Manchester & Deepwater 2.0 Update 44 - Fixing Track & Running Trains

[@EagleCreekRailRoad]

Great update John, glad you got the trackwork sorted. Always cool to see switchers running too. Ben.

[@johnarthur6302]

Thanks Ben! I keep saying I want to run trains and then I get distracted building something else…

[@FlyingCrow]

Wow, I've never had to go back and fix my trackwork. (sorry, I'm lying). LOL. Great job. The railroad is coming along nicely.

[@johnarthur6302]

I have a box of turnouts that says otherwise my friend! Haha.

[@FlyingCrow]

@@johnarthur6302 Ha ha

[@johnbanicki7232]

Great update. Thanks for showing how you fixed the issue.

[@johnarthur6302]

Thanks John - glad you enjoyed.

[@thecnwmondovilinepaulscota7304]

Thanks for the update. Nothing more annoying than track issues. I had a turnout that some cars just kept derailing on. Changed trucks, changed wheels, snipped off the fake hose from the Kadee #5s. Checked weight, added weight. Still, some jumped the frogs. Changed the turnout and no more problem. Good to see the trains running! - Paul

[@johnarthur6302]

Yeah - sometimes it’s best to just tear it out and move on with a new one. I probably should do a little more trackwork to get to where I’m running trains more frequently to spot issues before I finish a scene. I tested, not well apparently!

[@realwildman]

Soldering ties, your halfway to making your own turnouts. Always good to see trains running!

[@johnarthur6302]

Some day, Fred. Some day. 😊

[@TheTrainFreak]

Good thing you got to the track defect when you did. Would of been a bigger ordeal if you had more stuff down. Looking forward to seeing some Ops ran through that trackwork now! - Jason

[@johnarthur6302]

And I’m looking forward to running those ops! Thanks Jason

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Great update John.

[@johnarthur6302]

Thanks Dave. Good to run a train.

[@joeraderblackrockcentralrr]

Well done on the track repair.

[@johnarthur6302]

Thank you Joe!

[@coxsj]

Nice one John. Smoooooth as a baby's bum!

[@johnarthur6302]

Aye, runs like a charm now

[@gtown150]

That hill scenery looks really good!

[@johnarthur6302]

Thank you!

[@tczephyr3665]

A piece of masking tape takes the ballast neatly off the top of the ties

[@johnarthur6302]

That is genius! Thanks for sharing the tip!

[@2873SPGP9E]

Eh, it happens. Nice job on the repair. Cars will track differently depending on the situation so a wide spot can hide. Have a wide spot on a friend's layout where locos will go fine in either direction through a turnout but if you shove or pull cars through the divergent route in facing point move they try to go straight. Fun times.

[@johnarthur6302]

Oh man that would be annoying! In my case of course it’s on the expensive CURVED turnout instead of a cheaper one so I was trying to avoid replacing it.

[@georgiasunbelt]

John Davinchi at work on the master piece 😊…I’ve got one of those “sometimers”…the engine will run through the switch 9 times; 10 time derails 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@johnarthur6302]

Haha! Right. That 10th time would drive me nuts. The turnout would have to be replaced!

[@georgiasunbelt]

@@johnarthur6302 only one engine does that 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good update on channel nice work keep up the cool vid thanks lee

[@johnarthur6302]

Thank you Lee!

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

Not a bad deal, every once in a while you ned to go back and adjust and fix issues that come up just like the real world!

[@johnarthur6302]

Ha, you know that’s a really good point. It makes a lot of sense if you don’t think about it 😉

[@ChessiePAdiv]

John, I agree with many of the other comments, that scene really does look good. Also, like the one about being half way to building your own turnouts! Since your plastic ties were glued down (and were also fixed in place by the ballast) you might have tried spiking the rails in gauge at each of the existing plastic ties. Your solution is obviously highly effective (and bullet proof) but required the lovely process of removing ballast. Keep up the good work! scott

[@johnarthur6302]

Thank you Scott! It wasn’t too bad to remove it. Shop vac did a lot of damage control…! Hope you’re well my friend.

[@ChessiePAdiv]

Well it looks awesome! i am well John and making progress, i hope to have a video out before the end of the year.

[@jonnyspeed]

In the future you may try staggering your rail joints. Far fewer issues when the joints aren’t across from each other, especially on curves. Also a good excuse to build your own turnout.

[@johnarthur6302]

Yeah - coming off the curved turnout forced me to do both rails in the same spot. For some reason I am hesitant to attempt my own turnouts!

[@jonnyspeed]

@@johnarthur6302 They really aren’t difficult. With a little practice anyone can do it. You already have the soldering skills so your half way there! The irony is that once you are proficient it will only take you about 45 min to build one from scratch. Probably less time than it took to troubleshoot this one :)

[@tracksidemike]

Glad to see you got it fixed great share seems you got it working well👍🏻 Have a great day and enjoy those 😎🚂🫵

[@johnarthur6302]

Thanks Mike. Runs like a charm now!

[@OtterCreek]

Very nice! All part of the hobby!

[@johnarthur6302]

So is running trains, and this was a prereq for that!

[@bobainsworth5057]

Doesn't everyone have to go back and fix track sometimes multiple times? By the way ,howmany of us ony paint one side of the track if it can't be seen from the viewing angle.

[@johnarthur6302]

I have definitely fixed track a few times - and yes the back side of the rail is not painted - the backdrop doesn’t care!

[@bobainsworth5057]

​@@johnarthur6302 That's my feelings, especially since I paint myself trying to paint the back side of the rail.😊😊

[@johnarthur6302]

Haha, right you are!!

[@roydrink]

i would have placed one more tie into that gap…

[@johnarthur6302]

I would have too, but the track feeders drop from the bottom of the rail joiners right there and the tie position looked worse than no tie at all!

[@IMRROcom]

4:01 You do not have shorts? Hope you do have pants....

[@johnarthur6302]

I have pants, but what I didn’t show was cutting gaps in the ties when I cut them off the sprue and lost my shorts?

[@IMRROcom]

@@johnarthur6302 Do not go too deep into it as it just sounded funny. It had noting to do with the ties :)

[@johnarthur6302]

@@IMRROcom ha got it. Words are hard sometimes.

[@IMRROcom]

@@johnarthur6302 I know, boy do I know :) :) :)

[@fbrailroad4628]

Nice update, John. Fixing scenic tracks is no fun. Great job tho.

[@johnarthur6302]

It sure isn't - but I know I can repair scenery and I want the trackwork as near to bulletproof as I can get it!