Model Railroading 101 All About Track For Beginners

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As usual, we set out to provide some basic information and find out there is a lot to say even about the simplest things when it comes to railroads and model railroading!

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[Grantthetruthteller]

I've been a model railroaded since the mid 1960's and have built and used most of what you discussed. I must say I wish your video was available back when I started because you presented a lot of very valuable information in a very enjoyable way that every model rail must learn, sometimes with great difficulty and expense. In the beginning I had a lot of fumbles and a lot of "re-inventing" the wheel. You smoothed the way for a lot of railroaders entering or fairly new to our hobby. Thanks. Fantastic video. Great work... both of you.

[anibalgarciaarechiga]

Wow It's a wonderful instruction video!! Nice work. I'm from Aguascalientes, México and you remembered the former Instituto de Capacitación Ferrocarrilera from the bygone Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México where railroaders learn the ABC's of railroad. Keep doing such a great job!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[budm.]

The term "FROG" comes from the horse-drawn days. Lift up the foot of a horse and that triangle shaped area in the bottom of the horses hoof is called the "FROG". That's the first thing we'd clean out when trimming a horses hoof or when shoeing the horse. I hope that helps a little.

[gerrycelia]

It's called a frog because it resemble the "frog" that is part of a horses foot, underneath.

[dorothyfishbaugh]

THIS WAS AWESOME!!! I have really wanted to learn about tracks, and switching, and the electrical side of running the trains! This was a great video! I learned a lot!

[anthonyj.adventures]

Good use for insulated joiners. I have a small layout. It has 2 loops and connected with 2 turnoffs. And the center of the layout i have a 2 track storage yard with another turnoff. I have a habbit of not returning the switch to yard back to the main track. So i have insulated joiners just past the switch to the yard so in case i forget to re-throw the yard switch my active consist will stop before it smashes into my parked rolling stock. I also use Bachmann ez-mate couplers they use an under track magnet to uncouple the cars. I have an extra flat car i use to pass the insulated joiners to hook up cars.

[book]

Keep the 101 series coming. Discussing wiring the different track like return loops and wyes would be helpful. Keep the good work up.

[ryans]

Thing I learned when I started out was keeping the track clean that helps keep your engines wheels clean. I’ll run a box car that has an attached cleaning head on the bottom as the train runs around the track it cleans the rails work very well.

[thecaliforniantrainchaser]

Great description on track! At 27:20 when you were discussing balloon tracks, another good example of that would be found at Union Pacific Colton Yard.

[georgeandcarolfischer]

Great video. I just want to say I use code 100 since I have some Fleischmann HO cars which have deeper flanges. This is great as derailments are reduced. Also Marklin stated with 3 rails then switched to 2 rail with studs replacing the middle rail.

[tp]

Not just drumming... but studly drumming!

Nice.

[strasburgrailfan]

At Leamon Place Junction they have both concrete and wooden ties because of the Strasburg railroad

[johnroth]

Really neat. Now we really have to come for a visit!

[Shane-Singleton]

Excellent. I was wondering what the different codes of track meant. Now I know!

[lectrikdog]

just cut a piece each of kato and bachmann in half butt the cut ends together boom, you have two K/B adapter sections!

[donoxford]

My wife puts up an elaborate Christmas village as part of her holiday decor. The grandkids and neighbors love it! She would like me to add a simple working HO rail station and rail yard for a "Polar Express." Space (width) is limited to about 18" (up to 24" in the station or yard area). Length could be up to 10'. Can you recommend a source for track layout ideas? It has been a long time since i built a layout and I'm starting with a lot of used garage sale components. Thank you!

[ad]

the rail insulators were more commonly used before DCC was a thing. you would "zone" your track giving you control of different locomotives at different speeds running at the same of course you would have to have them on separate pieces of track for it to work.

[IACUnited]

Frog, because the wheel of the trains "jump" the gap like a frog. This is how it was explained to me.

[MeNext]

Sleeper is a carpentry term describing wood laid on its broadest side and has probable been in use for a thousand years.

[Lv-slrm]

Well I need to build a dual gauge double crossover with a slip switch in the middle instead of a regular crossover.