Seligman and Beyond Layout - HO Scale

It didn’t look that wrong to me

 

With "rate" accelerated.

 

Looks about right on!

 

Managed to coax two of the grandkids away from their computer games long enough to reach the milestone of operating two trains simultaneously on the layout.





Had de-rails on the curved turnout. I caught the left front wheel on the lead truck climbing the rail like this. Couldn't find anything on the rail, but after checking all four wheels of the lead truck, I found that the right rear wheel was dropping in a depression at the frog. The floor (name?) was too low allowing it to drop and lifting the opposite side.

Reminds me of adjusting race car chassis...

I added a new "floor" to help.

 

Well done on all counts!

"Wheel drop": From what I understand it can be a common issue with model track products. You seemed to have solved the problem by decreasing the depth of the flange way at the frog. Good job!

Hopefully, your grand kids enjoyed the experience?

 

I believe it is.

Not at home to check.

 

Thank you for the knowledge share.

 

Yes, they did.

"Flangeway", that was the term I was lacking.

 

The layout is looking really nice.

And that's cool, sharing the railroading bug with the young guys.

 

Wiring of the generic yard has begun.

Changed plan.

Right hand ladder will extend a little further and be for car storage/classification.

Left hand ladder will lead to a car and engine shops.

 

Worked on wiring a bunch of the main yard and cleaned up wiring a little underneath the layout.

 

Changed my mind. Going to place the diesel shops by the car shops (small ones).

 

Got back to working on the layout. Got the main yard wired up.

Have to add more feeders to the 3 way turnout at the throat, add shims to the guard rail per Mr Holley's guidance, then it'll be ready for ballast, cleaning, and NO-OX-ID.



Not strictly Frisco, but the Missouri and Arkansas Motorailer plied the Ft Smith sub between Seligman and Wayne MO.

A big thank you to our own Craig M. for designing the ACF Motorailer shell. Now to source the decals. [Edit: I thought Craig Marheineke was a member of Frisco dot org, maybe was but isn't now?]

 

Looking good!

Have you had good results with the NO OX ID? I've watched a couple youtube videos discussing it, but haven't really dug into it.

 

I'll take Keith's recommendations to heart. I haven't used it yet. I appreciate user insights.