Compact Shunting / Switching Model Railway Layout On A Budget - Update 1

[@richardtarr2745]

I do like your little quick layouts Mike - they are just so inspirational showing what can be achieved with very little outlay. You have a great imagination!

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Very kind thanks

[@rolandcharriez7631]

Looks great. It's nice to scrap around with bits here and there at no cost. The weather has gotten better here in the New York area, so I've pulled out the layout from storage in my garage during the colder months. I have plans in refurbishing it during the spring and summer. You've inspired me!! Take care and stay well.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks all the best with it

[@guylewis3982]

These videos give a great amount of pleasure. Really enjoy watching them and has encouraged me to get my 'set' down from the loft and to set about making a layout again. Cheers!

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks for the comments and support

[@seagraverailwaysandmodels2408]

Budget Model Railways at their best!

[@timsully8958]

Bish, bash, bosh! A layout with no dosh! Fantastic stuff in no time whatsoever! Great stuff 😎🍻

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Lol well put

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

If you show an interest in the hobby and kindly ask on a page if anyone has some spare bits you may be surprised what you can come by for very cheap. It may not be the flashiest setup but who cares if you are enjoying it! Keep up the good work.

[@manuelsalvador4995]

This is the kind of content that made me subscribe to BMR. I don't do very well with long projects so putting together a layout in four days is quite inspiring. I am going to have a go at using a box from an LED monitor as a baseboard.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks have fun with it

[@BudgetModelRailways]

We used a box a TV came in with a corrugated cardboard frame inside when we made a layout in a weekend at the Bluebell Railway

[@johnbridges955]

Always impressed how you just get the job done. Great no nonsense vid.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@TheGra1959]

What are you building next week .... Rome? :-) Looks like another great little layout, full of atmosphere and on which to have some shunting fun. Of all the Peco backscenes, the Industrial Town ones are to my mind, the best. The corrugated iron fencing really adds a run-down inner-city feel, and also maybe suggests that the station has either been earmarked for closure or that it's totally new and the builders haven't yet gotten around to removing the fencing. Hiding the exit to the FY with buildings is a good alternative to the usual bridge/tunnel.

[@paulbrennan3760]

Simple, effective, budget! There’s not a lot else needs said 😀😀😀

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks Paul

[@jamesh4864]

Look forward to seeing a running session on this layout. Fantastic little layout.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks I have one planned

[@jamesh4864]

@@BudgetModelRailways I look forward to it.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Can’t wait till the builders come in

[@davidcutts2650]

A great little shouting layout. Your achievements in a short space of time are amazing 👍👍

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@OlivierGabin]

You're great on minimalist layouts, this one is one of your best ideas. Personnaly, I realy like little town station, because you can put a lot of traffic in them, as you want to with this one. Sounds nice, let's wait for the forthcoming developpements.

[@daviemaclean61]

Thanks for the mention and glad you got to use them so soon

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks, much appreciated

[@jasonpierce-newmodelbarmy3394]

Another great little quick build. Loving that fence.

[@ThatModelRailwayGuy]

Great little layout, love how it's come together so quickly. Having the fence at the back is a great way to hide the backscene joint... I did something similar on my shunting layout using sandwich ties painted brown as a fence and it works surprisingly well! Keep up the great work 👍

[@gregpotter6957]

Excellent, great stuff to produce so quickly! Love the fence and wonderful back drop! 👍😁

[@k.vanierland6227]

Please continue building that sort of layouts, great work!

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@alecralph6667]

Excellent stuff and I really like the backscene/fencing combo.

[@samuelives20]

Wow, great stuff. Back scene really works well with this layout. Thank you for another great video

[@Matilda1415]

Great layout, well done! And in just 4 days! Really impressed.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks Sara

[@petersmith4455]

hi, great video, i have one of these GWR tank locos, they are really good and realistic without breaking the piggy bank

[@zeefantasytrains944]

Another swift, economy layout to enjoy. Great ideas! Appreciate how you just put them together and get to the point. Great job!

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice little layout it shows you dot need a big layout to have some fun.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Exactly thanks

[@grahamsouthamn9798]

Love the layout real budget railway, proves you dont have to go big.

[@TheJpec361]

This is grand! I could get as much enjoyment from operating this as I could watching trains run on a large layout and, as always, you do a wonderful job showcasing it. I wonder if that backscene is available in a larger scale like O scale...it has the perfect combination of a bustling town with the hint of something beyond it...

[@davidmeynen8120]

well done looks great love the back scene sets it of a treat great job say safe boys

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

b m r....Simply the best territory to be in !!!

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks hope all is good with yourselves

[@chr1sda1sey]

This is the contentet I love to see

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@davidsionnach9394]

I had an Ikea Lack shelf I bought 10+ years ago especially for a layout like this that I never got around to doing. Now you do it in four days? You make me sick!

[@lazyrrr2411]

lol 😄 Everything ℹ've got is at least 20 yrs. old ... and STILL "under construction" - - -

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Lol

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

this is superb and you are right about the fence!

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@michaeldavies9600]

Looks nice well done you.

[@CZ350tuner]

I call this tool, that I've invented, "The Magnetic Uncoupling Stick". It is a plastic tube with a magnet glued into it to facilitate hand tool uncoupling of metal hooked tension lock & continental Bemo couplings by magnetic attraction. When held (pointing downwards) over the couplings between the wagons, the magnetic field causes the hooks (or loops, in the case of Bemo) to raise up, thus uncoupling the wagons from each other. So long as the magnetic uncoupling stick is held over the coupling hooks or Bemo loops, they'll remain raised. A nudge with the magnetic uncoupler stick moves the wagons apart far enough to prevent coupling up again. I could also be made by gluing a small neodymium magnet into an old biro tube or onto the end of a pencil. Compared to cumbersome striker lifting uncoupling tools, such as the old Triang R.160 and the like, it isn't hampered by other rolling stock on adjacent tracks or scenery getting in the way because the magnetic uncoupling stick is deployed from directly above the wagon's couplings. It even works on curves. Create your own and try it out.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

I built one some years ago after Cyril Freezer described it in one of his books

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

Good update keep posting updates up

[@johnridel1380]

Great video with great ideas!

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@Maurice00PA]

Looks great just as it is. Can't imagine what else there is to do except maybe some little details like people. Is the baseboard a solid piece of wood or is it a frame? How is it wired? Cheers and stay safe.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

It's a hollow shelf unit, light but rigid. Two wires at the entrance road

[@4everdc302]

She be budget. Brilliant. Still get a kick out of the roofing material when you use it.🚂🚃🚃🇨🇦

[@BudgetModelRailways]

It's surprisingly effective

[@karlshurskis3823]

nicely done!

[@peterknightley2838]

What do you use to uncouple the locos from the rolling stock as I never see any uncoupling track.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

A bent paperclip taped to a bbq skewer, works a treat

[@michaeldavies9600]

@@BudgetModelRailways Thanks to you i made one of those :)

[@elliotsmodelrailway4314]

I'm thinking of building a shunting layout. thank you 😊

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Have fun, keep it simple and enjoy

[@BudgetModelRailways]

We have series of videos on building a shunting layout

[@elliotsmodelrailway4314]

@@BudgetModelRailways Probaly going to make some videos on it😊

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Look forward to seeing them

[@slwilliams75]

Brilliant 👌🏻👍🏻

[@pauljohnson8341]

That's great 👍

[@paulspencer153]

What controller do you use for the "scalextric" type motors to run so slow. Nice layout

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Our own PWM controller

[@oscarosullivan4513]

The thing about the branch lines is similair to what happened in Ireland

[@thiruraj3866]

That's pretty good

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Anything recomended from the railroad range

[@BudgetModelRailways]

The GWR 0-4-0 at discounted price, and especially the Bagnall Diesel Shunter in BR blue. With second hand prices being so high, these new locos are bargains

[@EthansTrains]

Just shows what you can do with spare stuff!

[@ewanfawkes2708]

Another layout started, and another three abandoned! If you´ve taken a building off it, does that mean the dock layout is over? I don´t mean to be rude, I´ve just notice that you rarely ever go back to old ones once you´ve started a new layout.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

I have finished and sold at least eight layouts, I've lost count, and finished and exhibited three more. There is no point banging on at a layout you've lost interest in, the hobby is supposed to be about fun

[@ewanfawkes2708]

@@BudgetModelRailways I understand. This is a nice, simple layout and I hope you enjoy building it.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

Thanks

[@oscarosullivan4513]

He has not abandoned ratton central

[@ewanfawkes2708]

@@oscarosullivan4513 I know he hasn´t abandoned that layout (although he may have to abandon the name as it probably doesn´t suit a small country village)

[@masonw8106]

Hi the school you have I have yay + grate video

[@papercliponthesun4114]

I don’t think he’s been outside for a month.

[@BudgetModelRailways]

In theory no one should be going out due to lockdown, although it hasn't stopped my neighbours ignoring the rules lol