How I Built the Layout (Part 3) — Tug's Trains

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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:48 The Turntable: Take 2
2:56 The Big Station
5:12 Raising the Town
7:55 Problems, & a Redesign
16:04 Table Mods
18:01 Track Laying... Again
21:31 Down by the Docks
25:31 The Big Station: Take 2
29:12 Wrap-Up
31:22 Tug's Pick of the Week + Patreon Shoutouts

♫ MUSIC:

[eryhv]

Hey Nick, I just wanted to let you know that though this might be my last video commenting as a control their patron due to my current financial situation, your channel and content are still endlessly entertaining and inspiring to me! I admire perseverance in the whole channel takedown situation last year! Your Tug's Trains series has been a treat, and with this new layout update in place, I'm highly anticipating to see how it will grow and what kind of content & stories we can expect as time goes on! Though sadly I may not be able to contribute to your patreon anymore, I'll still be cheering you on from the sidelines! Thank You so much for your continual efforts to pour out your passion in your craft of video editing, model railways, and funny talking trains, God Bless you, Unlucky Tug!

[illiniguy]

Around the time my fiancé (now my wife) moved in with me in 2021, I discovered you and even showed her why Thomas and trains in general have always been so near and dear to me. Now 3 years later, we both look forward to a new vid from you. Thank you, Nick.

[gkingGabe]

I'm gonna miss the old multi-circuit suburban town layout, but I do love the additions to this newer layout. Plus the fact that this is a more camera friendly layout made this evolution well worth it.

[ThatModelRailwayGuy]

Thank you so much for the mention! I'm really glad you've been enjoying my videos and it's great to hear they've helped you on your journey. Looking forward to seeing more updates of your own layout in the future, keep up the great work 👍

[MadHymek]

* If I may make a suggestion, I have a little extra idea that would add to running operations.

* So if this is an island railway, they won't just be importing things but exporting as well. That requires regular goods trains, of vans, open wagons and tankers to deliver stock.
* The plan for the layout mentions a goods shed at the harbour, and you said there's a lot of open space by the shed where you can put road and lorries.
* Why not put another goods shed or siding in that space there, or else utilise the smaller unused platform to become a goods platform? Road vehicles can come in with their goods from farms and markets, load it up at the station, and have it run down to the harbour, where the vans can be unloaded and the engine can run coal trains back up. Once the coal is unloaded, the trucks can be run back down and swapped for the empty vans, so the journey can be started again.
* This also gives the sidings by the turntable more purpose - rather than just storing coaches, they can store the goods stock as well. You can even add some sidings at the junction station to make it more of a pick-up goods, and involve some proper shunting in the layout.

* Another idea I also had was to possibly add a little passenger halt on the outside line of the harbour. This could act as sort of a branch line terminus, allowing smaller engines to run their own passenger trains too, and would give some more explanation to the bay platform at the junction. Again, tying into the island idea, possibly small ferries and such would come in at the harbour for people to visit the island, and the branch line engines have to run down and collect the visitors, taking them back up to the junction where the main line engines bring them into the heart of the island beyond.

[David_Mattox]

Glad to be seeing the Duchess doing all the test runs. Seems like an appropriate treatment for your collection’s LMS minority lol.

It’s gonna have to be years from now, but I can’t wait to build a layout of my own.

[LaZeRJET]

Wow Looking Amazing Sir.. Nice to Know i'm Not the Only One Working on A Model Railway Project

[josephwebb]

The colour of the testing train is terrific

[Jude-]

This is quite amazing I must admit. Im also very excited to see where the layout goes film wise aswell! All this really makes me want to build a propper layout of my own.

[callum]

Wow, the re-modelling was not what I expected! I mean, I get it was such hard work coupled with your wedding, but at least it was easier, and I think it looks much better, if I'm honest. Also, I had no idea there are those ramps to uncouple trains! I have so gotta get those if I get my model trains out again someday (not in the near future, because I'm in the process of moving house), so thank you so much for mentioning those, Nic! Model railways are super impressive, that it's a lot of fun watching how they're made! 😃👏

[Stop-motion-Smokebox]

I'm building my own layout right now with my Dad's help. I bought a Peco turntable from a hobby shop near me and it really is great.

[comicfan]

I’ll admit I am more of a “endless Loop” kind of track layer since I like watching the engines run around, but I can admire the start to finish approach

[ReaverLordTonus]

You're basically building the Layout of my dreams that I may never get to build myself. So to see this coming together makes me very happy. With that said, I would have kept a larger complete loop as I would like to have at least one continuous running train.

[deltaace]

2:00 it’s moments like these that make me love your content. It’s about all that attention to the little details, like you can’t tell me he didn’t purposely fit James on the turn table because he’s the one who went for a spin. It’s just that caring touch that I love

[insertusername]

28:36 I'm imagining the big express trains chatting over there like employees next to a water cooler while the tank engines take the coaches away.

[TheTrainGuy]

I love how you used James on the turntable 😂

[TheBuriedTruck]

These are my favourite videos from you - there’s something really satisfying about watching the process of working/re-working things. This new layout seems to flow much better - really like the addition of the harbour too!

[GelatoTaco]

The new track plan looks great and now I'm even more excited to get some more work done on my own layout!

Baseboards are thankfully almost done and then I can move on to getting the track joins between sections done and the track laid. I'm depicting a small station just off the Mainline so it basically has a built in loop with a couple Wyes for Mainline access, but the local yards and perhaps a Fiddle Yard hidden in the tunnel underneath the town can help w/ adding some variety.

[JDTrain]

2:47
I was so glad to see that Oliver was enjoying falling into the turntable pit. Look at that smile! And you should definitely put a narrow gauge line around the castle. Maybe even a little station if there is space. I can't wait for the next episode of Tug's Trains!

[Night_Ferry]

Some smart design choices here. The circle at the reverse loop for running in and diagnosing problems is a great idea. Also moving those platforms forward to accommodate longer trains and clear the points worked out nicely. Colour me impressed.