Model railroad layouts plans

My word – this post on Arnie’s 4-6-0 steam locomotive still gets comments – have a look at them all below.

“Hi Al,

Just finished viewing Rob’s “Farland Howe” slide show. And like you, I very much enjoyed it.

Your website has clearly grown in subscribership and the scope, array and creativity of submissions.

I just finished a new video I would like to submit to you and the viewers.

I am planning to hopefully do/add to my small series on steam locomotive videos.

I have some I previously created and submitted to you. I’m always looking for a new ‘slant’ to serve as a story line for viewing the trains.

So I came up with this one for a recently acquired steam locomotive.

This video depicts a fictional journey of a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive, also known as a “Ten Wheeler,” going once around my free-lanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway.

This class of ten wheeler was originally built circa 1891.

The video uses the fiction of the loco having been acquired by the Susquehanna Railroad during the early 20th century and is now seen in light freight service during the late 1950s and 60s. I presented it as a tour the scenic layout.

Hope you enjoy it Al.

Thanks,

Arnie”

(Arnie’s pics reminded me of Warren’s: 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive HO scale.)

Rather than write what I think of Arnie’s stunning 4-6-0 steam locomotive video – I thought I’d leave it up to you. Please do post a comment below.

A huge thank you to Arnie, for posting videos like this and helping out with the Beginner’s Guide. We’re lucky to have him!

And please do keep ’em coming, it’s getting a bit thin on the ground this end. Just hit reply to any of my mails if you’d like to share anything.

Best

Al

PS More N scale layouts here if that’s your thing.

Rob’s been in touch with a vid of his British model train layout:

“Hi Al,

I was really overwhelmed with the number of people who watched my last submission to you. It was over 7,000. That is pretty impressive. Since I am just about finished with Farland, my model train layout, I put together a slide show with pictures of many areas of my layout.

Although I live in Colorado, I have been modeling Britain in the mid-60s to the early 80s.

Every time I finished a small area, I like to take pictures of it to see how it looks through the camera lens. Some of the images show an obviously incomplete area and that is because the photo was taken a while ago before that section was complete.

I know lots of your submissions are photos, so here are mine.

British model train:

Rob McCrain

PS My next project is to model an Interurban line in Colorado. It will be N Scale.”

A huge thanks to Rob, who has contributed a fair bit to the site. It’s always a delight when I see his name in my inbox. Really enjoyed watching that – hope you did too.

If you’d like to see more of Rob’s layouts have a look in the Hall of Fame.

For me, his stand out piece is the London Underground section of his layout – the detail really is amazing. Rob took his time over it and it paid off handsomely, here’s a pic and link if you want to have alook:

London underground model trains.

That’s all for today folks. Please just hit reply to any of my mails if you’d like to share anything on the blog.

Thanks to Rob for sharing his British model trains.

Keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you get started on your layout, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

PPS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

Jim’s been in touch with his wood train model that I think looks very impressive:

“I saw the scratch build yesterday. I am in to scratch building if you want to call it that. Mine are all wood and glue with no metal or plastic parts.

The material is pine, popular and maple. There are based on 1/25 scale, this 0-6-0 is 27” long. All the major parts mover as you push it along.

I acquired a lump of coal crushed it, and filled the tender.

The coupling is a Janny style with a removal pin so they can be joined together.

I call it the “Wooden Railroad”

My collection to date is the 0-6-0 ( just finished), GP9, GP9 slug, 50 ft boxcar, high pressure hopper and a new style oil tanker with the baffles on the ends.

Jim”

Now on to Mike:

All though it’s very short, and only two pics, it really does show that the only way things are going to happen with your layout is to make a start!

“Hi Al,

My good friend Michael G put me on to your ‘network. We live in Devonshire about 2 miles apart. He is modelling in HO/OO and me in ”N” gauges.

My layout is still very much work in progress, the two pictures will give you some idea; First is ‘Early Days’, The second is about ‘Two Months Ago.’

Regards

Mike”

Call me old fashioned, but the only way forward in the hobby, any hobby, or anything at all, is to start, and then carry on…

And lastly, something that’s not really a train at all. But seeing as I was mesmerized by it, I thought maybe it’s worth posting:

That’s all this time folks. A big thanks to Jim for sharing his wood train model. Impressive stuff.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if you want to make that start, the Beginner’s guide is here.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

PPS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.