Building a OO9 Model Railway Episode 2

[@gs425]

Keep showing the bugger ups mate. It's what we all do in real life 😀

[@WesternSignalman]

If you like that you’ll love episode 18 when I really f*** the river up 😂 glad your enjoying 👍

[@MartinLong-y1b]

I have enjoyed your video and it really helps me with my recovery from my brain tumour and stroke as I try to get back to my modelling I mention my illness so you know who is watching and why 😂

[@WesternSignalman]

It’s such a great hobby and it hopes it supports you well through your recovery thanks for watching

[@paulevans3699]

Hi - Enjoying your work, love the fact that you are so honest, admitting and sharing your issues. Glad you are persevering!

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks Paul, I think by showing my mistakes and problems it can be helpful to others who may have similar problems.

[@Ketster]

@@WesternSignalman yes it is very helpful. I always run into problems doing stuff as well. And it is way more helpful to see how you cope with drawbacks or suprises than to view some other seemingly perfect proces to produce a layout. Much more entertaining as well. 👍

[@thelittlewesternmodelrailway]

A great update! I'm enjoying watching your 009 layout come to life while still planning my own! Keep it up :)

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you very much I’m getting close to scenics now which is very exciting

[@northwesttrainsmodels]

your railways coming on nicely, looking forward to the next update. Tom

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you very much

[@EmperorsPath]

another lovely update, point motors and wiring seems to be the rock you have to crash against and either makes or breaks your layout! can't wait for the next part!

[@WesternSignalman]

Slow action points are certainly the way forward I’ve used them on my oo gauge layout and they work like a dream. They where just a bit too big and expensive to justify for this project.

[@steveharper5536]

Patience is a must in any model railway layout, you can guarantee when the camera is running the models will not behave lol. Still progress is being made. Look forward to the next episode.

[@WesternSignalman]

Glad you liked it Steve, it was certainly a test of paitience but I got there.

[@davidsheriff8989]

Like the new developments looking good..

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you David

[@Hutch-916]

I’ve just remembered that Stanley was a locomotive on the railway duke sir Handel and Peter sam worked in the railway series

[@WesternSignalman]

The very reason the Baldwin picked up the name Stanley, although it’s now been repainted and renamed Captain Mainwaring

[@coloursmoke]

Great progress. :-)

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you

[@MartinLong-y1b]

also I think your work compares well with Ian rice Under milk Wood which got me in to the scale 😂thanks again It really helps as ihave been forced into retirement

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you, to be compared to the late Ian Rice is quite the compliment

[@MartinLong-y1b]

It's just a matter of time I am taking part of a test for a New gadget to improve stroke Survive grip thank you for your reply

[@rzholland]

I like it. Things going wrong actually helps a great deal, I am not the only one who keeps buggering things up! had trouble with insulated Peco point also, mainly because I am using 0-6-0's as anything bigger seems strange on a small layout [mine is N gouge]. Have subscribed but even clicking the bell I do not get any notifications, used to ages ago, but not now.

[@WesternSignalman]

Yes KZbin does behave a bit strangely at times it sometimes tells me when people subscribed and sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t particularly like insulated frogs but as it was a small layout I went with the set track to save space but it is a bit odd that peco made insulated set track points when 009 locos are so small.

[@upwellonwards7373]

love this video it is helping be figure out my 009 layout

[@WesternSignalman]

Excellent stuff glad you find it helpful 👍

[@upwellonwards7373]

@@WesternSignalman with wire n tube point work think 50mm is too deep?

[@WesternSignalman]

@@upwellonwards7373 that might be okay, I was going to make my own and the wire I wanted to use would be too thin for the depth I needed but there may be commercial products that would be up for the job.

[@upwellonwards7373]

@@WesternSignalman i think Ratio have a cable like kit thata used for both points and signals

[@WesternSignalman]

@@upwellonwards7373 I built a layout for my boy and I used think garden wire (the wire with the green plastic coating) and ran it through straws and that worked quite well so it might just be a case of experimenting and seeing what works best

[@davidparker2724]

Another great video! As a total newbie i was/am trying to understand the "isolating sections" so can use DC but then still be able to use in DCC in the future... I assume i am just missing something obvious 🤣 Am i right in thinking you have one full MAIN inner loop permanently live, with isolated joiners at both points where it connects the OUTER loop, then using the switching of points to take the power from the MAIN loop to the OUTER loop?

[@WesternSignalman]

Your not far off, the layout is divided into 5 sections. These are electronically separated with a insulated joiner on the left hand rail, i then wire up the sections to a toggle switch which is in turn wired up to the power. The concept of dcc is just two wires to the track and that’s it. That’s not quite true of dcc for better reliable running you better running a bus wire to track sections. Therefore if I go DCC I can just open all the switches and the whole layout becomes live for DCC running.

[@soedetonator]

I used set track points and a curved N gauge point in the fiddleyard and all my Baldwins ran over them fine. Certainly haven't had the problems your having with them.

[@WesternSignalman]

I did find it a little strange that Skarloey with the shorter wheel base seem to run over them fine but the Baldwin wouldn't, but at least I got it to work in the end.

[@soedetonator]

@@WesternSignalman Actually thinking back I did have one Baldwin that kept derailing on points, a close examination of the loco showed there was a small piece of flash on the axel insulation on one of the pony truck wheels, a scalpel sorted it out.

[@WesternSignalman]

@@soedetonator useful bit of info I’ll have to give the loco an inspection.

[@davestott750]

Are you getting a short on the silver layer you left on the insulation?

[@WesternSignalman]

yes I think that was what the problem was, I've insulted the wiring from the insulation which seems to have solved the problem.

[@mobius8002]

you shouldnt need to isolate the loop .both sets of points in the set track series are insulfrog.once set to closed at both ends the closed section is isolated.

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks for the comment. I’ve wired the layout so it is all live when power is applied so I can convert to DCC in the future thus the need for isolating sections, I also don’t like relying on the point blades to carry the power.

[@modelrailfan37]

I’m planning on making my own OO9 layout, as I’ve been inspired from your videos, as well as videos from That Model Railway Guy! One quick question I have though is do you use insofrog or electrofrog points? I’m thinking I might go for electrofrog points myself, as I’m planning to get some of Bachmann’s Quarry Hunslets, and I know that the wheel base is small on those locos, but I’m not sure how to wire that kind of point for analogue, and I also want insulated areas that can be powered when I want them to be powered, similar to what you did with your layout.

[@WesternSignalman]

I use insulfrog as they are the points that came in the starter pack. It’s a strange choice for peco to do this as these points do cause issues for the smaller locos and the reason I’m changing the track. I think you can just use insulated joiners and have the blade change the power on electro or the alternative is a micro switch on the point motors.

[@modelrailfan37]

@@WesternSignalman Oh I see. The track pack is designed for beginners, and on electrofrog points need to be powered separately, so perhaps that’s the reason? Good to know that the insulated ones cause problems with small locos, I’ll keep that in mind!

[@Karagianis]

Stanley Baldwin? LOL

[@WesternSignalman]

In the railway series book Duke the lost engine there is an engine referred to as No.2 I explained to my boy that the Rev. Awdry had decided No.2 was called a Baldwin loco called Stanley and the name seems to have stuck.