Large Scale Central

FIRST TRAIN on the brand new Allegheny Valley!

General Discussion
#1

It still has a couple rough spots. It needs a bunch of landscaping, scenery and ballast… But we officially have an operational railroad!

I set out the first train mid-morning, fixed a couple low spots, and it’s been going nonstop for about 5 hours now.

Semi-aerial overview… I hate ladders, so don’t expect many more. Just a basic folded dogbone for all it’s meandering. It takes the train a bit over a minute to traverse the line at a fairly leisurely pace. Once I’m satisfied with the trackwork, I should be able to slow it down by about 1/3 more.

Some track level views

The end… or more precisely, just the beginning!

#2

congrats to the maiden voyage!

#3

Congrats. I bet it feels good to relaxe now and enjoy all that hard work. You did an awsome job. Are the boxcars LGB? I love those two axle cars.

#4

LOOKING GOOD , the AVRR is on schedule now .

#5

Dennis, It’s right on time… but yesterday’s train. LOL Shawn, the cars are Lehmann Toytrain (same company, but not quite LGB - they were cheaper) We had a distinguished visitor early this evening. Unfortunately, he and his two friends found my trackwork to be sub-par.

(http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/tigerlillie06/P1010010_01-2.jpg)

Neither Annie nor Clarabel wanted to stay on the rails (or coupled for that matter), and Thomas claims there is a dead spot near the trestle… I gave up after Annie dived down the embankment right after the girder bridge. ------ I’m thinking more weight, extra pick-ups and different couplers – maybe even drawbars OTOH, I got the 2017 to creep with 2 Kalamazoo coaches – took it almost 3 minutes to make the loop.

#6

I LIKE IT!!! It great that you had all the structures ready to fill in the layout.

#7

Mik The decals will be in the mail tomorrow. I did receive yours a few weeks back. Thanks

#8

A big “Thumbs Up”
Most track needs a little tweakin when you first put it down :wink:
Ralph

#9

They’re calling for rain for the next 4 days, so I’ll have to find a few inside projects… I can only think of 15 or 20 that need doing.

#10

Congrats Mik, looks great, those Thomas coaches are really finiky, I swapped mine to regular trucks, Look forward to seeing how it comes along.

#11

Great to see trains running :smiley:

#12

Yesterday not only marked the FIRST train on the newly built outdoor AV, it was the LAST run with Kimmee’s Kalamazoo coaches in their OLD paint scheme.

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/new%20AV/P4230004_01.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/new%20AV/P4230003_01.jpg)

for the whole sordid story and a sneak peek at the new scheme, see the rolling stock forum :wink: