My G Scale Garden Railway: July 2023 Update (Major Renovation Work) 🚂🚧🛠️

[@Gscaler]

Great place ..... I like it thanks for sharing

[@notthatguy1736]

Nice layout, I like how the mikado slows down going up the grade. It’s realistic.

[@2quintly]

This video looks very familiar (as I've seen it before). Building a garden railroad is either going to be "toy-like" or have characteristics like "real roads". Limitations of space usually to extremes, makes issues more towards toy-like. Bottom line, is if you have fun with your layout, then it is what it is. I see many "frustrations" going on here, but there's compromise in everything.

[@CapeCodTrainTodd]

I like the new plan because it will give you options coming out of the yard to go left or right. I agree with what you said about railclamps. I have them around my switches so if I have to pull one the rest of the track does not have to be disturbed. Half of my RR has clamps the other has joiners and it works. I have had the same issues with engines stalling on long switches. It is rare one of those bars underneath breaks loose but it does happen. I used small screws to fix them. More than likely it is a short wheel base loco that is stalling on the frog as was the case with your LGB grinder. Nice upgrades.

[@ShadowVFX]

Most of my switches I bought used to save money. In hindsight, this is the one thing I don't think I'd buy used again. In fact, I just bought some new piko switches to replace the troublesome ones.

[@CapeCodTrainTodd]

@@ShadowVFX Most of my switches are used. New ones are so nice with their shiny rails but they are usually lots of money. I have seldom had issues with used LGB16000's but it all depends on how much they have been used. I think your problems might be stemming from either a dead rail or the short wheelbase not being able to make it over the frog. Your RR looks great.

[@johnbaxter6114]

Have you ever posted your track plan? i'd love to see exactly what curves are used in each spot.

[@ShadowVFX]

Here is a map I made about 1 year ago. It's still pretty close to accurate, but as you can see in my video, I did rework the low end of the layout a bit from what you see here: photos.app.goo.gl/mapB72EDj4bBrn2R8

[@JeremyMilligan1024]

Time to go battery/radio! Railpro would do fine with range, but is pricy. Revolution is the next best, but MU'ing on the Railpro trumps all. Sadly RP only has about 25-40feet of range, strange for 2.4Ghz, but likely due to its poor radio inside the g-scale unit in the loco. You could sell your LGB track cleaner and have enough to invest in RP ;)

[@ShadowVFX]

Installing those systems in a single locomotive with a battery average about $200. Maybe more depending on the battery. I have 12 locomotives, so that's definitely not within my budget.

[@jackbacon9018]

What track program did you use for your update? Love the new look

[@ShadowVFX]

I used SCARM. It's a pretty good track planning tool. I had to google some things to figure it out, but once I got the hang of it, I found it to be a really useful tool. www.scarm.info/

[@olelauridsen666]

Hand held cams sucks

[@ShadowVFX]

It must be nice to throw out criticism without producing anything of your own. I make these videos for fun. Sorry I didn't go try hard mode and make a curated video for your viewing experience. I'm not going to invest in a pro setup and spend thousands of dollars on better equipment for my YT channel that literally earns me zero bucks. Move along to another video, bro. Plenty of videos out there for you to enjoy.