I Tore My Train Layout Apart
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2022
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Gargraves is a great choice. My 24 x 32 layout with FOUR mainlines is all GG with a few Ross switches. I solder my feeder wires to Gargraves from the bottom. I place the wire in the web of the bottom of the rail and with a good AND hot iron flow solder into the web of the rail and wire. You can not see it from above and nothing will pull on it. Good luck and thanks for sharing.
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The F-3 passenger sets running on the elevated lines are always my favorites. Can't wait to see more shots on the bigger elevated lines!
Still working my 19 year old, college student ass off, building my Lionel Postwar layout. Both of my grandfathers had it when they were young, and they've passed it all on to me. It's just a basic loop at the moment, with some switches giving me some sidings inside the loop, but it's mine, and it's coming along nicely.
Enjoy the build Sam!
@@RBPTrains Thank you!
wow nice story and inheritance when you have it completed you should show it off on here id like to see that
@@LawsonRailway It's literally built on a door laying on sawhorses, and it's got no scenery at all. Not much of a showpiece in my opinion.
@@sambrown6426 oh ok well thats a nice start but i believe you'll own a big one one day im hoping to do to the same if i ever get my own house but thats a good start but if it was me id focus on your college first and i hope you accomplish all your dreams buddy and good luck
Awesome! I really love your layout and I am excited to see the new elevated lines.
Chris you know what you want in this new part of your layout. So good luck and full speed ahead. It will be awesome as before. 👍👌😇🇺🇸
This will be FANTASTIC to watch the progress of this massive update! This episode alone was great as with all your others vids! Somehow you manage to keep me not bored with the perfect combination of train running footage and rest of the video, as in my opinion just watching trains go round on a video is not always as great as doing it IRL which I love doing. Anyways, keep up the great job, can't wait to see the finished product!
Thanks Beastboy 2.1000! I tend to ramble so I have to break up the monotony!
My brother's layout was using old hollow Lionel track and the noise was pretty bad. So bad that he switched to Fast Track afterwards which helped a lot but didn't eliminate the noise. I'm mostly still just messing around with N scale at the moment. I'd like to get my little layout all wired up and finished. I've just had life getting in the way far too often, plus getting sick last weekend when I was planning on doing some work. The universe is just conspiring against me getting ANYTHING done as far as hobbies. ☹ But it is what it is. There is a train show coming up here in the Plano, Tx area and he and I are planning to go to that. We may hit the first day but that's the day after the Weird Al Yankovic concert lol so I may have to sleep in and hit the show on Sunday. Although I don't want to miss out on any sweet deals on things I don't need but have to have.
I'll bet it was a pretty difficult decision to make to partially tear down the layout. But as the upper loops didn't contain near as much scenery it doesn't adversely affect the overall "Feel" of the layout to change it. And I think that's important as it's just an evolution rather than a complete renovation.
Hope you are feeling better! Evolution is a great way to put it. When I built the layout, the elevated sections were an afterthought. Now I can lay them out the way I originally wanted. Thanks for watching and hope you can get back to your hobbies soon!
Best of luck, I’m using Ross and love the look. With the rail road spike, I just slipped a wire in instead of soldering it and now my gatman operates great on my insulated track!
Another great video, Chris! I'm looking forward to your progress. We used GarGraves track on my dad's layout years ago and it was easy to use and looks great. Even the 36" flex sections weren't too bad to work with. We made a jig out of plywood to do a few custom bends and it worked well. (He FINALLY finished the ballast earlier this year!)
My 4x8 layout needs massive amounts of track to become something more than what it currently is. I love watching guys like you who truly have the skills to develop a railway community. I look foward seeing how it develops. Ps love your videos.
I love that you are changing up! I am doing something similar. I have a fairly large s scale Christmas layout in my two car garage. I am moving it soon to the lower level of our house. First though we are moving my wife’s O scale Halloween layout. So I will watch to see what things you run into. Thanks for sharing! Love your channel!
Good luck to you man! Your train layout is going to be the next roadside America. I also like the clip from the Trainz commercial you did there
This is gonna be great. The wider curves will make things alot easier. Can't wait to see the final product in place. Have fun!!!
Thanks for the update, Chris. I'm looking forward to your progress in this new phase of your layout. The new elevated track lines plan looks great, although I'm surprised you haven't any cross overs between the two lines. You certainly have set yourself up for a lot of work, but I don't doubt that you got a handle on it. See next time.
This new upper level is going to look magnificent! Good luck 👍
This is gunna be awesome Chris can’t wait to see it completed
New layout is looking great
Look forward to next video.
Chris, it will look great when all finished, looking forward to the progress
Exciting times! Those upper loops are going to be amazing.
That cool as hell. Gonna be a nice layout when done.
I would like some of the fast track. I need more
I too am building my layout and went with Atlas on my bigger loop for my articulated locomotives and fast track on the inner loop. I also plan to do a upper loop and a city loop for excursion aka strausburg. Love the union pacific tin plate!never seen that before. Good luck on the rebuild
Great video Chris, it’s going to look awesome when your done. I see that you picked up a 3rd MTH transformer. I got mine a few weeks ago and it works fantastic.
Good idea it’ll make the layout look more modern and as you say it’ll be the right size for bigger trains
looks good cant wait till it's finished
Nice man, hope it’s smooth sailing form here on out!
Looking forward to this series! The upper loops are gonna be awesome.
Can't wait for you to show me the ways of sculpting mountains!
Hey Chris! Looking good on the cover of Classic Toy Trains Magazine!
It just goes to show Chris they lay out is never truly finished you always will come up with some idea to improve it definitely going to follow along with your redesign good luck 👍👍
It’s sad to see the old layout go but well all pull through it just a matter of time but I am very excited to see what the layout will look like afterwards.
I never heard of Guard Graves track before this video. I'll czech it out! I like Fastrack because it's super reliable and easy to use, but it doesn't like being disconnected and reconnected again and again like on floor layouts.
I loved that demonic voice saying 'yeah, right.' That sums up building a layout in a nut shell, not to mention the expansion of the rather dark end of the English dictionary.
Any rail is great I never really had a place or the money to build my dream layout but it was fun to work with.
Oh my goodness Chris, I was heartbroken thinking about you breaking down that beautiful layout, but relieved to find out it was only the top rail lines. I am excited to see the progress and the final product.
I have Gargraves track after retiring the post war tubular tracks. I absolutely love Gargraves and I plan for an upper line myself where I’ll add more. I have been on hold with my layout since about when you started your layout lol 😂
The prices for wood and foam boards has been really expensive out here in the Golden State, but I at least decided to grow my infrastructure and might have too much for my EVENTUAL layout. Growing my fleet is my other goal. Keep on chugging along my friend!
PS: I am immensely excited to see your pop’s layout in the next episode ❤
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I use gar grave it’s really nice track 😊. Best of luck on the layout remodel
Awesome, can’t wait your next video!
Good luck Chris! I was at The Train Depot yesterday and they said you have been getting some good stuff to get rolling on the remodel 😀👍
Awesome! Been grabbing track and materials there. Gotta figure out this bridge situation!
Hey Chris, you need a roundhouse with a full blown turntable on it.
Always enjoy your videos!
Thanks @K & R custom models!
I’ve always tried to do elevated tracks on my HO layout, it never worked and always fell or didn’t work. I’ll definitely miss the old layout but I’m excited for the new one coming soon!
Great video as always
I am new to your channel and to model trains. I just got my first o gauge polar express and my kids and I love it! My daughter and I have enjoyed watching your channel and have recently subscribed. I would love to build a track like yours and could use some tracks if you end up with extra. I look forward to seeing your completed track!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching and enjoy running those trains with your kids :)
I’m looking forward to seeing the new set up. I’m thinking about buying some Gargraves also. I love my Fastrack though. I’ll probably use both.
The trains saw everything...
Hey I can’t wait to see your layout
I'm very excited to see next week's video with the UP 9000 Class. Such a beast of an engine those were.
It is one heck of a model!
Gargraves and Ross custom switches are a great combination and look great with real ballast a lot more time consuming than fast track but worth the effort
Hey rbp I currently have Covid and I rewatched my favorite train videos from you and it is always so entertaining to watch the trains go by and you talking about them love the videos rbp
Hope you feel better soon Benjamin!
Thanks rbp I will let you know when I get better
Change is a good thing hopefully with the new design change looking at your diagram I hope you incorporate a lift out or lift up bridge section nothing sucks more than having to duck under,lol regardless I know it will turn out great looking forward to your progress, also I hope you include how you wire the new track best regards, J.R.
Can’t wait 😊
Be so cool if you could incorporate the fireplace to be functional while running trains!! Looks good so far Mr RBP!!! -RTT
I've always wanted to get into modeling o scale, ever since I was a kid and watched 'I Love Toy Trains'
Recently I've been really looking at what I can afford, and some 2nd hand fast track would be AMAZING
If you don’t mind the tin plate look, Menard’s track is really cheap. I will warn you however, they don’t offer switches yet and they aren’t completely compatible with original Lionel but some slight modifications could make it work.
Every time I watch your channel, I feel like a kid in a candy store.
I luv gargraves my layout is 12x16 and with the ross switches. I'm able to have 2 track main and a passing siding plus a yard and extra sidings and run pretty much any locomotive. Using fast track or any Modular tack system wouldn't have worked for a confined layout. But the sweet part is ross switches can get track into places where a person would think it couldn't be done 😏
Don't worry about the back of your train room being a mess Chris. So's mine, but at least yours doesn't have a "BIOHAZARD!" sign hanging on it like mine does!
Best of luck with the rebuild!
Thanks Wayne!
Hi Chris it is me if Lego freak from Discord I am going to be sending you a video from my Minecraft train layout on Discord can't wait to see what your layout looks like so excited can't wait to see your next video as well
BROTHERMAN, You did a good job! 👍👍😀😃😊 aaaaaaaaaaaa👍👍
@RBP Trains I heard you have a map of your layout, where can I find it? Also, with your fastrack, do you sodder jumpers in between fastrack pieces for a better contact? And lastly for your main circuit of track (the bottom one) for a layout of that size how many transformer to track connections are there? My layout is a 5x9 and I'm not sure if I should have more than one power point or how frequently I should have jumpers.
I think you made a good choice with this and sorry for the long comment!
Great video. Does
Gargraves track have smooth transitions from one piece to the other
Yes I need more fastrack
Question how many complete train sets do you own? I love the renovation underway looking forward to the videos you are a riot to watch you should have your own TV show thanks for taking the time
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I personally like the noise of the trains without the speakers. It sounds like a real train these days, but it’s your lay out, and I’m not trying to judge you for your opinions, just putting this out there.
I like the look of your remodeling project and are you going to make the secson where you where standing at a lift type point so you do not have to bend over to go under it?
If you have any extra fastrack I would love to get some
Chris, watching an episode of "I love Toy Trains" on Rural TV, thought I heard your voice doing a Trainz commercial? It would be great if Rural TV would feature a compilation of some of your videos! I can't seem to stay awake through most of theirs.
Haha, yup - that is my voice in that commercial... :)
So good to cee you on the cover of a train magazine. We get in Australia ... .I commented it in comments on another one of your vid s but not Shaw if U Sean my coment. I took a pic of the magazine on my phone 😊👍
Was a great experience working with CTT on that article! Thanks for watching and for the support!
I need 30” straight pieces Chris.
I will always need more Fastrack for expansion.
Wow, lots going on
If you have switches I am always looking for them at not full price but I just bought tons of track at Greenberg
Great video, looking forward to seeing more, any concerns about the Gargraves and your postwar engines with magnetraction?
My preliminary testing has all worked okay. My Post War trains tend to not be very long and I do not have any grades to worry about so we should be all set. Good question!
Wow, Chris, I admire you for taking on this challenge. I like the plan and once completed I have no doubt that your layout will be better than before. It will be fun to watch the progress. Since you are going to be making the changes to your railroad, have you thought about how you might be able to modify your backdrops for example in front of the fireplace? I am not sure what the possibilities might be, it is just a thought. Have fun and please try to keep us updated as time allows. Bill B.
Backdrops have been top of mind. Going to get something done there but still figuring it out at the moment. Take care Bill!
@@RBPTrains You too!
I was wondering if you had planned to connect the lower and upper levels together with a transfer track.
I'm looking for more tracks. If you have any left how much and for posting?
I hand lay my track, not something I would ever expect a 3 railer to do of course, Gargraves is great track, but one thing that always bothered me, your upper loops were supported by just bridge piers, where was the bridge or viaduct underneath the track? I've never seen rails, ties and ballast just hanging in midair! so be sure to put some support under all the upper track, it will look a lot better
Great Video, i was wondering what smallest curve you were running one your layout was on the bottom section of your layout? You run a lot of larger articulated engines so I was a bit curious
Great question! For the main table, I useO72 on the outside track and O60 on the inside reversing loop. All of the switches are O72. Thanks for watching!
How about a fast track early Christmas give away? I’d love to have some to expand my Christmas tree layout.
If you get a chance and remember could you include how you are soldering and wiring the new layout.
Thanks for taking the time to make your videos. I really enjoy watching them and look forward to learning from your new layout.
Thanks for watching Mike! Might have to try a giveaway. Never done that before...
I installed homasote which is a paper product designed as a sound barrier on top of my 1/2 pine board. That cut the noise down on my trains running on my fast track quite significantly. You can get homasote at any lumber yard. Fast track is easier for me as I’m not very good at the intricate detailing aspect in model railroading. I’m still learning how to build building and practice my skills to get better.
Thank you for sharing this. It will be great for us to follow along. A very ambitious project you’re taking on. Wondering if the program you are using is more Mac friendly than SCARM.
Not sure about Anyrail on Mac. Someone in the forum may know. Thanks for watching and we shall see what I have gotten myself into, haha!
Love the new design. I might have gone with Atlas as it is solid rail. I am a S gauge person. Did you ever think about adding S gauge to you layout?
Make the big bridges that attach the two ends of the layout into large drawbridges so you can raise them if you have to
Sounds like lots of votes for the drawbridge concept!
@@RBPTrains I can try to figure out how to make a drawbridge for the gap
One thing to think about since you’re already tearing up the layout- id you put a strip of 1/2 inch styro under the fast track and let it just sit inside the plastic part of the fast track you can reduce a lot of the noise.
I might have to look into that. :)
I got the shivers just thinking about doing that...
@@TimMacPA what do you mean?
@@thesheq5023 Handling styro gives me the shivers
I think it will be great to upgrade the elevated level to Gargraves track. Unfortunately for me, I will not be able to do so. What did you do to lower the sound of trains running on Fastrack on your lower level? I have invested too much $ to switch to another type of track.
My first reaction “NOOOOOOOO”
Nice!
I'm interested in your FastTrack
And cork for roadbed.
That thunderbirds poster tho 🚀
LOL
Thanks
Glad you’re going to shoot it over to the other side, I had that vision so not you get to make that vision work, LOL Ron
Have you thought about having the upper and lower track connect in anyway?
I thought about it, but it would require more space and rework. Going to keep the levels separate for now. Great idea though!
A cross over the gap like the one you have planned terrifies me
The one table is being expanded and the part of track that will hover of the floor with have a lift out (or lift up) trestle bridge to protect the trains as they pass. No worries!
I’d love some fastrack I only have the John Deere diesel locomotive and collected 2 smaller steam locomotives and one had freight I barely got enough track to run all three
John Deere diesel is a cool set!
Thanks!
Add an docks with a fish pond in the dock and have special coal hoppers that dump fish food.If you were to make one use a 100% natural wood,Also get an rc crane to load and unload then get an rf tug boat to pull barges and deliver to another land of track and crane and dock were an tug could haul an special barge with track to let locomotives on so then the tug can send it to another land,Or just use crane to pull the loco on the barge and then just use another crane
Now that sounds like a project!
Yay
Make sure to use sea wood actually
Safe for fish wood
When your done and get bored stop on over so we can do my elevated line.
Haha, sounds like a plan
Madness! :-)
Always!
I could use fast track, my loop I have that comes with my train set has rusted
Yikes! That is a whole ton of change! Just bought a model train from Trainz and it is SO LATE!
Hope it comes soon! Always a shame when something we order gets delayed
You should build a heĺex between the two layouts. I have used fllex Atlas HO
That would be a cool feature. Thanks for watching!
Hey this David I need some FastTrack for my Train layout
Hey Chris. My Instagram is down again so this is the only way I can reach you rn. Anyways the new elevated line is gonna look great when it’s done I can’t wait.