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That certainly looks like a fun layout to operate - nice work there, Chops.
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Henley: The Gordian Knot II
Beware the inattentive engineer.
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The Good, the Bad, The Nessie I
Testing out locomotives and equipment. Figuring out what works and what doesn't.
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The Good, the Bad, the Nessie II
And more.
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| Awesome layout ! Definitely my favorite kind of layouts.
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The Good, the Bad, the Nessie.
Thank you, LaChute. More testing. 
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Testing, testing, one to three testing.
The Good, the Bad, the Nessie IV
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| Nice video ! But...where is Nessie ?
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Just found Nessie !
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Glad you asked! Great meme by the way.
Both RP and I like to shoot up videos and add a sound track. Music sets a mood to what you are seeing. I tend to favor edgy, out of the mainstream sounds, while RP tends towards family oriented, relaxing sounds.
We invite you to bang up your own video! It's easy and fun, and we'd all love to see what you are doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtRyHFJQnU
https://studio.youtube.com/video/cTG9i3Hbciw/edit
https://studio.youtube.com/video/yMKR0vD4UFg/edit
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Nice trips down memory lane Jeff.
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It is always interesting how different countries come up with different design plans to achieve similar railway
missions.
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Old Wine, New Skins
Any similarity to current events is merely coincidental.
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Unfortunately I can't watch your video because of that:
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Blargh!!! Thank you for the notice. I will fix that tout de suite!
No monetization is made by using the music of these artists. By playing their music, others might
be inclined to purchase it, much as is done when one hears a radio through an open window. To
get around copyright complaints, a cover artist is substituted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUQDH8SQaLw
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| Works fine ! Merci Monsieur. This layout comes along nicely. Congrats. I have many Jouef coaches like yours. Two psychopath criminals appear at the end of the video. So like Metallica sings: "Kill 'Em All" !
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By curious twist of fate, I actually visited in Moscow
in 1964. Long story short, I remember it well, and
was a grim, prison-like atmosphere then, as well.
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| I always wondered about the copyright issue. Now I know. Once again, the record company gets in the way of the music reaching the masses. Why am I not surprised? Interestingly, the very same people who block your sharing "edgy" music are the ones who try their best to bury and not promote this music because it's not mainstream enough. Many of the most interesting people have chosen to self promote their music for this very reason. Radiohead, Prince and Nine Inch Nails are among the better known artists who have done this.
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My guess is the idea is to prevent using one's song to be a theme music for another commercial product
without getting paid. For years it was required that restaurants pay a royalty for having the staff sing
"Happy Birthday." In my small corner of the world, I like to get music out there to be heard that might
not otherwise have an audience, like Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. You will never, ever see this
musical genius and his crew opening for the CMT awards, perhaps because too many people might enjoy
him.
Rebooting this video from the past, done before the outbreak of the Ukrainian tragedy, so please do not
think I am trying to offer a boost to the offending party or for communism, for that matter. I was in Russia,
taking Russian trains, back in 1964, and have a lot of memories of that experience. My video(s) are satirical.
The USSR was a ghastly place, and everyone lived in daily fear of the knock on the door. The State was always
promoting itself on State run television as to how wonderful their economy was and how utopian was communism.
For the record, I am an anticommunist as a direct result of this long ago sojourn.
Our resident Frenchman, CPL, has some Jouef posted, and I wanted to add to his contribution with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5w4d-Hlc9M
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Nice video. I have two of those Jouef trains called in French "Rame Inox Budd" (don't know why). I used them in the real world when I was a kid. They ran around Paris in the 70'.
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Merci, CPL, for a great update. I may have taken a trip or two on such a train back in '77. Back then it was possible to do things like have the French Class pitch in, sell cookies, and go to Paris for a week. An astonishing time, and the trains were plentiful, clean, and rapid. We visited a French High School for a day, and made our acquaintances. The level of French education was something on the order of what would pass for a high end college education in the US. These folks did not fool around. It was humbling.
Ye New Olde Henley
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Things progress. It was necessary to widen, not deepen, but widen the diamond crossing flangeways for some of the vintage stuff to get through it. The newer British range doesn't mind at all. Still, accidents happen. The little tram and the three tourist coaches are from Loch Ness Monster Tours, Ltd.
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quote:| Merci, CPL, for a great update. Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 16 2022Â :Â 4:02:21 PM |
You're welcome.
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A Peckett and a High Wheeler
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Things slowly taking shape. The diminutive Peckett is able to waddle across turnouts and crossings with
almost no hesitation. Quite a change up from the classic 0-4-0 by Hornby who's chief characteristic is
its immense speed. The Hornby High Wheeler is a delicate beast, but works well with the EZ Track.
I like the EZ track, because it is very reliable, but it also forces me to keep it simple, and simple things
work better.
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quote:| ...and simple things work better. Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 20 2022Â :Â 04:18:53 AM |
I totally agree with that !
As usual I watched the video at double speed...sorry.
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Holy moly ! Nessie is back !
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A Dean Goods and a Terrier
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The DG by Oxford Rails and the Terrier by Hornby.
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Nice video, Chops.
You have quite a lot of open spaces on the new expanded Henley. Have you figured out what buildings you might buy to fill those spaces? Any factories/industry?
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As a matter of fact I had no idea what to do with leftward extension.
Thought maybe a goods yard, but so far, just one spur seems to be
adequate. I may be adding a second spur to that main spur. I am
negotiating a deal out of Britain for a rather large colliery. AKA: coal
mine. It is going to cost a lot to ship it, but it will dramatic and
invite the second spur.
On the right, I thought I was going to put in half dozen stub spurs for
all the passenger coaches, but am now seeing it will only be practical
for the three that I put in. A large terminus will occupy part of the space.
A secondary point to point branch, controlled automatically by a
Bachmann system (they really are quite good) will run a DMU
up and down to the coal mine back to the village, but I don't
know if it will work to run it back to the main terminus, which I
would like.
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Sounds cool. Keep planning.
What is the manufacturer of the coal mine? Any pics?
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The Collier Complex is by Scenemaster, Bachmann, and is a number of mining buildings including a hoist tower. I'd never seen anything like it. For about $60 plus postage.
So, I'm trying to close the deal with this guy, and he snaps back and says he is getting cancer treatments and to stop "hunting him up" as he is feeling bad side effects. I apologized and said that I hoped he would feel better and achieve a full recovery. Said I'd wait for him to let me know what he wanted to do next. It would have made a nice mining complex.
That being said, I ran some favorites tonight, and mostly they operate exceptionally well on this Bachmann track. A few of the older pieces stumble a little on the crossings, but for the most part soldier on super well. Among other things I am getting a much higher degree of reliability and and capacity to run slow trains without stalling out.
In the meantime, I used a Fleetwood Mac sound track, it just kinda fit my mood more than anything, but not sure if the audio will be allowed to play out because of copyright restrictions. Some being more strong than others. Forget about trying to play anything Beatles. Could someone let me know if the audio track comes through?
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Jurassic Snacks
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Thanks, CPL! Doing a lot of testing and adjusting as I go. The EZ track
is fairly idiot proof, but the crossings required the flangeways to be
filed wider. Not the flange, that I could tell, but the width of the actual
tread appeared to bump, but once the flangeways were filed they gave
me no more trouble. It was really odd, as some of the vintage pieces
walked over it, no trouble, while some of the newer HO flanges, and
only on the rear most bogie, would derail. Cannot figure out that
dynamic for love or money, but all is well that ends well. No trouble
with switch frogs.
The other part of the learning curve is that while the EZ track goes
down flat, the undulations of the baseboard communicate to a degree.
In trying to seal unsightly gaps by tacking down the EZ track, all that
was accomplished was to communicate the bump or the swale to the
joined rails, causing derailments.
To some degree a cardboard shim alleviated some of the trouble, while
in other spots it is better just to allow the rail bed to float. The gaps
will eventually be sealed in by plaster, once it is certain the track will
operate flawlessly as put.
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Barbie Visits the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=API24I7mLYI
The pandemic angsts have subsided, and it is a great time
for Barbie to go and frolic in the UK on holiday. Or not.
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quote:Holy moly ! Nessie is back !
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I admit I want this hehe
but have my own monsters
I'll get pic later 
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From the Loch Ness Monster to Saint George's Dragon: Henley has it all.
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Definitely deserves a repeat. The new expansion of Henley is nicely done Jeff.
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Thanks. Got a ways to go. Going to be installing an automatic
reversing section from village to mine. Going to wash all the
roadbed with a dilute India ink solution to bring out the ballast
detail and kill the shine. Got to extend the canal at right to
accommodate the toll house. Overall, the track works about
as close to flawlessly as I've ever been. Set track is always
finding a way to change position.
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The Mallard pounding down the rails. Nice train action on Henley.
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Henley Colliery Gets a DMU
No longer do the miners have to trudge from Village Henley to the coal mine. Now they can ride in style. Automatic Reversing set by Bachmann. I know, it's a little rough, it's a work in progress, dontcha know.
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Very entertaining video, Chops. That clown mask was hilarious....and then there was Surfin' Bird. 
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Coal Board Strikes: DMU Remains
A wag from a British Forum pointed out that the GWR would never have assigned
the streamlined DMU to colliery (mining) service. As model railroaders often make
up fictions to explain problems of prototypes and form, it was necessary to come
up with an "explanation." This is a parody of that gimmick.
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| Very nice video. Thanks. As usual, I watched it at double speed. It's much funnier! I really like the cabride.
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Excellent Jeff.
Deserves a repost.
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I meant to repost your recent video but instead reposted some you did last year.
All great to view again and again.
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Thanks, WKS, I'd actually forgotten those vids. Some of my better ones.
I was trying to figure out how to add in a goods (freight) siding. I thought maybe having one spur
snaking around the outside of the left panel, but once the #4 was installed it was clear that it would hang
off the side of the panel. Worse, snaking a dead end track around the edge kind of looks ad hoc,
so this is better.
Then I remembered this unused module I'd stashed away last year, and it fits right in place.
Should be able to add in three stub tracks for a decent goods yard, upon it. The Henley Station
will be relocated to another corner to connect up with the main passenger terminal yard, and now
the goods yard will interface with he collier siding which will turn one line dedicated to goods traffic,
which is a benefit. The canal and toll house will be relocated to the right panel.
Sorry for the grainy images,
having camera issues.
Peckett pulling a limestone and coal rake.
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Posted - September 19 2022 : 03:32:10 AM
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Coming together. I never cared much for trying to plan out track, I rather like to shoot from the hip.
The EZ track is perfect for this as I can get creative as I want, but at the same time it holds me in
check and prevents me from overly sharp curves, and as the roadbed is built in, I have a reliable
surface. I had entertained the idea of cutting the yard throat in from the inner main, cutting across
the outer main and into the yard, which would have bought me nine inches more of yard space, but
then I'd have to get perhaps a 20 degree crossing that not might align well, plus have to rejigger the
main sections to fit. This should work well enough. I am not a great fan of wiring, either, though I've
done my share over the years, so all the turnouts, except the main yard switch are easily accessed
from the operator's area, by hand. Since all the equipment is there, I may get around to it yet.
The canal, by perfect chance, fits neatly onto the outer side of the goods yard. It was common
practice for a canal to parallel a goods yard, and while ideally it might sit closer to track level, it
was also not uncommon for canals to be built up above ground level, when necessary, to span
different geological features. I may bring it lower, or maybe add in a little wharf to span the space
between track and canal.
The operator's area is too tight for two bodies, so I may end up adding a separate power pack to
the outside of the left panel to provide room for a second operator. A simple double pole toggle
would transfer power from the dual cab to cab B with no fuss.
 
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