Category Archives: Videos
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
Summer cloudy day run
Another video
LGB Frank S. Live Steam Locomotive: Run Two
That’s my son in the background, singing a little silly song
LGB / Aster Frank S. Live Steam
Bought this a week or two ago–here’s the first run on the layout.
First run
I’ve finally managed to sort out my throttle problem with my live steam locomotive, and sent it around a couple of time.
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.
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.
Running the Mallet
Here’s my LGB 2085D Mallet pulling a rake of HSB coaches. Near the end of the video, you can clearly see the pulsed smoke until timing the smoke puffs to the sound card chuffs. Pretty cool
Of course, you’ll have to ignore the moon-like landscape in the background, as I’m all out of gardening funds for the moment 🙂