just a lot cheaper overall if you make a lot of turnouts. It’s expensive at first for the jig and materials to start but after many turnouts, the cost per turnout made is far less than he could purchase an individual turnout for.
@michaeltownsend5913 hmm. I'm gonna have to look into this. I honestly didn't realize it was a thing. I'm new to actually making a layout. Building my first ho scale layout as we speak. Growing up I always just helped my grandpa on his layout but the main layout was pretty much done by the time I started to help him with it. So I have mainly only messed with scenery and running the trains and doing operations.
Those new loco’s are looking great.
Love AC4400s
New backdrops are awesome and provid your layout depth. Good Job Daryl
Glad you like them!
Tremendous improvement to back drops - so ‘simple’ but so effective 👍
Totally agree!
Daryl, you might consider building the car shop floor up to the top of the ties - I'm not accustomed to seeing the track profile raised above the car shop floor - in fact, the rail tops are usually set at the height of the concrete floor. I LOVE your trackwork!
That's the plan! Will do the same with the UTLX repair facility. Right now, high cube box cars clear the door by just a few inches.
The new backdrops look freaking fantastic! The perspective change made all the difference.
I agree 😊
Thats Coming along nicely Daryl
Thanks
Looking so good!
Thank you! Cheers!
Looking good ! Have a great holiday weekend .
Thanks, you too!
Howdy Daryl! Great point on the backdrops... when the train is moving next to them you only see it with your peripheral vision. Really great effect! Seems are virtually invisible at that point. I think it's going to work out awesome. Thanks for sharing 🤠
Cool, thanks
Well done!
Thx
Another informative video 🇦🇺👍
Thanks 👍
A while ago I had a pikestuff building originally for an engine house. Now expanding and will use it as a car shop. Scratchbuilt a loco service building much larger than the pikestuff bldg.
Sounds great. Have fun
Recommend that you round over the corners of the plexiglass. The sharp corners have the ability to draw blood. But then again that may be a good way of encouraging operators to pay attention to where they put their arms.
Good idea, they are kinda sharp.
great progress - looking really nice!
Yes, thanks
Thank you
You're welcome
Awesome!!!
Thanks!!
Great idea with the plexiglass. It would be a horrible feeling to watch an engine hitting the floor. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and Labor Day!
Thanks, you too!
Backdrops look great. Interesting bit on the UP 9702. At first glance I thought you hadn't finish decaling it yet.
Thanks 👍
Love the backdrops Daryl, you hardly notice the spliced sections but great idea hiding them with trees, dirt mounds and the boom truck. Is the red sill a manufacturing error or yellow is just more prototypical for your modeling timeframe? - Steve
Gov mandated reflective yellow or white on all rolling stock and motive power in 2011. All had to be completed by 2015. Since I'm doing around 2016-17, needed to have the yellow sills. Red Sills are appropriate for pre 2015.
@@EvanstonSub did not know that, good info and thanks for sharing.
hello daryl it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks daryl friends randy
Thanks randy
A pleasure, as always, watching one of your sunday layout updates.
Just curious, What is the total amperage you use for your layout? Do you have a video on your full DCC setup by chance that I'm missing? Id love to see more of how you've wired all your busses and such at the point of the command station you're using!
I use one Digitrax 8-amp dsc210+ command station with three Digitrax power managers creating 12 total power districts.
looking good as usual Mr. Cruise sorry if I misspelled your last name. Just bought an NCE POWER CAB and my first DCC SOUND GP40! need info on your turnout jigs please let me know where you got them. Gotta fulfill some of my bucket list stuff
Very nice! Handlaidtrack dot com I don't use the faststick turnout ties. Too expensive. I get ties from proto87 dot com and then glue them to the turnout template you can download from fast tracks.
Cool.
Thanks
nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi nice layout.Where did you get your backdrops i like those?
I made it using photos I took in Wyoming and Utah and photo editing software GIMP.
How’s the Pocatello sub gonna work ops wise?
It's gonna be very simple I think. One train from the Pocatello sub and one train to the Pocatello sub.
And you could change the dash 9 into a ac44 just change out the ac for the long converter box and add a few logos and good to go
Some vents are in different places too
@@EvanstonSub I forgot
Why do you make your own turnouts?
From what I understand it’s just a lot cheaper overall if you make a lot of turnouts. It’s expensive at first for the jig and materials to start but after many turnouts, the cost per turnout made is far less than he could purchase an individual turnout for.
@michaeltownsend5913 hmm. I'm gonna have to look into this. I honestly didn't realize it was a thing. I'm new to actually making a layout. Building my first ho scale layout as we speak. Growing up I always just helped my grandpa on his layout but the main layout was pretty much done by the time I started to help him with it. So I have mainly only messed with scenery and running the trains and doing operations.
I built 96 turnouts at an average cost of $8 per. It only takes 7-8 turnouts to make it cheaper than commercial units.
Looking great there sir.
Question, did you buy the plexiglass precut or did you cut it?
I got a 12"x36" piece from home depot for $17 and cut it into three pieces.
@@EvanstonSub Thank you sir for the info. Take care.