2024 07 22 LATE Fourth Birthday
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- The CB&Q in Wyoming has been under construction for over four years.
The layout represents the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the Chicago & North Western Railway in central Wyoming during the timeframe 1930-1945. The layout is all steam except for the Doodlebugs that were used in passenger service between Casper and Lander. Model locomotives include Proto 2000, Broadway Limited, Spectrum and Bachmann.
The layout features Fast Tracks turnouts and fully weathered rolling stock. All mainline curves are superelevated. The layout is multi-deck and will have nearly nine scale miles of mainline track when completed. One of the key scenic features is a twenty-plus foot long representation of the Wind River Canyon near the center of the state.
The layout is run by a radio NCE Power Pro DCC system, augmented with wi-fi using a Wifitrax WFD-31 and TCS UWT-50 throttles.
Backdrops are panoramic photos of the actual locations around the state. Track arrangements in most towns on the layout are based on Sanborn maps of the towns in the 1930's and 1940's. Industries, with only one or two exceptions, are representative of actual industries that existed in each town during my modeled period.
For those interested in help defray some of the costs of producing these videos, here's my Patreon page: www.patreon.co...
My website:
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Happy 4th belated Birthday CB&Q/C&NW railroads in Wyoming. I can only imagine the great accomplishments the next 365 hold for you!
Thanks Charlie!
Hey, when are you going to come over to join in an ops session (or just to visit and run some trains some other time)?
@mapruitt That's another question I was asking myself while watching the birthday special extravaganza. I'm northeast of Billings eating lunch at the moment.....just a workin' on the railroad!
Happy 4th Birthday to your layout. What a masterpiece, it is truly stunning. Thanks for the update, looking forward to the next one.
Thanks! Cameras make everything look better.
As my late-Aunt used to say when she infrequently visited us from the UK : * My ..... But You Have Grown * ! Congrats Mark on 4 years of sterling commitment and quality work on the CB&Q / CNW In Wyoming; being across ALL aspects of Layout construction and MR-ing ! Your monthly update presentations are always informative and interesting. It was a privilege to have joined youse Guys for OpS during late-October 2023 ! All the best for your future endeavours. Lakka + Cheers For Now / Johnny 🚂 [ PS : I have asked Dave to investigate as to why I have not received payment of my agreed Appearance-Fee ... ! ] 😆
Thanks Johnny! Dave is certainly the right guy to talk to about any appearance fees. He handles all that stuff!
@@mapruitt Johnny told me you owe him $4300.00 for his presence at your 1st OP Session. So cough it up!!! You should feel bad about stringing him along like you have, but I know you don't, and won't. Nice guy!!!!
Hi Johnny!!!! Cheerz!!!!!
@@dmcry600 And as you're the guy to talk to about it, you should just send him the check. I'll reimburse you later {cough, cough, wink, wink, nod, nod}.
@@mapruitt Oh yea, you can be trusted..... cough cough.
Happy 4th Birthday to the layout! Thanks for the history and updates, you've made some amazing progress on such a large layout. If I am ever gonna be in Casper...😀
Thanks Paul! I'll look for you in October!
Congratulations sir on a beautiful and ambitious layout. Thank you for sharing all your hard work.
Thank you, Joseph!
Happy Birthday, layout! Look forward to many more years of videos. =)
Thanks Don! I hope there's many more years too!
Great overview of all your fantastic hard work Mark! Can't wait to see what year five brings!
Thanks Dennis! Looking forward to year five as well!
Congrats on her 4th birthday!
Thanks Claude!
Without Dave, what would get done??? HAHA HAPPY BIRTHDAY CB&Q & CNW in Wyoming!!! That was a nice update!!!! You should really be nicer to Dave!!!!! haha
A lot more probably! Certainly there wouldn't be those rebuild and replanning delays...
If I was nicer to Dave, he'd think I don't like him anymore!
@@mapruitt Well, I guess you don't appreciate my help?? HAHA I think I will be ill next month. Rodney and me get no respect!!!! haha
@@dmcry600 Yeah, and Rodney at least deserved some. 😁
@@mapruitt Well, you have a point there. haha
If you hate computers, then why do you use them to print and make your switch lists etc??? Tee Hee
Because I hate writing things out even more!
@@mapruitt So much for prototype. hahaha
@@dmcry600 I'll bet the real railroads used a spinner system to randomly send cars to industries too. VERY prototypical!
@@mapruitt Yes, that's really how they did it. Trust me, It's a true story!!!!!