Large Scale Central

Work continues on the L

Track and Trestles
#1

I have started construction on the L last weekend.
I have 1 turn into the front room that I can’t make with the 5 ft track I have to go to 4 ft curves.

The question is will a 55 ton Bachmann shay or the Bachmann Climax have trouble with this turn?

If this wont work maybe I can do a cross over from the far wall in the hallway.
I will have to take down a good portion of what I had already put up.
The 4 ft curve is better known as Buck snort curve.

If I can figure out where I put the photos I took I’ll post them.
I’m still not sure if I want to run that big Shay up there.
This is a fairly heavy Loco , true it’s not as heavy as my LGB 2-8-4 B&O , but it has more parts.

#2

Naa I used to run Shays on that pitiful track that came in train sets…Shays will follow two lines scratched in the dirt…

#3

Thanks for the info Bart.
I used up all of my brackets, so now I will have to make a new batch. So far I have 1/4 of my track bed set. It is going fairly well not too many problems.
I will have to beef up the buck snort curve though. That’s a tough one above the closet door.

#4

Up date…
Trackage on the main line is completed.
Yard= 1 siding is completed.
Construction is continuing on the final siding . Switches are in wiring has yet to be started.
I have about. 8 ft of roadbed to construct and hangers to build before I can lay the track.
I should finish the trackage this week end.
The L track is stronger than I anticipated. I can run the heaviest loco I can find with no problems.
I pulled 4 tank cars full of water 3 log cars with full loads of real wood and a box car, flat car, observation car. gondola and cabin car these had no added weight.
I pulled that with my 2 truck 25 ton Climax. My big Hauler 2-6-0 utility couldn’t move it.
I didn’t try the U25B Aristo Craft.
I may have to add weight to it first it seems to be a little on the light side.

I was amazed on how much pulling power the 25 ton Climax has.
Even though it was made by Bachmann Spectrum it is a real bear.

#5

Hollywood sez an update must include pictures :smiley:
Rules are rules, ya know :wink:
Ralph

#6

We want pics We want pics We want pics We want pics :slight_smile:

#7

I will get picks up soon. I’m trying to set up a car cam. and take a video of my track.
I’ll get it up soon well at least the still shots.
The track is all in. I have switches and track shut offs for the sidings to finish yet.

#8

I have a short clip of a rare LGB B&O Streamliner. Shot in my back yard at my steps.
I will get more shots of my indoor trackage up soon. check this out.

http://www.vimeo.com/18508269

Thanks for looking.

#9

UPDATE:
The track is complete.
Now I will start with some building fronts and such.

#10

Well I didn’t get the building fronts done yet , but I did some pics.

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/paps101line/_forumfiles/PICT0136.jpg)

Here is another

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/paps101line/_forumfiles/PICT0135.jpg)

The second group the middle picture is a picture of the White Deer and Loganton RY Check how high the RR warning sign is. I will be putting in building fronts in the corners. May be a sidewalk also. Do you think it’s too cheap looking?

#11
David Kapp said:
Do you think it's too cheap looking?
it definitely could be... if you think so!

british largescale rule no. 8: “it is my railway. if you don’t like it, get lost.”

you wouldn’t have put up your pics, if you wouldn’t like them, would you?

#12

My camera holding isn’t the greatest. my tripod isn’t tall enough and I was standing on a ladder to get this angle.
I’ll take a picture standing on the floor so you can see it as you would normally.
I’ll post that in a bit.

#13

Two shots from standing in the middle of my basement family room.

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/paps101line/_forumfiles/Landscape1.jpg)

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/paps101line/_forumfiles/landscape2.jpg)

This covers the main beam that runs the length of the house. I will have my Climax loco in the pic, but it is in the maintenance shed right now. Nothing wrong with it, just routine maintenance.

#14

I caught the Climax on track cleaning duties Friday afternoon. As a true rail fan I got a picture. I noticed that the track cleaning car was hooked up backwards. I asked the crew why they did that, and the answer was they reverse the cleaning car every so often. Check out the picture.

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/paps101line/_forumfiles/Ctrackcleaning.jpg)

#15

Probably won’t find this kind of thing at my house, the higher the track, the higher the anxiety.

David Kapp said:
I will be putting in building fronts in the corners. May be a sidewalk also.
Sounds like a plan.
Korm Kormsen said:
british largescale rule no. 8: "it is my railway. if you don't like it, get lost."
Hehe! :D
#16

So far I’ve stayed under a foot but I always liked the Terror Trestle that that guy in Oregon built. It was over eight feet tall.

#17

I like the track up. I have 6 grand children ranging from 14 to 3 yrs. olt.
Bunches of nephews and nieces. The height is of great value in keeping every thing in tact, and fairly safe.
Then on the other hand I got my family room back for people use.

#18

Terror Trestle? I don’t think I have seen that one.
Sounds good though.

Doug Arnold said:
So far I've stayed under a foot but I always liked the Terror Trestle that that guy in Oregon built. It was over eight feet tall.
#19

That is quite a trestle. It even had an opening underneath to walk through!

There is a layout near the Tehachipi Loop in California that has a trestle or bridge that he had to string a net underneath. The up canyon winds blew a few engines and trains off it and due to the drop their fate was questionable. I’ve had a few derailments on mine due to the wind but none on my trestles – yet!

#20

And here’s the trestle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmP_h6qSExE