Large Scale Central

A few seconds of fun on a new garden RR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TVRdP0VXHc

Isn’t that BNSF a really nice color scheme , that was the first Dash that I bought . Thanks for shareing your trains and layout , youtube is a great way to show your layout to others .

Nice, Dave. Close clearance with the RDC and the concrete wall!

I think it’s great having a place like YouTube…especially considering that today’s digital cameras can take half way decent short movies.

Thanks for sharing!

Bob McCown said:
Nice, Dave. Close clearance with the RDC and the concrete wall!
Track area is bounded by house, shed, fence and the 5000 gallon concrete water tank you see in the vid. Yes, it's a close-run thing. Near the tank, the track is anchored to bricks laid with a very slight camber inwards so the trains tilt away from the tank.

Good video, Constant speed, R/C batteries? Thanks for sharing.

Track power, John, via a 20 amp Bridgewerks hooked into a stepdown (Australia is 240v) that would do the job with a CAT scanner. As a bonus, I also get surge and brownout protection, a good thing when expensive imported electronic gear needs to be mated to our flaky Perth power supply.

I got hooked on the ability of the Bridgewerks to let me easily configure a couple of switches that allow my grandsons to run the trains safely. Press a button and the train goes, up to the maximum speed set on the controller. Release that button and the train glides to a stop.

My knowledge of electronics is rudimentary, and I’m about as good with a soldering iron as I am with a welder, so the word “ugly” takes on a totally new meaning! That doesn’t deter me in the slightest from having a go, but it’s also made me a big fan of simplicity.