Category Archives: Trains
Tank Car
Got this tank car for Christmas
Dora with Coil Cars
Both Tracks Going
I haven’t had both tracks clean and working for quite a while. This weekend I got the inner track working and decided to send a loco around each loop.
LGB Mallet Freight Train
Late Summer Stainz Run
Summer cloudy day run
Whistle Stop
Visited the model train store in Pasadena today. They had a good selection of G Scale trains and scratch building supplies. And the staff was friendly.
A Ride on the Filmore and Western
Took an excursion on the FWRX this passed week. They were running trains out to the honey farm. A fun time was had by all.
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Invisible Grades
On the layout, when I first put track down, I poured concrete to set it on. I thought this was the best way to keep the track from settling and to prevent the ballast mixing in with the soil under the ties. I built and leveled forms and poured concrete to form the roadbed. Trains have been running on it fine since then. However…
Kitbashed Crane
I think this came out pretty good.
I’ve been working on my logging scene, which is a lumber mill, lumber warehouse, and small wooded area for the last few weeks. One thing I thought it needed was a work crane–but I wasn’t thinking I’d actually spend money on one at the moment. Shoestring budget and other priorities.
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HLW Coil Cars
Bought these from Reindeer Pass. They always have fair prices and good service.
LGB 2015D and tender
Here’s my LGB 2015D and powered tender pulling some boxcars and gondolas around my layout.
Christmas train
You can see the modified cars at the front (getting power from the tender) and the bubble-blowing elephant and lighted Christmas tree car at the end. Pretty fun–and the kids loved it.
DIY tool for changing LGB brushes
Those little brushes on older LGB locos, where the spring and brush are loose, are hard to change. If you’re not careful, the spring tension will throw the brushes across the room when you’re trying to get one on the opposite side. I got tired of chasing springs and brushes, so I made up a little tool out of brass sheet.
Streetcar track
I’ve finally got my streetcar track down
Switch control
I’ve got my first servo-controlled switch on the layout. I’m using a Tam Valley servo singlet,
which gets both power and DCC signal from the track. The amperage draw is nominal when the decoder is just listening, and since at most I would ever move two of these simultaneously I think it’s ok. My layout is rather on the small side–small enough that I don’t expect to ever run more than two locomotives at a time.
Pulsed smoke
I’ve been meaning to post a video of this for a while…
Harp stand
I’ve been wanting to have a visual indicator for switch direction and I decided on these Ozark Miniatures harp stands. The points are being moved by a servo on the other side of the track, which also moves the harp stand.