Yeah it’s fun to run them around. I am hoping to begin glueing the track down soon then can start with the ballast. Nothing wrong with buying rolling stock. What did you order? Thanks for watching.
Glad you liked it. The 1st time I tried making this video was a comedy of errors. I even knocked the camera over. The second time went a lot better. Thanks for watching.
I generally do not have a lot of extra video to throw in. I mostly show my mistakes in my videos. I only restart a video or reshoot something if I butcher it so bad it’s not savable which does not happen a lot.
You might be interested in a series of books that talk about switching layouts by Lance Mindheim. You also might be interested in two of my favorite TH-cam sites to view switching, Thom Placier and SoCal Scale Models. They might give you some operational ideas. You've made great progress on your layout. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! I am glad it seems to be running smoothly. I am hoping to start scenery soon. Will glue the track down next after I smooth a few spots. Then I will start with ballast and retaining walls.
A very nice video and layout. I have plans to expand my own HO scale layout and include a switching yard, though I believe mine will not be quite as expansive as this.
Thanks for checking out my videos. I unfortunately do not know of any shops who sell ships. Could check the forums for someone who could 3d print maybe. Sounds like a really cool layout though.
I don't know to contact you directly so I am adding my message as part of one of your videos. Steve, As I understand DCC, I do not think that you need non-powered track segments on your DCC layout except for the Programming track when the programming track is part of the main DCC layout. I think this YouTub video shows that you can run multiple locomotives at the same time on a DCC layout: th-cam.com/video/64ko3atiObg/w-d-xo.html I think that all you need to do is run your stopping train onto a siding power the locomotive down using the NCE Power Cab and change the the entry switch so that following locomotives don’t enter the siding. Then continue running your trains as you would like to run them until you want the stopped locomotive to re-enter service. At least that is how I think it is supposed to work. GL, Ross
Correct you are able to just leave an engine wherever you want and call up any other engine and run that. The issue comes with sound engines as they are always on if the track is live. You can mute it but if you kill the power, once re-energized, the engine does its start up sequence again. I only have one area in my layout where I can kill power and it is just my engine storage track. No sense in having power going there 100% of the time if you are not going to run those engines. This is not required just what I did/wanted. Hope this helps. I also added my email address to most of not all of my videos so feel free to reach out there as well if you have additional questions. Comments is fine as well. Thanks.
You really have done a wonderful job and it is a joy to watch.
Thank you! I appreciate that. I would not be where I am with my layout today without everyone’s comments, advice and help.
Awesome to see you running your trains man!!! So cool brother!!
Thank you! It is nice to switch things up a bit. The calm before the next project storm.
Project storm? Dude your doing great man!!! @@Silverstatetrains
Thank you!
Love to see running trains. Now for some buildings and scenery. I was a bad boy today and ordered more rolling stock!
Yeah it’s fun to run them around. I am hoping to begin glueing the track down soon then can start with the ballast. Nothing wrong with buying rolling stock. What did you order? Thanks for watching.
Fun to see some train action! Looks like it went off without a hitch!
Glad you liked it. The 1st time I tried making this video was a comedy of errors. I even knocked the camera over. The second time went a lot better. Thanks for watching.
@@Silverstatetrains where’s the outtakes?
I generally do not have a lot of extra video to throw in. I mostly show my mistakes in my videos. I only restart a video or reshoot something if I butcher it so bad it’s not savable which does not happen a lot.
You might be interested in a series of books that talk about switching layouts by Lance Mindheim. You also might be interested in two of my favorite TH-cam sites to view switching, Thom Placier and SoCal Scale Models. They might give you some operational ideas. You've made great progress on your layout. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the comments and tips. I will for sure check these out as I definitely have much to learn.
Love your Layout. If you want to is to Spread the upper level track on the Far end.
Thank you. I am happy with how it turned out. Some of the track has shifted. I plan on tracing it out to find what works best then will glue it down.
Train running smoothly w/o any hiccups…great job…gonna start scenery soon?
Thank you! I am glad it seems to be running smoothly. I am hoping to start scenery soon. Will glue the track down next after I smooth a few spots. Then I will start with ballast and retaining walls.
A very nice video and layout. I have plans to expand my own HO scale layout and include a switching yard, though I believe mine will not be quite as expansive as this.
Thank you. That sounds very cool. Hope your expansion goes well.
@@Silverstatetrains You're quite welcome, and thank you for your kind words :).
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This is great, i want to model a cargo port but cant find any ships other than at wapit rail shops. Anybody know of a shop?
Thanks for checking out my videos. I unfortunately do not know of any shops who sell ships. Could check the forums for someone who could 3d print maybe. Sounds like a really cool layout though.
Here is another video that explains switching operations. th-cam.com/video/5PmSaZT0Pkk/w-d-xo.html
This was a great video. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know to contact you directly so I am adding my message as part of one of your videos. Steve,
As I understand DCC, I do not think that you need non-powered track segments on your DCC layout except for the Programming track when the programming track is part of the main DCC layout.
I think this YouTub video shows that you can run multiple locomotives at the same time on a DCC layout: th-cam.com/video/64ko3atiObg/w-d-xo.html
I think that all you need to do is run your stopping train onto a siding power the locomotive down using the NCE Power Cab and change the the entry switch so that following locomotives don’t enter the siding.
Then continue running your trains as you would like to run them until you want the stopped locomotive to re-enter service.
At least that is how I think it is supposed to work.
GL,
Ross
Correct you are able to just leave an engine wherever you want and call up any other engine and run that. The issue comes with sound engines as they are always on if the track is live. You can mute it but if you kill the power, once re-energized, the engine does its start up sequence again. I only have one area in my layout where I can kill power and it is just my engine storage track. No sense in having power going there 100% of the time if you are not going to run those engines. This is not required just what I did/wanted. Hope this helps. I also added my email address to most of not all of my videos so feel free to reach out there as well if you have additional questions. Comments is fine as well. Thanks.