Iowa Southern Railroad S4E3 - Full New Hampshire Layout Review
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- A bit of background.
We bought this New Hampshire condo in late 2020. It actually looks like a duplex so it has a full basement. Our Daughter lives 3 miles from us. Our Son lives in San Antonio. We spend 4-5 summer months in New Hampshire and the rest of the year in Texas.
When in NH I work on what I named the Iowa Southern Railroad. My wife and I are from Iowa. She from Creston which has a lot of BNSF traffic. There is crew change location in Creston. A lot of coal train run thru southern Iowa. Hence the name of this layout.
This fictional layout runs from Corning in southwest Iowa to Burlington on the southeast edge of Iowa. I tossed in a Wyoming coal mine for coal train operation.
Please leave comments or suggestions. I enjoy the feedback. - Zábava
I liked everything that was presented n the layout. The concept from the cement plant, coal mine, intermodal, etc was very precise. This reminded me of Bruce Friedman's layout on a midsized level. Good work.
Thank you David 😀. I reviewed a few videos of Bruce’s layout. Wow! That’s a huge complex layout. Amazing!
Hi Fred, I’m so glad that you did this layout update. Watching as you go, you really don’t get to see just how much you have accomplished over the years. Your layout is really looking good and you have some really terrific scenes and sections. You have put together a great layout, Fred and I look forward to what you have planned. I think a nice train running around the whole layout would be the perfect follow up to this video. Start cleaning track and warm up the foghorn, lol. If my memory serves me right, you may not need the foghorn because you did such a great job on the trackwork on this layout.
Thank you Derek. 😀. I appreciate your comment. Good idea on video of train touring the layout. I’m thinking of consisting my 2 speed matched ScaleTrain locos with a big coal drag. I hope the speed matching works well over distance as I only tested it on short track. If not, #$&$🤬📢
Love this layout Fred…so many options allowing for all car types to run….
Thanks Anthony 😀. Lots of options for running trains. From the Creston Coop grain cars can be delivered/returned to 4 locations. Not as many for other types of cars.
Very nice layout. I'm going to mimic the NS that runs in my neck of the woods. Daily freight trains of various chemicals, plastic pellets,steel loads whether its drilling pipe, plate steel, coils in gondolas too plus everything else. I got my hands full.
That sounds nice. Mostly coal, grain, stack trains with some mixed freight thru my layout.
Looking great there Fred. Nice big layout!
Thanks CB 😀. Yes, it’s good size but I still trying to fit in a few more buildings. There’s never enough…
Looking good Fred can’t wait to see what the summer months brings along and gets finished
Thanks Bob 😀. I hope to get a lot of the various scenes setup and operating. Not sure how much landscaping will get done.
You have a very nice layout! Love those Zahorí tank cars! Can’t wait to see where this layout goes!
Thank you 😀. I watched your 2 model railroad videos. Nice equipment you have. Are you planning a layout?
@@FredE528 Unfortunate not for a few years. I’ll be attending a physician assistant program and will be a bit occupied to be able to properly start a layout. It will be a floor layout for some time!
Good for you on the PA program. 👍
Hey Fred your layout has a lot of potential. You have a lot of industrial scenes to make for good operation. It's going to look great when completed.
Thanks Floyd 😀. I can’t even forecast when it might be done. When my first layout in Texas was done, I just tore it down last October and started over. Only time this one will get torn down is when I can’t get up and down the basement stairs. Hopefully in a few years but you never know…
Ok, after watching this, I think the best thing to do is buy more tank cars and more BNSF locomotives. You don’t have enough. You started strong, each industry/section had some pumpkins, but then the coal mine, Burlington, etc, no orange locos. Jokes aside, layout looks really good. One of my favourite layouts.
Funny 🤣. I have a lot of covered hoppers and boxcars yet to open and add to the layout. I’m doing my best to follow the M&M Rails methods. Buy more equipment that can possibly fit on the layout. 😀. Invitation is open if you want to visit.
Fred layout looks fantastic, I like all those BNSF locomotives, my second favourite locomotive,
Thanks James 😀. In the past I actually didn’t like the color scheme on BNSF locos. However, I wanted the base the layout on BNSF thru southern Iowa so I’ve grown to like the colors.
Wow great seeing your progress on your layout. In my neck of the woods NS runs daily manifest trains hauling plastic pellets , steel coils even in gondolas, drilling pipe, plate steel loads, various chemicals with several Box cars mostly T, F & R and now the Blue GATX boxes, 2 & 3 bays, auto racks and the occasional HW transformer load. It's a mixed bag everyday even foreign power mostly UP. I got my hands full.
I see you added this comment elsewhere. All good. 😀
Layout looks great. I wasn't aware that BNSF runs in New Hampshire though. Keep up the good work.
Thank you 😀. BNSF in NH? Not actually. It’s Iowa in my basement. 🤔
Nice looking layout. I know you will do a great job on scenery
Thank you Patrick 😀. Scenery is not my favorite part of the hobby. I don’t get too complicated with my scenery.
Awesome layout, well done 👍🏻
Thanks Rick 😀
9:42 - Use a similar plan as the other one, just cut of only 10-15% of this one. I hope you have a tall miter box!
I also saw an interesting alternative for your bridge lift up. Theirs is a full liftout, so they installed 8 rerailers, two at each track interface of their dual mainline bridge. Apparently works quite well - rerails everything in just a couple inches both ways. In the meantime, it'll be good to see your planned update there.
Don’t need a mitre saw , I brought my Dremel and attachments this summer. It should cut thru plastic pretty easy. I just have to be able to cut straight line. I’m going to try installing the new connectors for the lift up gate tomorrow. If it works, I’ll do a video. 😀. If not, then I’ll just have a point-to-point layout. 🤬
The summer layout is looking good Fred.
Thanks JD 😀. Lots to work on this summer.
Looking good Fred!
Thanks Randy 😀
Wow Fred looks great another layout looks great
Thanks Mike 😀. Still a lot to do…
Looking good Fred
Thanks Ron 😀. I ordered my first scenic backdrop today. It’s a gravel strip mine which I’ll use behind the big cement plant.
looks great Fred
Thank you Dave 😀. A lot of work yet to do…
You have a good start on what’s going to be a good layout! Talking about Creston, we have
some friends we visited in
Mt. Pleasant. I had trouble sleeping. I was laying there
listening to the endless stream of trains going through there.
It seemed like one every half hour or so! My friend told me
that a good share of those were
coal. Anyway, Creston is west of there. About the only thing I’ve seen shipped in gons that was a bulk commodity is rock and limestone. It all has to be
unloaded by a back hoe of some kind. I saw a video, years
ago, where rock or aggregate
was unloaded by a back hoe
that traveled back and forth on
top of the cars, balanced by the
car sides. It unloaded each car
by traveling from one end of the
coupled string to the other. I
believe it was a tracked hoe,
like a cat tractor. Also, when
setting cars in elevators or
concrete silos, there needs to be room for the customer to load or unload. You set the head car under the spout or on
the unloading conveyor, leaving
empty space on the other side
so each car can be moved through it to the other side.
For example, if five cars are to
be loaded or unloaded, there
needs to be space on the other
side of the spout or unloader
for those cars. If you have a
small yard at the facility, you can just set out the cars and
go, leaving one track empty so
the customer will have space to
load or unload all the cars. That’s only if you’re operating
prototypical. If not, you’re free to do what you like! Hey, I’ll be
quiet now, and enjoy your layout
with you! Thanks for sharing!
I forgot to mention I’m a former
railroader and lifelong railfan!
I read that there an over 40 trains a day thru Creston. Probably same for Mt Pleasant. I think I’ve seen picture of the backhoe rolling onto of the gondolas. That would be too complex for me to model. I’m now thinking of a dump chute under the track with conveyor going up to the roof and down into the building. I can visualize it, but not sure I can build it? I ordered a gravel mine backdrop scene for the divider. I’ll add a couple of dump trucks and gravel piles.
Awesome layout and ideas 👍👌
Thank you 😀. I checked out your channel. You sure have a lot of railroad in limited space. I never knew there were so many different sizes and type of Kato track. Amazing how you put this together. Nice collection of locomotives. 👍👍👍
@FredE528 Thanks bud. Some don't like that much track but I'm sure enjoying the options I have for trains and rolling stock.
You can never have too much track…
On the backdrop. Take your own pictures, work them on the computer for size, I take a pic of a ruler and a car and then cut and paste them on what I am working on for perspective. You can print an 11 x 14 print for a couple of bucks. You can do all kinds of things once you get them a good size. Glue them on project board, to the backboard, between flats, and behind trees. It only has to be better than a funny blue color. You get good at it pretty quick.
Thanks for the idea Blaine. But I don’t think I could do a good job using this method. I’ve watched videos where a modeler uses software to string together a panoramic scene then has a long sheet printed at Office Depot or some similar store. I have a 10 yr old Windows laptop and no idea which software would do this. I’ve been thinking about getting a new Apple MacBook and fancy software that will do this but I need to research this a lot more.
I did recently order a gravel mine backdrop (18” x 96”) for the divider behind the big cement plant. I’ve never bought or installed a backdrop so I thought I’d try it. It was very expensive. Even if I love it, it would cost thousands $$$ to do all the entire layout. It’s just lost money. I can at least sell other stuff on eBay and recovery part of the cost. I actually sold some locos at small profit when I focused on just SP on my Texas layout. Lost money on the rolling stock however.
Awwwww, Fred! Very nice! Well, considering Iowa is corn country, i would have lots of farm scenery, and sneak in "The Field Of Dreams"! What i am very impressed with is your benchwork supports, far superior to mine!
Thanks Paul 😀 My benchwork is sturdy. But I would not try sitting in the middle of a section. At the ends it will hold a lot of weight. On the second peninsula I will actually lay on to change the siding and install new turnout. I have big piece of foam I can put over the tracks to protect them. Farm scenery will be on some backgrounds. Just a small corn field as these are difficult to create. Dave @ Crooked River & Eastern did a nice job with his corn fields.
@@FredE528 my scenery will be sparse at best, with my railroad's name being "The New Madrid & San Andreas" 🤔🤔😨😱❗
Cool name. Will the ground shake and track bow?
@@FredE528 well, since i am mechanically minded, i could try that on one section............and the engine numbers would reflect the intensity of the shakes.
@@FredE528 when i mentioned that at the local train club, some of them looked at me like "is he for real?🤔❓"
Very nice layout! WOW! EBAY has some decent backgrounds at a decent price. I laughed when you had the " brain freeze." You know as well as I do, if you accidentally called that loco something it wasn't? A spazzzz would crap himself to correct you. Beautiful track work! I joke (somewhat) with the spaz statement.
Thanks Mark 😀. I just ordered a mine scene backdrop from Railroad Backdrops for behind the big cement plant. Cost a lot but I thought it was a good match for the plant. It should be fairly easy to install as I can remove the divider and lay it flat on a work table.
After watching the video, I think I misidentified the two locos on the track closest to camera at the repair scene. I haven’t checked as it doesn’t matter that much. I regularly misspeak on my videos. Sometimes I catch it and pop up a correction and sometimes I see it after posting. Then it’s too late to fix. It’s all part of my model railroad journey. 😀. I guess I lucky, in the 5 years on CZcams I’ve only had 3 comments that I felt were inappropriate. Deleted and blocked the people.
@FredE528 I try my best to correctly identify the power, but I walk around with a "brain fart!" I just got a place and built a small layout, and I have a few videos, but now I am adding on to the place..... not enough room! I look forward to seeing more.
Noticed some nice suspended tank car loading platforms (with yellow railings). Did you scratch build/kit bash those Fred ... or were they from a kit? All the best ...
These are from Walthers. Here’s video I did on them czcams.com/video/s8ZFF0Ggnzg/video.htmlsi=wAu-E0gqEd444WVU
@@FredE528 👍
For the cement plant, you could have like a transload with conveyers.
Thanks for feedback Westley. I’ve thought about some type of conveyor setup but unclear how to actually build it. Maybe a dump chute under the track with conveyor going up to the roof and then down into the building. I ordered a background scene of a surface mine and I’ll have a truck or two that hauls gravel to the plant.
@@FredE528 you're welcome. That's what i thought too but didn't know how to word it.
It was a good idea and helped me. 👍
@@FredE528 👍
@@FredE528 You need to bring coal or coke in for the Kiln, and ship out cement hoppers that are loaded in a weatherproof shed or silo. The Limestone, the main ingredient would be mined locally; and why the site was selected. Some plants bring in additives like iron, bauxite and Gypsum.
That's all there is to Portland cement. Fly is generally added at the receiving end, the batch plant, where the concrete is blended; and not at the kiln. You could also load some bagged cement into boxcars for variety.
Good luck.
nice work, fred !!! any plans for a diesel service facility (dsf) ?
I might try to work in a fueling area in the repair area on the right side of the corn processing plant. However, I’m not sure I have the space.
Don’t Do Anything for the Backdrop It Looks That Good For Balasting DON’T Do It It Look Great the Way It Is That Layout Is Very Sharp.
Thanks for watching. 😀
No Problem.👍👍👍👍.
You Don’t Need Backdrop Scenery for that Layout That Layout is Sweet Looking And Please Don’t Put Any Balast on That Layout.
Thanks for the feedback. I’m in no hurry to ballast. I might do it in a scene or two. I broke down and ordered a backdrop for behind the ❤ Valley cement plant.