Adding Crossings & Sidewalks (BIG PROBLEM OCCURS) - HO Train Layout Build Ep 26
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- This episode we start out with some railfanning of my GP40-2. I know some scenes aren't fully realistic, just know Ill get better with how I control my locomotive lol. We sorta install the crossing flashers but I fail in a big way. Sidewalks are also added. I will wait to take my time figuring out how I will do the sidewalks over the 3 tracks. Hope everyone enjoys!
Edited with Adobe Premiere
Music - UA-cam Music
Camera - Sony ZH1
#ModelTrains #HOScale #TrainLayout
Good job in the instalation of the railway crossing signals.
This is coming out very nicely. Nice job!
Thank you :)
Just started building my new layout after 36 years with either no time or no space to build one.
So, I found your channel when UA-cam suggested it, and I'm glad I did.
Looking forward to more of your layout build.
That’s awesome! Always super exciting to start building a layout! Glad your here
Impressive, methodical and entertaining. Thanks for posting.
Quite nice! Happy to see the crossings are in place :D
Great job looking forward to seeing the lights working.
Good job mate👍.
Thank you David 😁
Oh man ..I wish I had your skill ..you got the whole package..
Nice I like your layout
It's looking really good so far!
Looking Most Excellent My Friend! Great progress.
Thank you :)
Looking good man! I love the opening sequence with your loco starting up. You are a really good cinematographer. 🌲🚂🌳🏭😺🎥
Thanks man 😁😁
Awesome! Can't wait to see more extensions!
Thank you! Me too haha
Hey man love the vids you are inspiring me too build my own railroad keep up the good work 👏
That’s awesome! Thank you 😁
@@TopRailroad I'm looking forward to the next upload 😁👍
What's great is you give us a "how to do"...guide that we can't get anywhere..it's so great..like few others...and I only found you by chance ..lucky
Your comments always make my day so much better. Thank you very much :)
Getting somewhere 👏🏼🔥
Great tutorial video as always TR and the sidewalks turned out great! I know it was a bummer that the RxR lights didn't work w the Just Plug box but you'll get it. Like Bob Ross always said "No Mistakes Just Happy Accidents" lol. I've decided to make an around the wall layout instead of a round layout. Reason being is bcuz I want to have quite a bit of switching. Thanks again for sharing your series of layout videos with us along with your time and effort!
That’s so true haha, Bob Ross was a great artist with such beautiful ways of teaching. I think you made the right decision man, switching is what I’m mostly goin for as well. Lots of fun. Thanks Shawn for the awesome comments :)
That's sooo realistic looking. Nice Work! The Train Freak has some great content on signalling and power blocks for crossings and etc...
I appreciate it! I’ll have to look him up sometime to learn some more 😎
yes yes yes Yes Yes YES thank you I love crossings! I’m also starting a railfanning channel.
Let me know the channel name and I’ll subscribe 😎
@@TopRailroad HadishWithTrains567, I’m not a pro at editing 😅
I can’t find you. Could you link it so I can find it?
@@TopRailroad ua-cam.com/channels/c2TSO5CRTiq16BdfSONizg.html
Now if you want to be adventurous. If you just want the flashers to just well, flash. a basic Arduino can achieve that with a fairly simple flashing script on receiving power. And then from there its fairly simple to add detection and make the flasher script conditional to the state of added sensors if you want something more complicated.
I’ll look into those and see whats available online!
Great looking layout! Keep it up, brother!
Thanks man! Love your channel btw 😎
@@TopRailroad thank you! Glad to hear it!
You could try splices the wires to one of the hubs
Your railroad looks nice. I'm into making custom painted freight cars.
Custom painted cars are the best
@@TopRailroad I make my own custom painted cars. I've been doing it for years. I've made operation life saver boxcars. Some anniversary club cars, boxcars, stock cars, and tank cars. For Christmas 🎄. I'm working on a Crane car which will be done in Lehigh valley.
I like the crossing signals and the one crossbuck is side ways.
Good catch 😂 noticed that when editing lol
@@TopRailroad yeah
companies like Faller, kibri and noch make pre made railroad crossings
If that coupling at 1:08 was real, DJ wouldn't be on the channel anymore.
Great job. At least your mistake was extremely minor as you bought nothing unnecessary.
Wasn't sure if I would be able to watch your video today because of the storm we had last night. Eastern South Dakota got hit with a couple of tornados and wind speeds of 80-100 MPH winds. Fortunately, we were only out of power for 5 hours or so, and we suffered no major damage. Just a few downed trees. Around us is a lot of damage. The town of Castlewood, which is a half hour north of us, had one of the tornadoes and half the town is gone. The school was destroyed.
Because the county was out of power, we had several deputy sheriffs on our farm to get gas because they were low. We have a gravity tank and so since one of the deputy sheriffs is our neighbor, he sent them to our place. (Apparently, they a big day yesterday and didn't fill up before going home). Woops : )
I appreciate that! But thats sounds awful. I’m glad your okay and nothing crazy happened to you. Hopefully everyone is okay. The weather has been wild lately even here in Colorado. Pretty cool about the sheriffs though. Thanks for sharing and stay safe out there!
@@TopRailroad Thanks!
Things are really looking great there TR!! I'm gonna pass along a tip on sealing the wood before you paint or stain. I've been using..... Varathane polyyurethane/ water based crystal clear # 200261H for years. Brush coat on both sides, weight down and let dry, its sealed and won't warp or bow after you paint. - Alex
That’s the product I need. Just need to go out and pick some up 😁 Thanks for the quick tip!
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My formula for “concrete” paint is same as yours. I suggest you add three of four drops of raw sienna to the gray and look at the difference.
That’s a good idea, never thought to do that yet
Use Woodland Scenics Accessory Linker Plugs (5685) to connect wires of crossing signals to hub.
Do those allow the crossing flashers to actually flash back and forth? Or are both lights just lit when turned on
@@TopRailroad You'll also need Woodland Scenics Sequencing Light Hub (5680) for flashing effects.
Okay I gotcha, thank you that’s a big help
That's more for turning room lights on and off at random, I don't think it's going to be much help for crossing lights. And little else is compatible with the Just Plug system.
@@d-rail7271 It was the closest thing that I'm assuming could work since the controller from Walther's that works with the crossing signals are out of stock/no further vending information.
I think your crossing "crossbuck" is rotated 90° off. The work "crossing" is upside down @8:06
Yeah haha I saw that when I was editing
ooo drama! 😮😊
I have nearly an identical area on my layout that I want to put crossing lights and sensors. 3 tracks. Anyone have an easy solution and product recommendation? I don’t want gates. Just flashing bucks.
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Your cat looks to be about 15 inches to the foot - it's huge :-)
Next problem you will have is the controller for the crossing lights does not work with dcc
Nice video mate. The side walks go look very nice in my opinion. I like the crossing lights as well ashame you couldnt get them operating in this video but we all make mistakes when building our layouts. What power pack will you use for the walthers crossing lights? Look forward to the next one. - Nicholas.
Thanks man! I’m not sure yet though, a couple people have recommended some products in the comments so I’ll have to do some more research on them
Which episode did you finish the crossing lights?
Sadly I don’t get them wired so they were more of a scenery piece. M&M Rails on UA-cam has a full video on how he got them going. It’s called Model Train Technology - Starter Kit Review and was posted a year ago
Hello I just started watching your videos and the timing is perfect. I am in the process of building my first layout, because things happened that I ended up having to start over again and relocating because of a broken water line . I have enjoyed watching you and how well you go over what you are doing at the same time . I am taken notes on what I need to do. Also how you are videoing and even the background music and young fellow you also have a perfect voice to follow along with. Now I’m not a expert but I have done many training videos . I will be catching up from your start and if you don’t mind asking some questions along the way.
Really nice episode, shame about the crossing. All well, not everything can always go to plan can it?
Do you plan on having any coal trains run the layout? I personally think it would be really awesome if you could get some coal trains going and maybe a small coal plant somewhere, just an idea though. Nothing beats a SD70ACe powered coal train with a dpu, am I right?! 😂. Looking forward to next episode, keep up the great work! Can't wait til you get some more engines and stuff, always so exciting.
I’m not sure yet. Having one would be awesome like you say, there just so satisfying to watch go by. I need to get a SD70ace someday once It’s in the budget 😂 Thanks as always man!
@@TopRailroad No problem! The walthers ACes look amazing, I'd love to have one once its in my budget as well. the BNSF one looks fabulous
Awesome! What brand is that Burlington Northern?
It’s an Atlas engine
i've been following since you had the classic rectangular form layout (8x4 i guess it was) and now that you advanced quite a lot in this new "modular" layout, im willing to ask, do you feel you made the right choice? im asking mainly because i've been thinking for a while now on doing the same change you did, I feel the rectangular layout takes a lot of space and its somehow difficult to acomodate in on the room (garage in my case). Greetings from Argentina! Sorry my english might not be 100% correct haha.
Wow I thank you for being around for so long! And to answer your question I do like the modular setup more overall since you can really maximize track laying and have things be a little more realistic then the regular oval. The modular is more expensive since it’s a lot more materials and such but i think it’ll be worth it once I get a full loop goin. That’s amazing! Hello from the US! Your English is very good too 🤙🏼
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Paint that OSB on the underside of the layout, it's toxic unpainted.
8:12 uhh that crossbuck is not looking to great right there. The “CROSSING” sign is the wrong way. Lol
Is that locomotive a gp40
Yes! One of my favorites
Hey dude. Love to see a railway building.
Btw where did u get ur parts from
I got them from Ebay! Sidetrack hobbies is the name of the store to be exact