In this episode, Gerry wraps up work on his model train layout and encourages everyone to start watching Spaces to Places.
Getting to know Gerry Leone
Back on Track host Gerry Leone is just as clever as he is comedic! But even better, he’s a masterful model railroader who’s knowledgeable in numerous areas of the hobby. In his MR Video Plus/Trains.com series Off the Rails, audiences enjoyed learning many of the helpful tips and techniques he used to assemble various layouts over the years. Exclusive Trains.com video highlights much of his previous Bona Vista Railroad HO scale layout, and even examines specific details of his scenery construction in his Spaces to Places series.
With so many of Gerry’s talents at hand, we wouldn’t want any of them to go to waste! You can be sure to find him lending assistance in the construction of several other Trains.com projects, including work on the O scale (1:48) Olympia Logging Co., the HO scale (1:87) Winston-Salem Southbound, and even the N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons.
If you’re looking to find some of the tools and supplies Gerry uses in his path to modeling success, look no further than KalmbachHobbyStore.com. There, you’ll be able to further examine and directly purchase products he and other notable model railroaders frequently reference in Trains.com videos!
Gary,
In Colfax the track arrangement has 5 tracks with a road thru the center of it. Normally the grade crossings are located where there are fewer tracks. (Safety) Some main roadways would run in Parrell to the tracks before they cross the tracks just outside of town.
A few better ideas here would be to run the roadway Parrell to the rail, or even to tunnel under the tracks utilizing plate girder bridges for the rail line, or last but not least, a bridge over the tracks. (Not my favorite idea for this location).
I do recommend removing the road, as it does force the train crews to always preform the time-consuming tasks, of flagging & monitoring that grade crossing. Setting-out cars or even picking up cars, with in the remaining spaces. (Maximize all the available space here)
In conclusion, a constant flow of traffic, for the railroad and your local vehicle traffic would prove to be both beneficial and prototypical.
Thomas M.
nice video, indeed. Great work. But I feel that if you painted the upper valance sky blue, the impression of the layout would be not so on the heavy side. That valance also would disappear. The dark color on the top almost turns the layout over. But it looks nice anyhow.