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Video: Operations on the N scale Waterbury Industrial District
Great magazine series, very inspirational, doing it all in four weeks. I appreciate the added video tips.
Very well done! This gives our Fountainville Express crew (Bettendorf, IA) an overview of operating a layout, before attempting to do more than just run trains on two mailines.
I bought the magazine the other day and the videos wrap it all up very nicely. Great Job!
Question:
What does ARR on the car card mean?
Extremly helpful. I enjoyed it and all the techniques
Thank you Mr.Dave you had a very big job and you were very clear in your explanation
I enjoyed the videos. Mr. Popp does a nice, relaxed presentation of good information. Thank you.
Very nice. Would like to see even more info and videos on operating sessions.
My wife and I really enjoyed your presentation. Excellent job!
Although I enjoy every part of the hobby of model railroading, i enjoy operation most. I grew up arcoss the street from a station and the local would sped a lot of time switching. It was like watching a game.
Excellent series. I always like to see articles and videos of David’s layout. It’s a great source of inspiration to an N scaler like me. Keep up the good work.
I look forward to getting my Model railroader magazine every month. Having just started my N guage layout I can use all the informatio there is out there. Plus I have just joined an N guage model club.
Great series of videos. I have always enjoyed David Popp’s material. Keep writing. You are an inspiration. Your information is great even for HO scale.
Having a small switching layout, I particularly enjoyed seeing that part of your operation.
David, you have a wonderfull layout,scenery,operation,etc. But as I watched the video as you switched, I would hate to the brakeman. He must be very strong or able to move swiftely,as I never saw you slow as you approached the pickups nor as you dropped the cars. In and out fast as you cloud/can . Not very prototipical. What would Tony Koester say? At any rate very fine layout.
David, my wife and I enjoyed watching your completed railroad . Being mostly a train watcher now, after 40 plus years of Model Railroading , I also realized that in building my latest HO railroad I had a good switching area on the upper level of this build , approx. 60% finished . An abandoned Logging operation is now hauling light freight and 2 Overton passenger cars to service 2 small towns . After watching your video , I grabbed some paper and roughly laid out some waybills and had a most enjoyable time picking up and setting out , as I near completion of this area it should yield many hours for enjoyment when I get tired of watching SP Cab Forwards hauling their freight on the lower area . A great job and an inspiration ! Jim
Excellent video. I was curious to see how the actual uncoupling was done. It’s almost never shown or described in operations articles. I’d like to see more of how well uncoupling works in various scales.
Thanks for the fun!
Dave does an excellent and very professional presentation! He narrates in a clear, cornice, and easy to follow manner. And I especially like the pick for uncoupling (no magnetic ramps here) and the finger for moving the switch points. I usually try to avoid “fingering” the trains, but when you think of the $$$ saved on switch machines, ramps, time, etc., Dave definitely demonstrates that his techniques are more than adequate. There is a lot of food for thought in this video.
Dave,
Really enjoyed this series of videos about your layout. It was especially great to see the last one on operations. It is very difficult to follow a written description of switching out cars when it gets more complicated. I would like to see video segments for the operations you described in this month issue of MR. All great stuff!
Like the Hawiian shirt.