RRVT: Tour and history of the West end loop
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- I have received some questions regarding the history of the loop track that was constructed in 2016, so in this video I take you on a walk around tour of it, explain how it was done, and show you the location of the original main line. Until this loop was added, the railway was basically single ended. Still enjoyable obviously, but this enhanced the enjoyment greatly because now there was no more need to back up or exit the equipment at the end of the run. One thing I did not cover in the video, is the trolley frog at this location. As you may have seen in one of the older videos, there is a powered trolley frog at one of the main switches on another part of the line. Here on the loop switch, I built a trolley frog that is operated purely by lateral mechanical force. The frog is placed greatly off to one side of the track, and has a spring to always pull it to one side. As the trolley pole moves through the frog, the desire of the pole to stay centered pulls the movable arm of the frog over to align it with the proper wire. Doing it this way requires speed to be reduced when passing through the frog, but there are less moving parts and no solenoids or control circuits required. It has been working well for the last 4 years, so I am happy with the design. At some point I will get a video of it operating. Enjoy!
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Awesome to hear about the history. Perhaps you can give us some more history and the origins of the rail line etc. So very cool and interesting.
I plan on doing some of those in the spring. Stay tuned!
@@CNW4145 .....most definitely. Thank you for sharing videos of your awesome railroad.
I think The little mini curved loop trestle adds scenery to your layout, so does that stored flat car on the siding
I love your railroad !!! What a satisfying work of love it must be.
Thank you, it really is fun!
It never really properly registered for me, just how massively different this part of the line is now, from how it was in the 'old' videos. I'm going to have to go back and watch them again and compare- the loop track certainly rises really high above the old alignment particularly by where the old bridge is/was.
I'd definitely love to hear more about the history of the RRVT- I remember reading somewhere, about the particular individual who began this line, but never a whole lot about the line itself- when it was built, where the materials came from, or what the operations were like.
I'm also curious about what places the RRVT is headed next- projects planned for the future, various ideas that have been tossed around, anything really.
these RRVT videos have been a huge treat, I've been fascinated with your 24" trolley line since I first saw the old videos when I was younger. There's just something really cool about a small, home built trolley line with scaled down, but honest-to-goodness railroad equipment. Compared to other 'backyard' lines, the RRVT stands out to me a lot, because no matter how I look at it, the RRVT just *doesn't* look like a 'toy' railroad- the equipment may be smaller in scale than what ran on mot prototype traction lines, but it feels more like a scaled down real traction line, rather than a scaled up model railroad. I can't say I know of another line like yours.
Thank you for the nice compliments. Its a lot of work but a lot of fun as well, as you know. I do have some long term plans, and actually am working on a re-route of part of the main line. I'm going to throw a teaser video in a future set of run by clips, so observant viewers like yourself can try to figure out what my plan is lol. Its going to be a nice upgrade though. I have 2 other major additions that I would like to make to the line that would increase its running length by almost a 1/2 mile but I need rail, wire, ties, poles, and of course time to do all this. May never get it done. But there are plans and a will to do it, so time will tell. The original builder of the line was a HUGE traction fan, he travelled all over the world riding and studying various trolley / tram operations-his attention to detail is the reason why this stuff looks the way it does, and has operated for so long. He was a master craftsman by trade and poured that into his hobby equipment as well. I'll be working on some history videos next year, and I'll probably throw in something about these long term upgrade plans, so stick around!
PSA: the older video of the powered trolley frog is here:
ruclips.net/video/qZAQ3y58Qco/видео.html
Thankyou so much for the walkthrough, it was amazing to see clearly the difference between the line running straight ahead as in the older videos versus the new curve. Cheers!
Great video! It's hard to believe that the old, abandoned bridge shown later in the video is the same one that trains rode over in the older videos.
Pretty crazy isn't it? Had that bridge still been in service, I may died plunging off of it by now lol.
Very cool! Thanks for the details!
You are welcome, more to come once the snow is gone!
Thank You for the Narration! Where buy/get the track from? Ever take a birds eye view of your system?? 👍🏻
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Is it for the recreational purpose or made to do some specific job..??
Just for fun!
@@CNW4145 put some tiny houses along the sides of the track every so often, and people living in them can use some little stations along your railway to get on it, and go to a local grocery store (in one of the tiny houses). Or to disembark at another station to see a friend, or to a parking lot where the residents have their cars parked, which of course would be connected to the local main road. Of course you'd have to have something of a railroad schedule, but if residents wanted a special trip, they'd have to pay a little more!
as always, thank you very much.👍
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Really cold video! Hope to see more like this
I'll work on that. Thanks!