Model railroad layouts plans

“Hi Al,

Many thanks for the great ideas, pictures and videos you send out – keep them coming!

I had a Hornby rolling road as well as one by H & M. I wanted to mount them permanently on boards with a power supply for each one. I also wanted to build a holder that they all could be placed in, either for transportation, storage or to let the locos run on out of the way.

I also wanted a lined cradle in which I could invert a loco or coach to work on the underside and still have a power supply. The overall appearance was to be professional with a touch of antiquity.

I had some left over plywood from my layout construction which was just right for the job. Used wine bottle corks made the legs for each board.

Hope your email recipients enjoy this.

Regards,

Trev.”

“Thanks for the tips ! I use grounded up walnut shells for my ballast ,they’re light weight ez to glue down and I soak them in paint ,then dry the mix on a piece of screen over night.

Immy”

“Hi Al,

Here is a sequel to the locomotives remains at Oamaru.

After our tour left Oamaru, we went to Ashburton, where the Plains Railway is.

There is a locomotive, which is in the photos called K 88, it was built by Rogers of New Jersey USA in 1877, and put into service with the New Zealand Railways.

It was written off in 1928, and dumped into a river, it was recovered 50 years later, and totally restored to full working order. It was fitted with a new boiler and cab and other parts had to be remade.

It has since been allowed back on the mainline.

Paul”

“Hi Al , just bought a new re tooled Heljan class 33 Loco , very nice looker and runner also showing a run round with the cam truck and a full view of the layout and scenics

Regards

dave”

Big thanks to Dave (again!) and Paul – superb pics.

That’s all for today.

Please keep ’em coming.

And don’t forget, the Beginner’s Guide is here if you want to get going on your own layout.

Best

Al

PS
Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

“Over a year ago you posted some pictures of my layout on her and called it a sofa layout.

Here is the descendant of it now almost completed after suffering a stroke. I have built a completely new main board and incorporated the former branch line on the end of it.

I hope you like it.

Steve”

And here’s a track plan of the main oval:

A cracking layout. And who could forgot Steve’s first post? I loved it (it’s here).

That’s it for today peeps.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you jump in and start laying track, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

Kim contributes a lot to the site, and here’s his latest:

“Hi Al. A popsicle stick greenhouse cut sanded painted with light installed. Ho scale”

“Hi Al.I picked this set up on ebay for $3 free shipping.you can desolder the lights out or cut a section free to use in coaches and homes and such.even use to add extra lighting to your locomotive.The wheel is 12 volts and there is a lot of led’s.I used a almost dead 9 volt battery to lite them up.Comes in many colors.”

“lol Hi Al.I made up this hmmmm garden thingy lolwill cover it alittle with plants.”

“Just a photo of a pool i put next to one of my windmills filling up.

Kim”

“Hi Al,

I am sending you these photos, maybe you or someone may find them interesting.

On a recent Grand Pacific Tour of New Zealand, we stopped at Oamaruru in the South Island.

It was there I came across these locomotive remains, the locomotive had been tipped into the sea many years ago after it was withdrawn form service, it was recently recovered.

There is workshop there that belongs to the Oamaruru steam and rail society, they let me have a look inside the workshop.

They operate trains on the old line to the wharf, which is no longer used.

Paul”

Paul’s pics reminded me of the train graveyard in Cuba (that post is here), which I found fascinating.

I’ve also been a mailed a youtube of it:

Quite sad to see them in such a state!

Keep ’em coming.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.