A train enthusiast's dream come true!

[Frank_Dean]

I found a YouTube channel featuring train enthusiasts building their own narrow-gauge railway line, very interesting.

Videos on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EauGalleScenicRailway/videos

A video of the laying of tracks and sleepers:

 

[rick1958]

I found a YouTube channel featuring train enthusiasts building their own narrow-gauge railway line, very interesting.

Videos on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EauGalleScenicRailway/videos

A video of the laying of tracks and sleepers:

Loved the video and downloaded it. Our family has 100 acre farm, that consists of feilds (of course) wooded patches and 3 streams. My dad and I often talked about laying a loop through the farm, but it never got beyond arm chair engineering. A LOT of money for grading, ties and rail to realistically go nowhere! Thanks for sharing.

 

[OddRails]

Wow. 3ft gauge is getting into serious railroading.
I've yearned to do something in 7.25" or 15" gauge but it's not cheap. Even with those smaller sizes you need to pay strong attention to the weights of cars when dealing with grades or bridges.

 

[davesnow]

Loved the video and downloaded it. Our family has 100 acre farm, that consists of feilds (of course) wooded patches and 3 streams. My dad and I often talked about laying a loop through the farm, but it never got beyond arm chair engineering. A LOT of money for grading, ties and rail to realistically go nowhere! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, you really wouldn't be going anywhere, but wouldn't that be so much fun!?

 

[rick1958]

Yeah, you really wouldn't be going anywhere, but wouldn't that be so much fun!?

I often think about that. It would, but for how long? Either an out-and-back or loop. After a short time it probably would be about as much fun as mowing the gas on a riding mower towing a lawn cart...lol

 

[davesnow]

Personally, and I've said this before, but those people riding on those scaled down locos and rolling stock look pretty freaking stupid! Go ride A real train! There's plenty of tourist trains out there in Canada or the USA. Much more fun. And there's always Amtrak, CalTrain, and Metra, among others.

 

[rick1958]

Personally, and I've said this before, but those people riding on those scaled down locos and rolling stock look pretty freaking stupid! Go ride A real train! There's plenty of tourist trains out there in Canada or the USA. Much more fun. And there's always Amtrak, CalTrain, and Metra, among others.

The Reading Model Engineer's is about 20 mins from my house. 15" gauge. The line goes out, through a switch that enters into a balloon track and back. Probably, maybe, 20 mins GOING SLOW round trip. I would take my kids once a year for their winter, night, open house. It was fun for them. 20 minutes, once a year. Thousand and thousands of dollars for a 20 min out and back. It's certainly a rich mans hobby. But then again so is HO today...lol

 

[JCitron]

The Reading Model Engineer's is about 20 mins from my house. 15" gauge. The line goes out, through a switch that enters into a ballon track and back. Probably, maybe, 20 mins GOING SLOW round trip. I would take my kids once a year for their winter, night, open house. It was fun for them. 20 minutes, once a year. Thousand and thousands of dollars for a 20 min out and back. It's certainly a rich mans hobby. But then again so is HO today...lol

In the 1970s, an elderly man in my neighborhood had a loop that ran around his house. Once in a while, he'd take his trains for a run. If I remember, after dusting the cobwebs off, they were live steam British locomotives with some passenger carriages. He used to take the kids in the neighborhood for a ride around his house, but I never had a chance to do so. When he passed away and his house was sold, the tracks remain in place. Many years later, the grade was still there and the grass was brown along the ROW just like in real life.