The Sydney project 02: Lower staging roadbed, track & wiring

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The long wait is over. I was contracted to build this railroad before the covid shutdown, but the client and I have both suffered delays beyond our control. In the first installment, I built the benchwork for the low level staging yard. This time, I'll install roadbed, track and wiring.
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@cadmaster44 3 ай бұрын

Hi Peter, I’m curious as to where you get your foam road bed. I’m starting a new layout and would possibly be interested in using foam instead of cork.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I sell it through my web-site SuperiorModelRailroads.com. There's a link in the description.

@michaeldeckert6023 3 ай бұрын

We'll just simply keep calling you the GOAT! Amazing some people build their own layouts and will never even have that much track laid in their lifetime. And that's only one staging! Loved seeing your mom being there with you! I'm sure she's proud of what you've accomplished. The warehouse and the business is doing so well. Her son's an artist. Last but not least glad to see the puppy out there and around. Somebody needs to watch over you!!

@ajkleipass 3 ай бұрын

First off, ❤ hugs ❤ Hello, ma'am! Second, as I'm watching you build just this tiny portion of the layout, I am struck by the realization that this layout could be one of those "if I had a million" layout designs. The man-hours (and dog-hours) going into this are going to add up fairly swiftly, and that's before the materials and shipping costs. Impressive! Very impressive! ❤

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I suppose it is quite an expensive project, although I don't bill anything for the dog-hours - or the mom-hour.

@boomerdiorama 3 ай бұрын

A monumental effort and a remarkable job. I love it when people do things the way they should be done. Bravo! Cheers ~ Boomer. 😁

@PeterTillman3 3 ай бұрын

Looks great Peter and nice to see your Mum 😊

@derekalexander4030 3 ай бұрын

Peter, this is a dream layout and I’m so happy for you that your dream is coming true.

@PeterTillman3 3 ай бұрын

@@derekalexander4030many thanks!

@drewpierce2273 3 ай бұрын

Your organization of this build is as impressive as your design and building skills. An amatuer like me can learn quite a lot from you about building a model railroad.

@vincenthuying98 3 ай бұрын

Dear Peter, awesome project, will be interesting to see this layout develop. Already one staging yard with dimensions beyond comprehension, as you said followed by an even larger one on the next level, wow! Cool to see your method of single side wiring, absolutely makes sense especially on such a large footprint. Great so see your mum, although the winter is almost at its end, hope you two had a good time together! Cheerio

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

It's been a good few months, but mom is now looking forward to being back in her own home again.

@PS-jr1yq 2 ай бұрын

My goodness..just look how straight those tracks are in the staging yard...it bothers me so much when people dont take the time to lay perfect straight track and this is just flat out amazing...wow..phenomenal work peter.

@mpeterll 2 ай бұрын

As with a lot of things, a tiny bit of extra effort in the right places can make a huge difference.

@ianhughes-zf1ll 3 ай бұрын

Going to be an amazing layout

@rjl110919581 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO AS ALL GOOD WATCHING FROM AUSTRALIA

@leehanna4929 3 ай бұрын

Great to see the progress, Peter. The lack of soda cans has already been addressed I see. Good to see your mom.

@nicholasking1266 3 ай бұрын

Dear lord it is massive!

@jacko9759 3 ай бұрын

Where is the soda cans. 😊 Very long tracks bet those are going tho be long trains. Love seeing your mom....

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I built this during the winter where there is always the risk of freezing, so I didn't use the cans. They return as soon as the weather warms up.

@jacko9759 3 ай бұрын

@@mpeterll 😄

@derekalexander4030 3 ай бұрын

At 3:00 I realized that you have magic Dew cans with that one can holding down that incredibly long run of foam. After all of that wiring and the calisthenics that went with it to lay that staging yard I would have been reconsidering the huge shop build, lol. The lower staging yard has more track than a lot of peoples entire layouts. With the shipping and exposure that this layout will endure are you nailing any of the rail down or still just relying on the glue? If just glue, please share the type that is holding the track to the foam. This is going to be incredible. Please tell Mom I said hello and that she is a KZfaq sensation.

@johnboughton7451 3 ай бұрын

Hello Mopsy I trust your boy is looking after you 🌹❤️

@davidcook380 3 ай бұрын

Looks great Pete

@thisplayer01 3 ай бұрын

interesting and useful - thanks, nicely done - as usual 😃

@SPSteve 3 ай бұрын

Wow, that's impressive! Hmm, 30' x 9 = 270' so that would hold about 400 50' box cars.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

You can never have too much staging on a railroad designed for intensive operation. A layout where the staging capacity is the limiting factor tends to get clogged up too easily. Also, most modelers tend to accumulate far more cars and locomotives than they initially expect.

@thomasdecker7631 3 ай бұрын

Nice straight benchwork, Looks like this client plans on running some very long trains.....

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

For an operating layout, it's important that the staging track length is not the limiting factor. On my personal layout in Michigan, the staging track length needed to be considered for every train in the schedule and it would only take one operator putting a train in the wrong track to bring the whole layout to a standstill.

@peglegvideos 2 ай бұрын

Wow I had assumed you were on location for this. I learned from the comments that you tear this all down when your done and ship it.

@mpeterll 2 ай бұрын

No, two years in a hotel half-way around the world isn't an option. It's all built in 7' sections that can be stood on end in a shipping container and then reassembled on site.

@peglegvideos 2 ай бұрын

@@mpeterll Very nice. Do you work on other projects at the same time, or does something like this put all others on hold?

@GoViaorgohome 3 ай бұрын

So clean. I love it

@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267 3 ай бұрын

Great work Peter ,

@riogrande5761 3 ай бұрын

Nice. Yankee here in Virginia USA near Washington DC. I'm using Peco code 83 north American style track, #6 in my yard and #8 on mainline sidings or crossovers. #8 in the yard is nicer but where space is limited, you can squeeze in longer yard tracks with #6. My basement isn't huge. You have nice long yard track! I used Homasote, a pressed paper product that comes in 4x8' sheets 1/2 inch thick. It holds spikes or track pins well. With 2 1/4 inch track center you probably could squeeze in another yard track!

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I could have got one more track in with 2 1/4" track centers - or 2 mote with 2" track centers, but that extra bit of finger room between tracks is extremely valuable in the unlikely event that there is ever a derailment deep in the yard. Sacrificing that last track was a conscious decision, not an accident.

@riogrande5761 3 ай бұрын

@@mpeterll That's what people say. I have so much rolling stock, I really wanted that extra staging track.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

@@riogrande5761 There is the main staging yard (15 tracks), and then there are two extra YARDS (7 and 9 tracks).

@rickyhammond36 3 ай бұрын

=Hey peter great video,,if ever you run out of bricks for weights - try using cans of soft drink !! i believe Mountain Dew works well, great vid mate =]

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I think I saw that suggestion somewhere too - although apparently they only work on certain kinds of track and only with a trained professional present.

@richblacklock 3 ай бұрын

I’m curious to see how/where this super long section is to be sectioned for shipping. Obviously, there are a lot of wires to be cut and re-connected. Will the upper staging yard be physically connected to the lower one, and, if so, then how does that affect the sectioning for shipping. Awesome work!

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

The two staging yards are built separately. Keeping them together would waste a lot of space in the shipping container. I've shown my wiring methods on previous builds.

@CrazyBob1357 3 ай бұрын

Hi Pete

@DonStratton-cn9rj 3 ай бұрын

A thing of beauty unfolding like a a time-lapse of a flower opening. Yes, seconding the earlier question re the foam bed, is it the Neoprene sponge foam rubber roll?

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

Yes it is. I sell it through my web-site. Link in the description.

@davidprice584 3 ай бұрын

Looking good. Could you post details of the foam please.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

It's the same material that I sell on my web-site. Link in the description.

@darrenoleary5952 3 ай бұрын

Is/Was there a related video where you go through the various stages of designing this layout?

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

In the play-list "The Sydney Project"

@glt0145 3 ай бұрын

Hello Peter just wondering what brand of turnouts and what size. They are alot longer than the peco ones I use. Thanks

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

They are PECO #8's.

@leehanna4929 3 ай бұрын

I forgot to ask in my earlier comment: what brand of turnouts are you using in this staging yard?

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I am using PECO for the staging yards and Fast-tracks for all visible turnouts.

@rally8959 Ай бұрын

Why so many bus lines. So you can shut off individual tracks? Thanks

@mpeterll Ай бұрын

That's exactly why the bus wires need to be duplicated for each track (well, one of them does anyway; the other is common to all).

@terryvincent4888 3 ай бұрын

And how is this going to be sent to Australia?

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

Possibly by carrier pigeon, but more likely a 40' container

@terryvincent4888 3 ай бұрын

@@mpeterll now that’s not going to be cheap, but good luck to him as it looks like a great layout with hours of fun for anyone’s retirement. Will it be 100 per cent finished or you just doing the bench and track work?

@markfenbers1329 3 ай бұрын

I love watching your progress on your builds; however, I wish you would get a stand for your camera and show us more of the actual work as you’re doing it - without you holding the camera. For example, I would have liked to have seen how you attached the feeder wires to your bus wires, or how you soldered the wires to the rail, or hooking up the switch machines underneath. If I am not mistaken, 100% of this video was you holding the camera. I would like to see 70% of the video with camera on a tripod as you are working, and 30% of you holding the camera showing us your progress.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

Filming my work in real-time would make for a long boring video, even if my camera didn't automatically switch off after a few minutes. Furthermore, It would many hours to edit each one - time I cannot afford to commit. The nearest I could reasonably do would be a time-lapse. Some time ago, I posted time-lapse videos every week for almost a year and they were my least popular videos.