HO switching layout with only two turnouts?

[@StxPhonesetup]

I love it, I've watched a short video on this also, 10:09 love that locomotive you've got running :)

[@avlisk]

Operations are what keep a model railroad interesting. Your little switching layouts show us that we don't need a lot of space to enjoy this hobby. Nice work, as always.

[@moghobbystuff]

Definitely the case for me.. I understand some people like to let them run and that’s great if that’s what suits you.. but for me, the operating, even if it’s quite simple, is key

[@avlisk]

I did just buy a Ghan set from Auscision and a pair of AN GM's from Bob's TrainORama because I want to watch them run through the outback to relive a great adventure I had many years ago, so I need to build a bigger layout for that. But I will include my little switching layout in it.@@moghobbystuff

[@avlisk]

I like watching them run, too, but not having the room to do it isn't a reason to not have a layout. Fortunately, there's an empty loft above my garage that is begging for a large layout! (My Ghan needs a place to run!)@@moghobbystuff

[@williamfowler8840]

Will, from the USA here. That is looking very good. Simple, yet can be very enjoyable to operate. Lots of potential for excellent scenery and super details!

[@moghobbystuff]

Thanks Will!

[@PrinceStreet]

I’ve really enjoyed watching your updates on this project and it’s nice now to go back and rewatch these earlier videos. That SD40-2 with the hoppers at the 7:43 mark is just a superb thing to watch.

[@moghobbystuff]

Thank You! Yeah, I do like that SD-40 (Kato) .. In my imaginary RR world, the Midland Belt starting buying EMD power and patching it out (most of my 'Yellow Pine' locos are Alcos)

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

Looking forward to following your progress 👍🤠👍

[@moghobbystuff]

Thank you , no promises on how quick that progress will be :-)

[@BrooksMoses]

I like the concept of this, and how it's getting interesting operation into a very minimalist structure. Definitely getting some gears turning in my brain as I'm thinking about what to build.

[@moghobbystuff]

Great to hear.. please share what you come up with :-)

[@thebritishrailroader]

Looking really great. Very much looking forward to seeing your progress 👍

[@moghobbystuff]

Cheers ! Don’t know how speedy that progress will be

[@MichaelManiscalco-k5k]

Excellent video,looks great.

[@moghobbystuff]

Thank you very much!

[@csxrensville5105]

Hi, and happy new year! I've built a 7 x 1 baseboard with plans to do a layout like this. Even got the track, just have to make a start! The one turnout layout is the basis of the Freemo module I built that's now at Warley club. Hope to see youu out and about at Freemo events. Till then take care and keep building. 😀

[@moghobbystuff]

Cheers Keith .. plans are afoot and modules under construction ;-)

[@grahamsouthamn9798]

I love your idea wish I had the room for this type of layout appeals to me. Also being a TP&W fan nice to9 see the boxcar. Cheers from Aust

[@moghobbystuff]

Thank you. I think you could condense the idea into a smaller space in a few ways .. I just made use of the space I’d made available for myself

[@ArborRails]

Happy New Year! Mini wargames and model RR, you're a man after my own heart. Looking forward to seeing this layout come together as your videos have been very inspirational for me. Thanks for the great content.

[@moghobbystuff]

Happy new year! Thanks ! I suspect there are quite a few of us out there ;-) I was part of a team showing a big dark age game at a show and ended up talking 3mm scale modelling with one of the visitors ! (Pretty niche model railway modelling)

[@GreenRC24]

I absolutely love you switching operations videos.

[@moghobbystuff]

Thank you!

[@paulc1964]

Enjoyed the episode and looking forward to seeing progress

[@moghobbystuff]

Thanks Paul!

[@frankdemski7242]

Hi Mog! Happy new year to you. I like switching/layouts and wargaming too. I follow your channel since you post the "Brett". The Brett was the inspiration and start for my HO-layout Jefferson Tower (10,5 feet x 1,3 feet). Currently not ready, but in action. Framework was based on my former Z-Sclale Layout that never reach construction end. So I looking forward to your new project. Hope for more inspirartion. I hope you will go forward like in the past. Take care and stay healthy. Best

[@moghobbystuff]

Thank you! That’s great .. we all take inspiration from each other :-)

[@andrewsartorius7350]

Very interesting layout

[@moghobbystuff]

Thanks!

[@bernicemeade3232]

Looks good great job

[@moghobbystuff]

Thanks 👍

[@StxPhonesetup]

You're speaking my language, yes 2 turnouts:)

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Prototypical train operations for me, the only 'war games' type stuff that I have some interest in is the DCS aviation combat simulator (which I infrequently use).

[@moghobbystuff]

No worries, that keep the hobbies fun, we all have different interests :-)

[@bernicemeade3232]

I would like to see underneath how you hook everything up

[@moghobbystuff]

Okiedoke.. although I doubt it will be very educational!

[@SouthDown]

You've come a long way since the days of Greenville. Still gonna bug you about that collab.

[@moghobbystuff]

:-) thanks .. I don’t think I ever saw your original message about that ? Perhaps need to connect, what did you have in mind ?

[@SouthDown]

No matter what I type the message disappears.

[@SouthDown]

Not sure how to share a contact address - every time I try the message is yanked - and that has disappeared now as an option under the KZbin about page. Any ideas?

[@johnkelley4874]

What # and type are your 2 turnouts?

[@moghobbystuff]

Hi .. I should have mentioned ! It’s all Peco 83 and the two turnouts are #6, salvaged from my old layout , so cost wise this was a cheap start !

[@johnkelley4874]

@@moghobbystuff thanks so much! John K

[@nicokremers7150]

Why not trying to be more prototypical by using the proto87 standards? Specially with a small layout.😉

[@moghobbystuff]

‘Getting too old for that ‘ ;-) I’m kidding .. I dipped a toe into 3mm ‘finescale’ and considered EM too , but I’ve got enough challenges in HO to keep it interesting:-)

[@SouthDown]

NO. Stick to what works. Keep it simple. You want to have fun, not troubleshoot endless problems that 'finescale' brings to the table.

[@brenthopley874]

G'day from New Zealand Mog and Happy New Year to you and yours. Great to see you are back into the layout mode and I like what you have come up with. I'm predominately a 9mm/ft NZR modeller (1:33.86ish) which per chance uses standard O scale track (it's complicated and is based on our track gauge being 3ft 6in as opposed to 4ft 8.5in... google - "nzr 9mm trains youtube" it will illustrate what the scale is). Unfortunately due to its finer scale dimensions, 9mm/ft stock requires fairly large radius curves to not only "look" right but more importantly run reliably on. To this end sitting in our garage here at home is a 50ft x 20ft modular 9mm/O scale layout built by a group of fellow modellers in the early 90s - some of the YT clips illustrate the layout and rolling stock. As I don't have any room to set this up at home (it's been mostly set up at train shows over the last 17 years), and that I now want a home layout, I've elected to build a small US O scale switching layout based on an actual prototype location in Chicago. This will only use two operating points and a third to a dead siding representing the actual location's track layout. The planning/operating elements you listed is pretty much exactly what I've drawn up as my requirements being heavily swayed by Lance Mindheim's thinking... I'm pleased to see you back on YT and look forward to seeing how you will actually operate it and how it ends up scenically. All the best to you and your viewers for 2024.

[@moghobbystuff]

Cheers I’ll take a look