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Red Dirt and Rails
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HO scale model railroading depicting Farmrail in western Oklahoma, and other train related content!
Bookshelf HO Scale Switching Layout 2.0
A long-awaited layout tour of "Somewhere Down South," an HO scale switching layout depicting the Southern Ry. on a bookshelf. Come enjoy a layout tour, some additions to the collection, operations, and a few other surprises!
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Farewell to Frederick - Farmrail in HO Scale
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All good things must come to an end. Back in December, I dismantled my HO scale shelf layout depicting Frederick, OK on the Farmrail/Grainbelt System. I made sure to take some video, so come along as I switch some cars, talk about what and who inspired me on this project, and discuss some lessons learned. And don't worry... the new layout is already well under way.
Farmrail in HO Scale - A Railfan's Perspective
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Its 2010. The nice lady at the Farmrail HQ told us we could find a crew working the south end. So we hopped in the pickup, refilled on gas and sweet tea on our way out of Clinton, and beat feet for Frederick. We arrived just in time on this very hot afternoon to catch the crew doing some switching in town.
Farmrail in HO Scale - Shelf Layout Operations - February 2022!
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We're back to running trains on my HO scale layout depicting Farmrail in Frederick, OK circa 1995-2005! The latest addition? A Proto Throttle to enhance realistic operations!
East Penn in HO Scale Bookshelf Layout - New Locomotive and Operations!
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I found this locomotive in a hobby shop in Pennsylvania while on vacation and just had to have it! These Atlas engines run like Swiss watches. I’ll shuffle a few cars and show y’all how a small layout like this can provide a solid little operating session. No editing or music, just running a train on a lazy afternoon.
East Penn in HO Scale - Operations on a Book Shelf Switching Layout!
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Hi all! I've gotten so much positive feedback on my living room book shelf switching layout, so I thought it was high time I share another operating session! Follow along as the East Penn crew switches Univar Foods!
Farmrail in HO Scale Shelf Layout - March 2021 Layout Update!
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Welcome back to my model railroad depicting Grainbelt (Farmrail) operations in Frederick, OK around 1999! While no model railroad is ever truly finished, I'm ready to declare this project MOSTLY done. Scenery and structures are all complete, as are most of the important details. Follow along as I show the layout, as well as an in-depth operating session. Please "like", subscribe, and share this...
Farmrail in HO Scale - Shelf Layout Operations on Valentines Day
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My lovely wife joined me for a short, informal operating session on the layout. She was the "engineer" at the controls, while I planned the switching moves and threw the turnouts as the "conductor." This is a little different than my usual layout update videos. Model railroading is fun, and its even better with family. We had lots of fun running trains together (while we wait on our baby girl t...
Railfanning in Aberdeen, NC - Aberdeen & Rockfish, CSX, Aberdeen, Carolina & Western, and Amtrak!
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I've been living in Aberdeen, NC for a couple years now, and its a wonderful small town with a rich railroad history and plenty of action for a railfan to enjoy. These are some clips I took with my iPhone of various trains around town, starting with the famed and history Aberdeen & Rockfish. I'll also visit CSX's Aberdeen Subdivision mainline, showcase the class act Aberdeen, Carolina & Western...
Farmrail in HO Scale Shelf Switching Layout - December 2020 Layout Update!
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Hi everyone! It's finally time for another layout update! Check out what's been going on with my HO scale model railroad depicting Farmrail in Frederick, OK circa 1995-2005. Make sure you hit "Like" and subscribe if you like what you see! A couple links to things I mentioned: notch-8-gear.myshopify.com/ weathermytrains.com/
Farmrail in HO Scale - August 2020 Update
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Progress is moving along rapidly on the South End of the Grainbelt, my HO scale interpretation of Frederick, OK, circa 1999. Track weathering is complete, along with ballast, and the scenery base is mostly done.
Farmrail in HO Scale - Layout Tour and Operating Session!
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Hi all, thanks for checking out this video of a layout tour and the first operating session of my new "South End of the Grainbelt" layout depicting the Farmrail/Grainbelt System in Frederick, OK. Be sure to check out my wife's special segment at 9:52! Hope y'all enjoy and subscribe if you do!
Farmrail in HO Scale - Clinton Switching Layout
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My recently dismantled switching layout, based on the Palmetto Spur project layout from Lance Mindheim's "How to Build a Switching Layout." This layout depicted a slice of an industrial park just south of Clinton, OK on the Farmrail System. The industrial park serves a variety of oilfield suppliers for the Anadarko Basin. This was an incredibly fun model railroad to build, hope you enjoy!
Farmrail Clinton to Elk City on the old Rock Island
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On March 7th, 2018, I caught some hard working EMDs out on the plains of western Oklahoma! This Farmrail train was headed from the company hub at Clinton, OK west to Elk City, OK, loaded down with fracking sand and drilling fluids. Four GP38s (two owned, two leased) of Iowa Interstate and Union Pacific heritage provided the power. On the hills they really got to working hard. This is Farmrail's...
Farmrail's "North Train" Manifest Between Clinton, OK and Enid, OK
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Farmrail's "North Train" Manifest Between Clinton, OK and Enid, OK
Layout Tour - The HO Scale Deep Fork Spur Switching Layout
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Layout Tour - The HO Scale Deep Fork Spur Switching Layout
Union Pacific in Waurika & Chickasha, OK
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Union Pacific in Waurika & Chickasha, OK
Union Pacific Oklahoma City Switcher
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Union Pacific Oklahoma City Switcher
Stillwater Central RR "Dayton Job" Switches in Oklahoma City
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Stillwater Central RR "Dayton Job" Switches in Oklahoma City
Farmrail Switching in Weatherford, OK (2)
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Farmrail Switching in Weatherford, OK (2)
Farmrail Switching in Weatherford, OK
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Farmrail Switching in Weatherford, OK
Hi there. Just wanted to say how impressive your former layout was. Iv watched most of your videos and very inspiring. Just wanted to ask what the radius you worked to on the curves to create the L shape of the layout? Trying to work something similar for a plan in a very small room. Cheers
John Armstrong suggested, that Suggestive Ommission was the next step beyond Selective Compression. No matter the size of your layout, the thing is that you are enjoying the hobby! It's better to have a little bit of something, than all of nothing. It may not check all the boxes, however you can enjoy what you have! Such a cute lite lady! 11:23
Living in Fayetteville and passing through Aberdeen on my way to Southern Pines, I can see some familiarity of rural NC in your layout. I'm inspired to build a similar layout to make use of my limited free space and time.
As a Brit who models American Railroads and your take on a smaller layout and how you fit it all in. I can take away so many ideas and how to do it plus the American way railways are run. Great video especially the back story to justify your layout. Thank you for sharing.
This was a very nice shelf layout. And thank you for providing the information on the shelving under it. I read all the posts, so no need to tell me, for the 18th time, the dimensions of the layout! Thank you for the video. I'm now enjoying and gathering ideas from the "Somewhere Down South" layout...........
What a woman!
I see a lot of good ideas here. By chance do you have a model # for that shelf unit? I have not found it yet on Ikea. Thanks so much.
Nevermind. I went back to the East Penn video and you showed in it that it was IVAR by IKEA. Nice stuff.
That GP10 looks and sounds so sweet!
Congrats on your new addition. Nice layout, thanks for the cool video!
Hi Alex - Love this layout, was curious of your three smaller shelf layouts you’ve built over the years which has been the most fun to operate?
Very nice shelf layout, thank you for making these videos. * subscribed * And it's nice to see your wife enjoying model trains with you, and as I'm planning my first layout, I'm hoping my wife will find this hobby enjoyable enough for 1 or 2 operating sessions per month.
How did you do those book shelves, like cut them down to size? Great video love to see you back always loved the farm rail layout
Very cool ... I'm starting an L shape point to point next week 😁👍
Excellent Work !!
That drink holder is a real nice idea 👍🏼
Trains run 5mins towards the end of the video 😐
Super cool
Great Vid , just came across it very enjoyable to watch !! One comment , you got the prototype throttle now you need prototype couplers 😂....
You have a VERY NICE looking layout!!!!! Well done!!!!
If they just could make the Proto Throttle working with WiFi to be compatible to these dead rail wifi cards you cna mount in the locos....
Beautiful layout.. I'm curious about that controller though. Is it a self built project?
Great little layout that makes sense. I also like seeing a small layout with a rural southern theme. My N scale layout is 1970s industrial New England, but the HO switching layout I'm planning is looking to be a southeast or south-central road in a rural setting like this. Great job!
hehe..."its not a perfect room..." honestly said i would be happy to have a room like that... then i had a place where i could start building my switching layout project.... ;)
I LOVE IT!!!! 😍
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Very nice layout, love the rural look. Great work. 👍
Lovely layout - what we call an "Inglenook" here in the UK. Inspiration to actually get me building something rather than just armchair modelling...
Very impressive and the scenery is excellent. Proto throttle too? Very cool
Great layout! New subscriber!
Hi, I'm just starting my shelf layout and this is perfect just what I was looking for as my run around was just to big for my small home, I started collecting Southern HO and few other's a while ago and as a Brit I really had no idea about American Railways , I think I was just hooked on the Southern colour scheme and how well your Loco's run, if you don't mind I have couple of questions, what's a team track' and what if any other road names would have rubbed shoulders with Southern rail back in the day, I'm going for the 50's 60's era give or take, 40ft box cars and GP and RS locos , great layout and thanks for sharing this , Gavin
Can you show us your 2 turnout track plan for the layout?
Your work reminds me of the intense detail of lance Mindheims layout! You deserve to have a bigger layout: preferably that whole room 😂😂! Oh I feel you on the time that goes into having a full time job and raising kids . So eager to see this grow. Your yet another model railroader raising the bar really high 😅😅. Made it seem like I was there at that grade crossing
Perfect use of a small space With a growing family it would be difficult to have a larger layout and do it justice.
Sorry to see you go but hopefully you build another layout in your new home and we will see you again. Good luck. Rich
We loaded hopper cars on the l and n we could hold 7 cars on our sitting we moved the car while loading with a stiger panther tractor if it was in the fields we used a farmall m tractor . Had to uncouple with the m it would handle 3 hoppers .and we even pulled one at a time with a ford f250 pick up truck .we would off load fertilizer to
Excellent result. I can smell the Garden City, Ga. Kaiser Chemical plant. One thing that is missing - where's the kudzu??? 🤔
But BEAUTIFUL layout... great realism....NICE green growth feel. I really like how you did your grasses. Top Notch !
Add a couple of vertical curves (dips and drops) in the rail. The trick is to make sure that the I shape stays straight up and down .Too many people let the rail slightly roll over while dipping, this will only lead to constant derailments.
Took a long time before we saw some action ! But the switching layout is great. If you love slow moving switching action in a fabulous setting, this is the place to be !
Very nice. One thing you could do is to pull it out from the wall and add a loop (fold down if need be) to create some come and go staging or continuous running for breaking in or just watching trains run.
That is really sharp. I have N scale layout and often run 70s Southern Railway freights and passenger trains. I have subbed.
First time viewer but absolutely love this! Hearing you talk about balancing the hobby with family life made me feel fortunate about being a 20-something with no responsibilities, but at the same time I think the fact you have a loving family makes you even more fortunate than me. Awesome job with the scenery, feels realistic that the railroad would just pair all those industries on one track to save money on building individual spurs. The road crossing looks lovely and convincing. I believe what you were trying to say with the look of the house and the pre built structures offered is that they feel too "whimsical", like they're too happy and feel more in place with the Boomer era of the 50s where it's all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. The house you used feels perfectly in place as a small shack hidden in the Southern East coast woods. Great layout! Great use of track planning! Great use of rolling stock and great presentation overall! You've got a subscriber.
It’s incredible what you can do in such a small space with HO scale. Gorgeous layout.
You got a very well detailed layout. looks great.
Axis and Allies and Monopoly. My guy is keeping it old school with his boardgames 😄 Great little layout!
Very, very nice--- great work!!
I grew up in Liberty, NC along the old Atlantic and Yadkin line that ran toward Sanford. You've captured the flavor of the Southern in the early 80s very well. I've considered doing something similar myself.
Great to see you post a video again!
You should watch Boomer Diorama. A former film studio effects artist. Lots of great information on his channel and an awesome layout. He has a lot of videos going back several years, all of which are well worth watching. He scratch builds everything and gives advice on how to do it realistically and make the buildings last forever.
Where did you get your overhead lights?
Home Depot!
@@alexbogaski ok thanks