CraigZ Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 It looks like a modular layout. Where is it? Fun ride! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2013 Proper Saturday night viewing! Thanks Craig! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2013 Have you got a track plan? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Wow, that's some ride. At those speeds around a scale 5 miles or so? I recognised some of the locations from a reverse direction so there must be a balloon end somewhere. And one of the freight trains passed had around 90 cars on it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted November 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2013 Amazing. I don't think that I have ever seen a modular layout that flowed so well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks guys! The layout is indeed modular with some modules in matched sets but the actual layout changes each time we set up. The basic footprint this time was about 80' x 72'. For a sense of scale the middle 'lobe' on the right side is 16' across the outside - 8' radius. The 'flyover' modules are where the main lines cross over going in and out of the middle and lower lobes. The super-wide sweeping modules in the lower lobe are 24' radius. The owner's not made a matching set yet...but 89' intermodal cars look pretty darn good in those broad curves. For a staging yard we used the inside leg of the long parallel set of modules on the left. Long trains had to be eased in and out of the yard as the radius on the connecting curves was a mere 36"... Track plan: Raleigh FINAL black.pdf - no return loop as such. The video starts on the module labeled "Lazy Creek" down on that lower right hand lobe; the camera's facing into that lower right corner of the diagram. We're famous/notorious for long trains; one guy ran a coal train over 225 cars long on Saturday morning...moved it with four Bachmann EM-1s 2-8-8-4s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2013 How many people's modules are in that set up Craig? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 How many people's modules are in that set up Craig? Mike. 13 individuals owned the various modules...some as few as 1 or 2, others a dozen or more. The guys with the larger numbers own box trailers or in one guy's case an old school bus with the seats removed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Great ride, Craig - a real fun-run! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 fantastic. thanks for posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 That is a brilliant video - it brings back some great memories of large layouts in basements when I worked in the USA. The freight rake at 2 mins & 5mins were great to see. It's a lovely eclectic mix of urban, industrial and rural scenery and a testament to what can be achieved through modular construction standards. Is it running under DC or DCC ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 That is a brilliant video - it brings back some great memories of large layouts in basements when I worked in the USA. The freight rake at 2 mins & 5mins were great to see. It's a lovely eclectic mix of urban, industrial and rural scenery and a testament to what can be achieved through modular construction standards. Is it running under DC or DCC ? Thanks...we run NCE DCC with wireless throttles along with a laptop running JMRI software that allows us to use smartphones as throttles. Works extremely well but I've no idea how... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 That deserves a "Wow!" Craig.... Looked like a nice urban canal scene, somewhere! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Brilliant ! Thanks for sharing. Trev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 That deserves a "Wow!" Craig.... Looked like a nice urban canal scene, somewhere! Best, Pete. Probably the modules of the Wilmington NC waterfront...they belong to some fellow from, well, Wilmington. Really nicely done... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark33 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Is there a module of Dillon Supply inRaleigh. Did you call it '... frog city ...' or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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