ho model railroad layout tour 1
I found this great video about model railroads that was posted by davidh545
It is described as: A brief tour of my Chicago & West Coast Railroad featuring domeliner passenger trains of the 1950's.
Thanks for watching, please add this site to your favorites and come again.
Tags: Chicago West, Coast Railroad, Layout Tour
September 30th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Check out my beginning lay-out
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
great job, I want to build my own, how do you come up with a track-plan?
October 6th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
holy crap this things auwsome i’m starting my own, n-scale and then a big one that’s h0 my grandpa had tons of them before he died thx for the ideas and the great vid
October 9th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Let me be your fantasy!!
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:17 am
pretty sweet, me and my grandpa are building our own huge train set. but curse my uncle for wanting to make everything digital.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:48 am
relativeley small?!?!?!?! mines like 4 feet by 8 feet
October 13th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Those are Rivarossi cars that are about 20 years old but I painted and lettered them myself. The dome on the observation car is a kit that I put on.I made some additions to my layout and will be putting a new video on in a month or so. Thanks for the comment.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Your includes everything that a good layout should have! Nicely done! The UP’s City of Los Angeles went through my town more than 50 years ago. They said you could get on the train in the morning, ride to Chicago, catch a baseball game, and then ride back in the evening! What brand of passenger cars are on you C.O.L.A. train! Thanks.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Those 2×4 foot white with holes in them tiles that you see in alot of office buildings. Put the side with the holes in face down and glue them to the plywood. There are alot of books and magazines at your hobby store on getting started in model railroading. They tell you all the basics.
October 21st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
What type of ceiling tiles, and how did you secure the tiles to the plywood?
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions!!!!:):)
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Track nails or RR spikes, you have to get them at a hobby shop. Any small nail or brad will do but they probably won’t be black so you will have to paint them. It is best not to put track on plywood. The trains run noisy and it’s hard to put the nails in. I put a fiber board over the plywood. The best is called HOMOSOTE but is hard to find. I just used ceiling tiles. It is not as dense and the nails will work loose in time.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
What is your method of securing the track directly to plywood like you did where you park your 7 passenger trains?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Thanks. I looked at the grand valley layout on the website,looks like a nice first layout. Take your time, do a good job and have fun. I made some additions to my layout. Will put a new video on in a month or so.
October 25th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I love watching your trains. i am currently working on an HO layout kit from woodland scenics, it is called grand valley
Thanks:)
October 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I have never worked with ez-track. By close inspection you should be able to tell if it is glued or fastened to the roadbed. If glued I guess it couldn’t be seperated.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
anyone happen to know a good way to split bachmann ez-track off its base (without destroying it) so i can use it with my atlas track?
October 29th, 2008 at 10:05 am
someone has a little to much time on there hands not sayin its a bad thing
October 31st, 2008 at 1:57 am
Very impressive layout. Question: Can you crash the trains like they do on “The Addams Family”?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
RELATIVLEY SMALL??? Dude, mine is 5X12 or so, yours is pretty good sized!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Impressive!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:41 am
beautiful! bravo!
November 9th, 2008 at 6:09 am
wooow , stapokamadre 1
November 11th, 2008 at 7:11 am
i like the bookcase idea too!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:37 am
nice layout …but thats not rele a small train layout….