Large Scale Central

Live steam on friends layout

Yesterday I went over to my friends (yes Rooster I have friends lol) to run some trains. Hes the one that got me into live steam. He just built the layout this past month. Its a dogbone shape with a bend in the middle. It has a passing siding at the bend. Future plans for the layout call for a small mining line that will run above the current line. It will be elevated with a mountain and trestles. Landscaping and details are not all done but the RR is operational. It has no track power and was built for live steam mainly. Part of the line is elevated on a wall about chest level. Makes for a great area to steam up. Its a fun layout to run on and the best part is he lives a few miles from me. Here is a video i made of our day.

youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evigM_RRTOc&feature=youtu.be

vimeo https://vimeo.com/41731662

Cool Video. Like your engineer - I’m sure he keeps the crew inline!

Cool. Great setting for a RR too!

Great video Shawn and your friend has a nice looking railroad. I got one question, how come live steam is either going 90 mph or just creapin. Is’nt there a middle of the road?

Ya dun good!

Chuck Inlow said:
I got one question, how come live steam is either going 90 mph or just creapin. Is'nt there a middle of the road?
That's a problem I have with mine. It has 2 speeds, 90 and 0 and while it's entertaining as hell watching it careen around a curve on 2 wheels, running around the layout with it gets a bit much.
Chuck Inlow said:
Great video Shawn and your friend has a nice looking railroad. I got one question, how come live steam is either going 90 mph or just creapin. Is'nt there a middle of the road?
Thanks guys

Chuck the problem with live steam is you need perfectly level track for the train to stay at one speed. Throw in a grade and it slowes and speeds on decents. Thats why RC is a must on garden layouts. Then you have more control. Thats what makes live steam fun you are controling it the entire time and you cant take your eyes off it.

Beautiful railroad, but its going to be a bugger to keep clean come Octoger and Noremember.

Shawn said:
Yesterday I went over to my friends (yes Rooster I have friends lol)
Damnation! You read my mind!!!! Great video! :)