Sorry for spending time away from your channel. I’ve been depressed. My grandmother passed away in April. Now that both my grandparents have passed, I’m trying to adjust to my new life not having grandparents anymore. I’ve also been busy collecting things a few N scale trains and model planes. And with my grandparents gone I’ve been a little depressed to even run a train in any scale. Being autistic makes it hard for me to adjust to change. My grandparents passing isn’t the only change in my life, my cousin just got married. And I’m proud of him. Good luck rebuilding your garden railroad.

"Not a logging railroad". Haha!!! 😂 Nice to see it's all coming together again. The bridge looks great.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Hi again! Yes, it’s always nice to get outside and get some work done between the O2 cold and oh my gosh it’s too hot weather! Right now we’re in the oh gosh, it’s way too hot part of the year, but every once in a great while it cools off to 90° and we can sort of get outside. (37°C) Just as an aside here I love metric for all things except temperature! What an idiotic system to base temperatures on water! that would be fine if we were water. OK, I get it. We’re made of water, but that’s not the point. The temperatures that we normally experience in the world are best represented in Fahrenheit. Where zero is really really really cold! Below zero is exactly what it sounds like. Oh my gosh way too cold way too far below anything you ever wanna be outside and cold! And 100° is all you gotta be kidding hot. Anything over 100° is life-threatening! So it makes a really nice system for expressing the temperatures that humans expect to run into. 37° is the equivalent of 90°? I absolutely refuse to set the thermostat in my house at 23.654°

The opening title for this video is hilarious! Most of the younger ones won't get it, but it cracks me up!

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Colonel Boggy March plays in your head. Whistled by 100 guys. Stiff upper lip!

😄 Ok, I had to give a thumbs up for the logging railroad joke !

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

😁💩

I've worried about the winter weather on your beautiful Railroad since the fall. Love your videos! ❤

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

You and me both! I really love the look of it in the winter, and actually it’s the hot sun that does the most damage. It’s just a nature of outdoor railroad I guess.

You did a great job of repairing the mine, hope you never have to find out if you're repairs hold up, can't wait to see how your bridge turns out 👍👍

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

my daughter and tomas the tank engine retaught me 'play trains' . thanks again.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

That is awesome!

Excellent choice on the JB Weld. That stuff holds engine blocks together.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Yup. Amazing!

It occurs to me that since cat litter is designed to absorb moisture and clump up, keeping it flowing when it's semi-exposed to the weather could be a problem for you. Have you thought about aquarium gravel? I took a look at a large online retailer and there are some that look like actual hunks of stone and would be a closer color match to your scenery than litter. Larger pieces too, might be better scale for coming out of the mine.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Reviewed a lot of aquarium gravel for certain things, but it’s really smooth and doesn’t make a very good ballast. The kitty litter that we’re using is just the plain cheap raw clay kitty litter. So it doesn’t clump and it doesn’t change colors and it doesn’t really even absorb any moisture. Sort of absorb moisture and turns of dark gray but then it dries right back out. So far it’s working great.

Suggestion: install a stationary decoder and a switch machine, in the 'gravel/coaling building' to remotely activate the drop chute into the ore cars. Keep having FUN ! 🙂

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

I would do that if we used it very often. As it is, it’s quite simple to just grab a hold of a little chain and give a pull! I have to fill it up before I can use it, and I really only get one gondola out of one complete load of kitty litter in the mine. So trying to remotely control it is a bit overkill and it probably would screw up out here on the heat and cold. But I’m really getting a kick out of loading the gondola from the mine!!

Beautiful work 👍👍

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

You are the best in the build industry. I wish I was 1/8th the modeler that make you a great husband and wife team.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Thanks as always!’🚀🚂😀👍

Use magnets to hold removeable wall in place.

Outstanding! Thanks for the great video! Just received my two #6 Llagas Creek switches in Code 250....Stellar! Looking forward to the painting-the-rail video!🚂

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Isn’t that track amazing!!!!??

Beautiful work!

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

In ancient Wales, people talked about the llygad of a river - its eye. The River Wye has an eye, hidden in the foothills of Mid-Wales’ highest peak, Pumlumon (Plynlimon). To reach it from the river’s mouth into the Bristol Channel at Chepstow, you have to travel 134 miles. Imagine a week-long meandering adventure along that route. Now come with us on it. Initially, this route traces Wales along its border with England, taking in some of our most beautiful countryside. Then it heads inland, deep into Mid Wales. You'll find many rich, rewarding towns on its riverbanks, like Chepstow, Monmouth, Hay-on-Wye, Builth Wells and Rhayader. You’ll also find quiet serenity along Wales’ second-longest river. Our country’s spirit is in the water.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Oh boy, would we love to do that! My maternal grandmother is from that area. Well sort of south of there Bradford. But OG I love that part of the world!

@michaelchapman6895

20 күн бұрын

You'll have to visit the UK and visit the narrow gauge railways in Wales.

Great vidio, nice to be outside working on the railroad and you seem to be making headway from the weather damage. It's been a rainy season so far here and a heatwave last week, hard ta work on the trains from the pool lol.Thanks for the morning coffee...

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

We had a little bit of great weather a few weeks ago, which is when I shot most of this video. Now that it’s triple digit I’m working on the bridge inside and in the evening when it cools off a bit, I take the bridge outside to make sure it fits, but when the temperature is over 90°, the temperature of the rails is around 160°!

@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877

25 күн бұрын

@@ToyManTelevision yep I know, that's when I run the old iron on the rails, heck ya don't have ta even have power ta make the smoke unit work haha.

Fantastic job . looking forward to seeing trains running.Have a great week

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Oh my so much going on outside now that it's summer. Looking forward to all you share in your summer adventures weather in yard or out traveling. Made my Sunday. GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Hi. Bless you too!!

For your removable roof, you could weight it down with some self adhesive tyre balancing weights. They are available for not a lot on eBay.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

I tried waiting it down and that sort of works. But as long as I have big long plastic tabs that slide down inside the walls, it really holds it in place and it’s very simple to slide it straight up and off. So far that’s working great.

Thanks for all of the Great tips, Dale, but I will have to do all my buildings in cement with brick overlay! If you have crazy winds there in Utah, you should see what it's like here in Central Arizona with miniture Tornadoes (Dust Devils) comin' around on a nice sunny day, spring, summer and fall, from every which way!! That's why the scrub oak bushes have deep roots on granite ground!!!

Sounds like you might think about taking all those buildings indoors during winter.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

We really like the look of them outside. Most of the really bad wind damage has happened in the spring. Anyway, as long as everything is anchored down for the most part, it works just fine. Well for the most part! Outdoor railroad is always maintenance intensive

I bet you could do some nice bonsai trees for the railroad. The Jonsteen Company has some nice trees for you to place and you can get them small for about $8.99 or medium for $18.99 or they have bundles. I was thinking of some nice Dawn Redwoods for your railroad. Good upto -25F. Giant Sequoias only -10F good to. You do not have to do any wiring. Just clip them to the size as they grow. Just some thoughts.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Love too!!!! I’m using Austrian Pines, and miniature Euonymus. And juniper but I’d love to know more about those other trees!

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Looking. Great website!!

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Karyn had a bonsai Chinese elm. it was really cool, but it died and we haven’t been able to find anything like it. Just your regular Chinese Elm, but with little tiny leaves made a great looking bonsai tree. Do you know anybody that has such such a thing?

Starting at about 03:34 in this video... When you mentioned that _"UHU Glue"_ it reminded me of this World War II aircraft: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_219

Could you use small {neodymium?} magnets to hold that removable end wall in place?

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

I’ve bolted it in place with wingnuts, it’s really secure and also really easy to remove. All of the wiring is on connectors and the two wingnuts can be removed in about 30 seconds and the building lifted off.

Wow what a fiasco with all those buildings on the snow! Glad you found all those pieces. Maybe is was Elsa form Frozen that did this! I was thinking, looking at the thickness of your buildings, could you use a 23-gauge pin nailer?

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

I’m hesitant. I don’t want to crack anything. But the JB Is great!

@FunAtDisney

25 күн бұрын

@@ToyManTelevision I have used JB for various repairs around our home. I used one to repair a crack in a PVC pipe for our sprinklers - it went on like gun but hardened like cement and never leaked.

@FunAtDisney

25 күн бұрын

@@ToyManTelevision If you ever decide to get a 23g pin nailer, the Milwaukee cordless M12, while pricey, overall gets the best reviews. I have DeWalt tools but if I was to get a cordless pin nailer, I would get that over the DeWalt even though I’d have to get the kit with a battery and charger.

How about a tour of your railroad?

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

It’s sort of exist just in pieces. The yard at the East End is finished but isn’t hooked to anything yet the locomotive shop doesn’t have any track in it at all yet, the trestle through the big canyon is finished but isn’t really connected anyway! And from there, it’s all in track, but not really finished, but once we get more put together, we will do a tour. The West End hasn’t even been started yet! It’s turning at the far end of the outside part and the bench work hasn’t even been built yet.

Is the ore mine still available , is it a Pola building or something you built I'm another video? I too wish I was 1/8th the modeler that you are but you're a great inspiration. Thank you for the video again

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

They are out there on eBay. I’m not sure if they’re still made but probably. Generally speaking they’re pretty expensive, but this one was missing some parts and had been broken. Apparently the wind had blown it away long before we ever got it! Anyway, I was able to rebuild it and fabricate some of the missing parts and save a bunch of money. But look for it on eBay. They’re pretty easy to find. And you’ll be surprised at how big they are when you’re actually sitting one on your table. There are really big structure

Looks great TM. What paint did you use to weather and highllight the mine model? Thx.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Hi!! Just the artists acrylics you can even get at Walmart. But! The outdoor rated ones. Still fade and even flake after a while. But even that looks fine on an old building.

Duct tape glue can be removed with WD-40. You first want to check your material to see if it has an adverse reaction to WD-40.

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Duck tape has many uses. But often is a bad choice. Gaffer tape is so much better if you’re going to remove it later.

Does the River Why flow into Lake Go Jump Into The?

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Sounds like Yoda it does.

I truss(t) your bridge building skills. 🙄🤔🤨🤣

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

lol!!

_"It is not a_ logging _railroad."_ 🤭🤭🤭

Why? Because UNDER THE RIVER would not be very useful...😉

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Lol

Come ON If you know that Bad Wether IS Coming Bring IN the Smaller Buildings BEFORE THE STORM HITS And Stain and Seal the Wooden Bridge I've been very ill and have missed a few episodes Due too a Minor stroke You're Getting Sloppy I'm still recovering but this is ridiculous

@ToyManTelevision

25 күн бұрын

Hum… well the buildings stay out all year. I love the look in winter. I even run when the conditions are good. The mine is quite large. And now it’s really well anchored down. Much better than before. I hope you get feeling better! Tough recovery 🥺