Deb & Stan Ames' SJR&P Garden Railroad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- I was blessed today with visiting the gorgeous, endless, and completely functional garden railroad of Deb and Stan Ames in Massachusetts.
It was rainy today, so not much operation was going on. However, all the track is used during their ops sessions.
The layout is rail-powered DCC-controlled, with stainless steel track. Stan has built many of the turnouts himself, including those for the dual gauge (F/Fn3) area toward the end of this video.
Amazing garden work and concrete work (mostly by Deb, I believe), and bridges and tunnels everywhere. What a treat to chat with them and tour their layout, rain or no rain!
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A few notes, based on comments I've received:
1. This isn't my layout, it's the Ames'. You can look up their names with "garden railroad" and get more info.
2. The layout is designed and run for operations. Each weekend, teams of people get an engine, and assignments on where to pick up cars from and where each car needs to go. It's kinda an all-day thing, run by a dispatcher.
3. Each team consists of an engineer (with the remote control) and a conductor (with a walkie-talkie to the dispatcher).
4. Loco's are stored either in a shed (into which they just drive in) or in tunnels. Cars are left wherever they ended up, and generally stay there till the next op session.
5. The layout is entirely rail-powered, fed by 22v DCC and a Zimo DCC control system. Deb is the controls guru. Rail is stainless and rarely needs cleaning. Turnouts are hand-made by Stan.
WOW so big is a lovely layout thanks
Nice layout the scale to the naturel surroundings is very pleasant to see. Buildings could be very cool😅thanks for sharing
Utterly awesome layout. My jealousy knows no bounds. 😊👍😘
OMG, can not wait for your model train cab ride
Talk about elaborate, I'm speechless!!! And the amount of switching is way beyond. That layout must-have been a bear to lay out and make work !!! It's truly incredible!!! Big ass props to you!!! WOW!!!
wow that is huge and awesome. lots of time
Layout very nice BUT very & very boring description plus slow movie. We want to see the trains moving not just show the layout.
The sniffing was a pain in the butt too. What does it take to blow your nose for heavens sake.
Amazing 👏
Wow, that's impressive. They have created a world of wonder there.
Very nice layout. Best regards from Germany
very very nice layout -do you plan a video with trains running as well? this place is not open to the public, right?
Hi, and yes it sure is! The layout is located in Massachusetts, and they have regular operating sessions with many trains running. You can contact them through amherstrail dot org if you're interested.
Layout looks great but the video was making me dizzy/motionsick.
That’s amazing!!!
Really great!
That is amazing! My wife would kill me :(
Beautifully “Chaotic”. Or Organic Growth? Anyway very beautiful.
Awesome layout but can't imagine the daunting task of having to clean and polish the track for it to have proper electrical conductivity.
fantastic
Nice. Ii just have one question...... Do you ever have any electrical issues with rain ?
Hi, thanks. It's not my layout, it belongs to the Ames. Stan manages the electrical, and has no problems. The stainless steel track sends power to the locomotives, and doesn't need much cleaning (if any). Each joint has a jumper wire soldered across (using a very hot iron). They've been running this layout for many years with this approach.
Beautiful!! Strange that there seems to be a lot of single wagons in short sidings around the place??
Nice video, LIKE.
Когда Сити Скайлайн уже не хватает. Шикарно.
When building these large layouts or any layout for that matter, how do you know how much power you will need for the whole thing? Love the whole setup!
I'm afraid I don't know the specifics, except that they follow the control system manufacturer's guidelines (Zimo) and probably err on the side of having plenty of power available in any given zone of the layout.
Are LENZ controllers used for wired operation?
would have been nice to see some trains running
Which is the scale of the layout? Is it HO? How are try tracks maintain ? You mentioned DCC current aswell…how to keep all the wagons and locomotives away from the rain? Under some tunnels.?
Thats some train set. Gonna need track gangs
Simply breathtaking
Intricate layout. Very impressive. Now can you send some trains?
It is nice to have a lot of friends/club members who help with a layout this size ..
Beautiful. Enormous.
Awesome
Awesome😮😮😮😮😮😮