This time I run the train up the grade, around the storage shed, and out onto the new main. So far, no issues! The dip going to the bridge looks pretty drastic in the video, but it’s not even noticeable in person. I put a few dips along the line, here and there, to have the train snake up and down in places.
Matt,
What is your plan to keep the grass at bay? (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-undecided.gif)
Joe, I use RM-41 to kill the grass. I get it at Rural King. I spray it between the rails. The grass should be dead in about 2 weeks or less. I push mow my yard, so I just run the mower along the sides of the track.
Hopefully the engines don’t run outa juice about halfway around that loop…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Nice run, Matt… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
That is a long train , it must be no grade on the track . Looks GREAT !
Love the long straightaways in the backyard. I’d be wrapped twice around my layout with the consist you’re running.
Dale, Thanks!!! But, there is a grade. It is minimal though, and only in certain parts. Coming off the layout and heading north, towards the garage on the other side of the street, it is just about level. From there east, has a small bump in grade. It’s not much, but it needed to climb heading toward the corner of the fence. Then around the corner and back down the fence heading south, it climbs a bit. I kept it just a bit over 1%, but it may be a tad more in a couple spots. Then back to the east, heading back to the original portion of the layout, it levels out a bit. I had to build it that way, because the original portion of the layout is in a section of the yard that is substantially lower than the new section.
Thanks Bill! I wanted some long straight portions. I like seeing the freight cars rock and move like a real train does.
Your train is too big. And the color of your train’s bogie is different. Looks so beautiful.
Sacrilege I say! Sacrilege. Roundy round with no OPs, what have you done Matt? (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Great video! You sure have the part of the hobby down to a science. But what Dave said, we need some switching Ops. How do you put your trains together? Thanks for posting.(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
David Marconi,FOGCH said:
Sacrilege I say! Sacrilege. Roundy round with no OPs, what have you done Matt? (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Give’em a break, man. he has a hard enough time figgerin it out at Andy’s…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Ken Brunt said:
David Marconi,FOGCH said:
Sacrilege I say! Sacrilege. Roundy round with no OPs, what have you done Matt? (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Give’em a break, man. he has a hard enough time figgerin it out at Andy’s…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
LMAO(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
LOL…Thanks guys!
I do have a siding and switching I do. But, if I am out just washing my truck, I can run a train with no worries and it’s not chasing it’s tail. haha!!
LOL, only Andy is good at Andy math!!!
“LOL, only Andy is good at Andy math!!!”
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Don’t be “diss” Andy for how he runs his railroad. Andy always wears loafers, so its easier to get to his toes for higher math.
Ric Golding said:
“LOL, only Andy is good at Andy math!!!”
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Don’t be “diss” Andy for how he runs his railroad. Andy always wears loafers, so its easier to get to his toes for higher math.
Loafers??? Dang man, what are those???
For the record: If I need my toes to count, I quit counting before I need the toes… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Andy Clarke said:
Ric Golding said:
“LOL, only Andy is good at Andy math!!!”
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Don’t be “diss” Andy for how he runs his railroad. Andy always wears loafers, so its easier to get to his toes for higher math.
Loafers??? Dang man, what are those???
For the record: If I need my toes to count, I quit counting before I need the toes… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
So, I guess the cat IS out of the bag now and NOW EVERYBODY knows that Andy can only reliably count to 7…
hahahahaha!!!
A train ain’t a train without a great caboose. Good job.