Farmrail in HO Scale Shelf Layout - March 2021 Layout Update!
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Welcome back to my model railroad depicting Grainbelt (Farmrail) operations in Frederick, OK around 1999! While no model railroad is ever truly finished, I'm ready to declare this project MOSTLY done. Scenery and structures are all complete, as are most of the important details. Follow along as I show the layout, as well as an in-depth operating session. Please "like", subscribe, and share this video!
Great layout. It looks like many hours of fun for you and your Jr. Engineer.
Congrats to you and your wife on your newest member of the family 👍👍
Thank you very kindly
Very nice update, Alex. You've created a really neat and manageable model railroad. Congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition to the family. Keep up the excellent effort. Mike
Congratulations you two! Starting her right away into model railroading lol the layout is looking awesome. Can’t wait to see what the next chapter develops into. You stay safe in the months to come bud... all the best, John
Thanks, John! I eager to hear how your next project is going as well.
Dear Alex, I think the layout is fine as is, the lack of a building opposite the petrol station enhances the rural feeling, and overall, the total layout feels large and open, which is indicative of Oklahoma. I think it is very difficult to model wide open spaces on a model railway, especially in HO and larger scales, and I think that you have achieved this. Re the photo back scene, the current plain blue grey colour back scene again emphasises the open country, and makes the train and the few buildings the centre piece for the viewer, a photo back scene may actually have the opposite effect of making the layout appear smaller, and actually detract from what you have currently achieved. This is a really great model. Best wishes and regards from Australia, to you and your family.
very nice layout.
Great layout and congrats on the addition to your crew.
Thank you very much. She's a great little brakeman! Haha.
Hey Alex, layout looks great 😊, thanks for the operating session
Thanks for watching
Its looking good Alex!!! Also in local news: "soldier exchanges rifle for small child" :P I hope yall have been doing great lately. I've been enjoying life since getting rid of social media, but I do miss keeping in touch with buddies from on those sites.
The layout is coming along so beautifully. I like how this is designed and how much you have incorporated but that each detail is curated to fit while still respecting the openness of each scene. That sense of space is such a powerful defining characteristic.
Thanks. I definitely feel transported to southwest Oklahoma when I enter the room, which was the goal. I love those wide open spaces.
You're such a lovely father
Nice update. Beautiful child. God bless you sir. 🙏😀 David
Thanks!
A great layout! A small comment about connecting spout between the two structures comprising Cassidy grain. There is not enough fall to have the material travel easily between the two. A rule of thumb is 7’ vertical fall for every 5 ‘ of horizontal travel. I worked in the seed conditioning/grain handling industry for over 40 years and have modified our plant many times over the course of my career. Fabulous job otherwise!
Thanks for the tip. I'll have to keep that in mind when I build another elevator.
Nice layout update. Congrats on the new crew member. 😉
Thank you
Nice layout. I'm intrigued by using the IKEA shelves. I think I'll consider that for my next (switching) layout.
Congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition to the family! She'll be qualified as a conductor in no time at all, Winston is going to go to the extra board. The golden spike is a amazing goal to accomplish. It has been great following the progress on your Farmrail layout. Thanks for the tour and ops session. Stay safe.-Tom
Thanks a lot, Tom! I'm sure Winston will be content to nap away and wait for the call. Haha. I owe a lot of my progress to your work as inspiration!
A great layout with a good style of presentation, nice to see you are getting your latest addition to family familiar with train operation at an early age!
Thank you for the kind words!
Great Video! I love farmrail. I hope to catch it more later on down the line, but for now I'll just have to cope with my G&W schemes over here in Durant! Seriously though, I love this layout man
Great work Alex and thank you for sharing our products! Nicely done with the track plan, look forward to seeing more! I will add a "4 Tracks" pack to the store in the near future if you do decide to switch out the other set.
Thanks for checking out the video. Love your stuff. Will have to keep my eye out for those on your website.
Operations have expanded. Crew size has increased. The future is looking bright for your railroad.
Indeed! Great things are happening!
Congratulations on so much good news.
Thanks!
Hi there. Just wanted to say how impressive your former layout was. Iv watched most of your videos and very inspiring. Just wanted to ask what the radius you worked to on the curves to create the L shape of the layout? Trying to work something similar for a plan in a very small room. Cheers
Great layout Alex and congratulations on the new bubba.
Regards Michael Lee,Perth Western Australia
Thank you very much, Michael
Congrats! And of course your layout looks very good and also the very nice GP9
Thanks!
Congratulations! Great video and I look forward to more!
Thanks! I've got some more detailing and rolling stock weathering to do, and I'm working on adding a Proto Throttle to my operating sessions, so a new video will come before too long.
Hi Alex! Just found your blog a couple of weeks ago and must say that I'm very impressed with your current layout. You've really captured the look of Frederick, OK! Beautiful work! Have one question. What speed steps (28 or 128) do you use when running your GP-10's? I have two of them myself and have found that they seem to perform better on 28 S/S. I have them programmed so that S/S 5 gives me 10 scale miles per hour, which is as fast as trains are allowed to run on my under construction end of branch layout. Haven't had much luck getting them to run the way I want using 128 S/S.
Thanks for the programming tip, I'll look into that.
Awesome work! First thing I thought was “dang gas was expensive in ‘99” 🤣🤣
Haha! Thanks for watching!
Looking good! What grass did you use for the layout?
Its a mix of different products from Scenic Express, including static grass by Heiki and Silflor, grass mats by Heiki, and tufts by Silflor.
Awesome layout! Very neatly organized! Earned a sub!
Thanks for the sub!
Great Daddy!
Really nice layout
Thank you very much!
Alex, looks great, I love to model the way freight! Just subscribed today! Keep the videos coming and would you please share a copy of the track plan and where you got it?! Thank you sir
I designed the track plan myself, essentially compressing the prototype track arrangement in the real town to fit my space. You can find a copy of the plan in my blog at okierails.com
A very good layout. Un saludo desde España. Esteban
Thank you so much
nice idea I saw interstate with a similar layout design I have is farmrail a prototypical road or is it freelanced
Farmrail is a real railroad in western Oklahoma.
Make your own signs
Why? Small Scale Innovative makes a better product than I could ever print and assemble at home, and they're very reasonably priced.
1000!
Your layout is in need of some power/telephone wires. Other than that great looking
Indeed! I added some to the right side of the layout but am waiting on the kits to add them around the elevators.
Come finish mine!!! Lol
Haha!
@@alexbogaski love the layou!! I'm looking at ikea now.....lol