Jeff P Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I owe J Pachl many thanks for the inspiration for this. I first became enamored with O Scale back in the 70's after seeing it in the model press and at a few local clubs (all gone now, sadly). Even though I've modeled in HO and N, I've had some equipment I bought years ago and it's always been a temptress. I've just never had the room for a layout. Browsing these pages, I saw the N Scale boxfiles done by J Pachl and remembered I had some laying around for other projects and figured I'd see if I could do the same but in O Scale. I grabbed some track, one switch and laid it out. It worked. Since they'll be folded up for storage, I had some O Scale photo flats I picked up from eBay and some off-cuts from the backscene for the Reading Central micro I'm doing in N. Since that project is idle for a bit while I get some buildings done, this worked great. Operating scheme is simple. A short (really short - 1 locomotive, 1 car and a caboose) backs down from the hidden track. The caboose gets dropped on the main track, the loco and car back up, if there's a car in the siding, pull it and couple it to the caboose and spot the load. If I simulate operating procedures, it would take 15 - 20 minutes to replicate the pull and spot move. My friend Ed Kapucinski made a switching simulator (free to use on his website www.conrail1285.com) that combines a timer and sound effects for common tasks. So here's a few shots of what I did in about an hour and a half...enjoy. Jeff 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff P Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 Here's the link to Ed's Train Crew app if anyone should be interested: http://traincrew.conrail1285.com Jeff 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 (edited) Like it!! Although why use two boxfiles when one will do.... Actually the U.S. version got no further than this plan. I did use it in British mode, with a basic "fiddlestick" replacing the switch (point, turnout, whatever)... Edited July 26, 2020 by F-UnitMad Spelling!! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff P Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Those are cool! I went whole hog...I used 3 boxfiles but I might drop one in favor of a fiddle stick since we're only dealing with a single line. Then I'll have an extra for further deviousness... Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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