BART Model Railroad: Fremont Station Progress
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- A sneak peek at the N scale BART Model Railroad. My Fremont station represents, well, Fremont station. This is a compressed model, with short (4 car) platforms, and no A85 interlocking, but I think it captures the overall feel of the station (back when the parking lot was full).
The cars are all handmade, with photo-edited textures representing specific cars. They have a 3d printed core and photo wrap. I also have Automatic Train Control, which runs all mainline trains - just like real BART. DC, not DCC (so those C cars are even more accurate haha)
The legacy fleet cars here include the following:
A2 car 1164 - first of the A2 car fleet
A2 car 1210 - damaged fiberglass cab, with a "Mustache" shaped repair
B2 car 1677 - nothing unusual, just had a cool roof pic to use on this model
C1 car 417 - final Zoho One ad wrap C1 car, still in service
C1 car 432 - another C1 car still in service
C2 car 2551 - the first photo wrap was based on this car
The layout is not done, but it's a huge endeavor even at a moderate size and I will be posting further videos as I progress.
This isn't a professional layout, just something I enjoy doing for fun. Technically, it’s the BART model railroad division of the San Francisco Bay Area scale model transportation layout - including ferries, busses, and rail. More to come later.
I love your attention to detail! They even sound somewhat like the real trains, lol!
Excellent job no on has been this on point like this one
It’s funny, because Fremont is my hometown, and I must say you’ve got the BART station almost perfect lol felt like I was back in Washington high school for a second lol
I love the attention to detail this is amazing!
Really nice job. I enjoy this. N scale! With the 3rd rail, even.
Hell yes!!
I am in awe. The detail in this video is beyond incredible and I am curious as to what you used to create the third rail look. please share.....thanks.
Thanks, it's balsa wood with a photo texture of the third rail/coverboard
@ATPTransit thanks. My layout is HO scale and I was considering cutting a few drinking straws, painting them, and placing them as covering for the third rail, but I haven't found the right size just yet. I'm hoping this idea will work.
Awesome model trains, are these made of paper?
Partially. Paper photo-texture wrap with a 3d printed core, mounted on Japanese chassis (motor and wheels)
This looks really cool
I've always wanted to do this back in the day in HO scale though. Never could find the trains then I did from Walther's or something like that, but now a new company is making them, but not sure I can do the full new Bart system. LOL I do have the original track or central control layouts, and there is a new train simulator program you can make your own transit system with, I'm thinking on doing Bart on that, but we shall see. Then again maybe I can get a new layout of the system know and do the new system in that new sim.
A friend of mine is working on a BART route for the game Trainz @urbantransitdevelopers. I made one for the original system in Open Rails, but haven't updated it in quite some time
Wow 🤩
Hi I enjoy your Bart content and I’m a Bay Area native myself. Do you have any instructions on how I could build these trains as a N scale? This a a dream for me…
Hi Chris, I made these cars myself - they are basically modified photos serving as a paper wrap on 3d printed carbodies. The motors and wheels are from Japan
That’s amazing
Have you ever ridden Bart trains that have a C car as the front car and an A car as the back car?
Yes, many many times. Some examples - 0:00 at ruclips.net/video/Hf04m7rUS5I/видео.html; 0:00 and 1:37, 4:37 and much more at ruclips.net/video/3P7ZsKdvOnc/видео.html;
Ik im late but What material did you use to make the train models?
3d printed core, Japanese chassis, photorealistic paper wrap
How you make it ATC so the trains run automatically?
You should make a tutorial
It's an Azatrax Pickle Fork PFRR controller. I'll showcase how it's all linked together when I finish and clean up the layout.
Great thanks 🙏
is it possible you could give me the template for the paper BART model train?
I will question is a DC or DCC
DC with Automatic Train Control
@@ATPTransit it would have been cool if it was a DCC. But it's still super cool though