There's a Toy and Hobby show in the beginning of February, so on my days off I built this train table. It's designed so it will fit in the box of my pickup for easy transport.
I plan to take off the saddle tanks, I have some cnc wood to take its place. I run a tender with my Ruby and keep the battery pack in it. But free time with 4 kids doesn't come easily so its on the get around to it list.
Nice need to set up a portable layout like this I tried setting my ruby on a temporary track I set up at a tractor show and melted the firebox heat shield after it derailed and had to make a replacement out of scrap with files and the drillpress
I put it together quite quick, my wife and kids really like it. If I had more time I'd add more finer details and add more scale scenery. Next year if that have the hobby show a aging I'll add to it. I might take the ho scale train table out and run this one in the hobby room for a bit too. My youngest likes thr big trains over the small ones.
Perfect train show table. Easy to transport and highlights the trains.
Ruby is getting a work out, she was running for about 7 hours.
@@trevork4066 that’s great! I have never run an engine that long before. Four hours was my max
@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi I add another 5 hours on it today too.
@@trevork4066 sign of a good engine.
Another suggestion I made my own battery pack out of two AA battery holder and a servo extension it fits in the saddle tank
I plan to take off the saddle tanks, I have some cnc wood to take its place. I run a tender with my Ruby and keep the battery pack in it. But free time with 4 kids doesn't come easily so its on the get around to it list.
Nice need to set up a portable layout like this I tried setting my ruby on a temporary track I set up at a tractor show and melted the firebox heat shield after it derailed and had to make a replacement out of scrap with files and the drillpress
I put it together quite quick, my wife and kids really like it. If I had more time I'd add more finer details and add more scale scenery. Next year if that have the hobby show a aging I'll add to it. I might take the ho scale train table out and run this one in the hobby room for a bit too. My youngest likes thr big trains over the small ones.