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The Turntable At Bear Creek Yard Is Working!

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Testing newly installed scratch built turnouts for reliable operation

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20230613 NP A5 Northern Run Bys

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BCSJ ops - Jct City cam - 4/22/23 op session

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JunctionCityWalkBy 20230211

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Taming a 134' HO Diamond Scale turntable

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BCSJ 20th Anniversary Op Session on Mar 9, 2024

It's the 20th Anniversary Bear Creek & South Jackson op session gala video!
It's hard for me to comprehend that the BC&SJ has been running op sessions for 20 years, but here I am with 2 decades of operations.
A lot has changed since the first session with only an impromptu stub-end staging. The mainline has been complete since 2015. Now the last remaining track, the final version of Bear Creek yard is in progress.
Along the way, a significant amount of scenery has appeared (but there's still waay too much bare plywood).
I've met a lot of model train proto operation nerds over the years. We started with mother-may-I, quickly switched to track warrant control, and in 2013 started running Timeta...

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The Turntable At Bear Creek Yard Is Working!

2:08

The Turntable At Bear Creek Yard Is Working!

Просмотров 2072 месяца назад

The Bear Creek turntable has long been a project in progress. Finally, tonight, it has come to life. The first loco ever drives onto the Diamon Scale TT bridge and is delivered to a garden track. The TT uses a home made controller based on an Arduino Mega2560 drives a geared DC motor (5 rpm at 12VDC) using an H-bridge . The motor's gearbox output connects to the turntable's vertical shaft with ...

Testing newly installed scratch built turnouts for reliable operation

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Testing newly installed scratch built turnouts for reliable operation

Просмотров 5933 месяца назад

How I test newly laid HO scale scratch-built turnouts to verify trains will run through them without derailing. My gold standard is running long trains backward at 60 scale miles per hour (about 1' per second in HO scale) with zero derailments. I give tips for how I accomplish this. Thorough testing means zero rail/wheel caused derailments in an op session.

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20230613 NP A5 Northern Run Bys

Просмотров 411Год назад

Steam power on the BC&SJ! My friend Paul dropped by this evening with his brass NP A5 class northern steamer. It had been on display for 15 years, but after cleaning the wheels it ran. We attached a 29 car freight to it and headed out. It pulled well, but not that well, so I brought out an SP AC-10 cab forward to push on the backside. Naturally I had to shoot video. My camcorder was having prob...

BCSJ ops - Jct City cam - 4/22/23 op session

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BCSJ ops - Jct City cam - 4/22/23 op session

Просмотров 718Год назад

A BC&SJ op session seen from the top of the Building Supply office in Junction City on April 22, 2023 shot in 1920x1080. See the parade of trains (and crewmen) moving thru Jct City and other places on the far side of the aisle. Trains meet and pass each other. A fast clock is visible so you can track the layout time. Some of the newest scenery on the layout is visible.

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JunctionCityWalkBy 20230211

Просмотров 448Год назад

The Bear Creek & South Jackson A walking tour through Junction City on the BC&SJ on Feb 11, 2023. Walking from the west end to the east end. Get a look at Junction City, a work in progress.

Taming a 134' HO Diamond Scale turntable

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Taming a 134' HO Diamond Scale turntable

Просмотров 6662 года назад

Developing an Arduino-based controller to operate a 134' HO scale Diamond Scale turntable for Bear Creek yard on the BC&SJ railroad. I wanted automatic track to track seeking, but with 24 radial tracks, I didn't want to add per-track mechanical track location/locking mechanisms. Use of an CUI AMT-203 Absolute Rotary Encoder provided a means of accurately determining the position of the turntabl...

Close To My Heart - Two Seas Music / Charlie Comstock

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Close To My Heart - Two Seas Music / Charlie Comstock

Просмотров 664 года назад

One Sunday back in August 2007, half the church and all but two of the worship team at Laurel Community Church were at a camp out in Astoria. Velma sang and I played guitar. Among other songs, we performed Close To The Heart, a simple worship song that I'd written in January 2006. - Chords and words are online at www.TwoSeasMusic.com -

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Trainz 2019 - BC&SJ Potpourri

Просмотров 2,2 тыс.4 года назад

This video takes a look at different areas of my Bear Creek & South Jackson route for Trainz, although it is not a complete sampling by any means. After a bit over a year I'm releasing it (freeware) for TRS19 and Trainz Plus. - I hope you'll like the video and that you'l install the route and check it out!. - Download and installation information is on the Trainz Forums (forums.auran.com/trainz...

Krakatoa - a Planet Coaster POV coaster video

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Krakatoa - a Planet Coaster POV coaster video

Просмотров 2167 лет назад

Krakatoa is a 150 mph coaster built on twin mountain peaks (hence the Twin Peaks park name). It features a 2 mile length, an 870 foot initial drop, top speed of 159 mph, and EFN of 7.2, 5.7, and 1.9. Don't be fooled by the serene setting, danger lurks below in the cracks-of-doom. Krakatoa is available on Steam Workshop for Planet Coaster at: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=914042143

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UltraViolet - a POV coaster video

Просмотров 2047 лет назад

Ultra Violet is a high speed "underneath" roller coaster located in my Red Mesa park created with Planet Coaster.

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Red Mesa - a Planet Coaster park

Просмотров 1437 лет назад

The Red Mesa park features Cibola!, mamoth river rafting ride, and Ultra Violet, a high speed steel, hang-below, roller coaster. There are other coasters, a kart track, and many other rides and attractions. This overview video gives a quick look at the park.

Red Mesa - Cibola! - quest for the lost city of gold

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Red Mesa - Cibola! - quest for the lost city of gold

Просмотров 2127 лет назад

Cibola! is the Red Mesa park's featured water ride down the river of no return . If you dare, you may discover what really happened to Francisco Coronado and maybe, you'll find the lost city of gold. However, be warned, legend says those who find Cibola! will lose everything! Part white-water rafting, part chair ride, part dark ride, I went nuts with Planet Coaster creating this ride.

Planet Coaster bug report "Flatten to foundation doesn't" - Tquat

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Planet Coaster bug report "Flatten to foundation doesn't" - Tquat

Просмотров 707 лет назад

This video illustrates the idiosyncracy I was having while trying to excavate below a roller coaster using the flatten to foundation tool.

(OLD VERSION) UltraViolet - a POV coaster video

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(OLD VERSION) UltraViolet - a POV coaster video

Просмотров 167 лет назад

Newer version at: ruclips.net/video/ukQbF1BQf60/видео.html Ultra Violet is a high speed "underneath" roller coaster located in my Red Mesa park created with Planet Coaster