The OO Build | Trains are Running

Episode 5 on my latest OO gauge layout build, giving on getting the point setting working in the fiddle yard I progress with track in the scenic section.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Planning
08:28 Building the road bed
09:46 Laying the Track
13:44 Maintaining Cobalt Point Motors
20:09 Back to bed and track laying
29:53 Testing and rectifying
36:35 Running trains
38:23 Outro
#modelrailroad #modeltrains #modelrailway #railway #oogauge #modelbahn #trains #diorama

[@finnbroughngauge]

Nice video mate, great to see you've got trains running!

[@terryrawlinson-uj5en]

Your patience knows no bounds, given the other projects you have completed to a very high standard I’m looking forward to seeing how this one progresses

[@WesternSignalman]

I think I’ve just become experienced enough to know it won’t work first time 🤣

[@josephcayley7426]

Brilliant video James, great to see trains running and excited to see how the layout progresses 👍

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks, it certainly is great to see trains running it’s been a long time coming but finally got there

[@michaelball68]

Really valuable stuff here in lots of areas ! Great to watch your problem solving, I've learned a lot of things to watch out for.

[@WesternSignalman]

Awesome stuff I’m certainly no expert so if my mistakes and fault finding help others than at least I haven’t completely wasted my time 😆

[@davestrains]

Fabulous layout! labour of love and thanks for sharing the journey!!!😊

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you and thanks for watching

[@ewhurstgreen]

Always interesting to see how somebody else builds their layout!👍
The Colbalt motors look very similar to Tortoise - never needed to dismantle one even after two decades. 🙂
_If you want an interesting urban viaduct to model, take a look at New Viaduct Street in Manchester where railway and road both pass over the Ashton Canal with all three passing over the River Medlock. Adjacent to this the road and railway pass over Metrolink….._

[@WesternSignalman]

Oh cool I’ll have to look at that sounds like an interesting piece of engineering

[@ewhurstgreen]

@@WesternSignalman Please do - it is an absolutely fascinating urban location which I know well from planning the Metrolink line through there. 👍

[@little_britain]

Peco and Legacy bullhead track comes with correct sleeper spacing.

[@WesternSignalman]

Indeed but there’s no concrete sleepers

[@NewModelRailway1]

I like that idea of yours to haul a goods train out to the fiddle yard with 1 loco and then send out another loco to retrieve the wagons and bring them back; I am going to bank that idea. On the elevated curved section, did you consider using DCCconcepts PowerBase system to assist the more uncooperative locos?

[@WesternSignalman]

No I didn’t use power base I just had them too high and the length elevation too short the card adaptation was a much better fit

[@NewModelRailway1]

@@WesternSignalman Was it the tilt was too much or the gradient of the climb?

[@WesternSignalman]

@NewModelRailway1 tilt was too high for the gradient