Nicolas,
If your new railroad has been run-able since May 4th, when are we going to see it?
Your last construction video was April 19th. Stand and deliver.(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Who will finish first Devon or Nicolas ? (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Who will finish first Devon or Nicolas ? (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
But Every body knows: A railroad is Never done!
John Caughey said:
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Who will finish first Devon or Nicolas ? (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
But Every body knows: A railroad is Never done!
Good Point ! I’ll rephrase the question : Who will have an operating railroad first , Devon or Nicolas ?
Nicolas Teeuwen said:
The layout has been up and running since the 4th of May, but I fell behind in the time lapses. Been trying to catch up.
Nicolas has stated that his railroad was “up and running” since May 4th!
My money is on Nicolas
Joe Zullo said:
Nicolas Teeuwen said:
The layout has been up and running since the 4th of May, but I fell behind in the time lapses. Been trying to catch up.
Nicolas has stated that his railroad was “up and running” since May 4th!
John Caughey said:
How tall are the sides from track level up and how long are your arms? Are you going to be elevated when you try to reach down inside?
Maybe you should open a side with sliding windows and seal the roof.
I didn’t see any diagonals in the walls of your design?
When it gets complicated and the answer doesn’t come, I pause and consider alternative methods…
John
Do I need diagonals? The entire shed will be covered with 1/2 inch plywood then hardboard siding.
That is a good point about reaching inside. The track is 2 feet tall. I will give another foot for the shed, and then probably 3 to 6 inches for the top of the wall framing. I’ll definitely have to test this out to make sure I can reach in. if you look at the photos you will see those 2x4’s running horizontally through the middle of the shed. That is going to have plywood over it spanning the two walls. I’ll only be reaching about a foot to a foot and a half inside the shed.
I did think today about using inverted sliding windows (so they slid down not up) instead of the construction i came up with for the entry/exit. The only issue is that the window wouldn’t allow me to have the track there and putting a notch in the frame of the window to support track running through sounds difficult. Also it would be much more expensive.
Here is a teaser phot
The ply should give you shear strength and be fine. I was going by the sketch…
My shed/car barn it’s only 15" tall and I still find it awkward to re-rail cars from above.
Vertical widows could be hinged at the top and clipped open during operations … just throwing out options because there is still plenty of time to use them… unless you believe your rumor. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
John
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John Caughey said:
The ply should give you shear strength and be fine. I was going by the sketch…
My shed/car barn it only 15" tall and I still find it awkward to re-rail cars from above.
Vertical widows could be hinged at the top and clipped open during operations … just throwing out options because there is still plenty of time to use them… unless you believe your rumor. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
John
You bring up a good point John. Something I had not considered with my elevated layout I’m planning.
Thanks,
Chris
In the sketch there’s only one wall covered because I want to be able to see into the other side.
Perhaps I will rig up a wall of sorts and see how awkward it is to work with the trains and a wall. There will be 4 tracks in there to add to it. Something I had not considered.
The mainline is complete. The shed is still in the design phase.
Nicolas Teeuwen said:
Here is a teaser phot
Didn’t see any trains!
Sean, no, but I see track, and it looks more complete then another’s post. The issue I do see, is the track doesn’t have any protection, so if anything derails, it could very easily dive all the way to the ground.
That never happens …
David Maynard said:
Sean, no, but I see track, and it looks more complete then another’s post. The issue I do see, is the track doesn’t have any protection, so if anything derails, it could very easily dive all the way to the ground.
Yeah. Already had one derailment, and a car fell to the the ground. Some day landscaping will be built up in areas. Not sure what I will do or some of the others.
Nicolas, are you checking cross level? With your elevation you should be able to eyeball most of the layout.
Greg
The derailment was caused by running a moving train into a stationary one. I thought the switch was flipped differently then it was. The entire layout is very level.
And now we are on Day 15. I am so far behind on these. I finish putting in PVC posts up to the rain garden. This is the last you’ll see of the overhead camera for a while. The remaining work is out of reach.
Day 16 - April 21st. I clear out the foundation for the garden shed and install the PVC posts for the railbed. At the time, I was planning to pour a concrete foundation, around the PVC posts and then build the shed around all that.
I am now going in a very different route. The shed will be built on deck posts that are sitting on gravel poured down to the frost line. The shed will have a shelf at the right height to support the track and the railbed will be used elsewhere. Most of this day’s effort was unnecessary.