The work you’ve done to get your railroad operational is inspirational. Great job and enjoy running your trains.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! This was a big milestone along the way. Now I can focus on all the details that need to be added to the layout. There will be a lot more to watch!

@paultorrey

5 ай бұрын

Most folks don’t work with a plan as you have. You showed a lot of great techniques that other outdoor modelers could use. I’m a gardener as well so building my outdoor RR and incorporating live plants add another dimension. Along with buildings and lights. You’re only limited by your pocketbook. Great job so far. Look forward to seeing future videos. 😊

Well done Robert. Have followed you all the way. Along with Sam's Trains, you have become my favourite model train channel. And I have seen heaps. Keep up the great entertainment, and all the best. Rodney M from New Zealand.

@summitrailway

3 ай бұрын

Hey Rodney! I apprecitae your comment and support. It won´t be long until the next episode. Currently I am planning the next steps. Good planning is key to success otherwise I will do a lot of work twice which I don´t want to...

Fantastic, its really lovely to see trains the trains running, you have done a fantastic job, Well Done, now for hours of pleasure. G

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

I wold have preferred dry weather but we had a lot of fun anyways. Glad you enjoyed the trains as much as I did!

Train + Rain = 🔥

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

It worked great

I hope the rain didnt damage any equipment. It certainly enhanced the visual aspect. The globules of rain on the rolling stock and the wet track and surrounds looked even better (as if that is even possible). Great job! Thanks again for sharing this journey with us.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hi! There was no damage to the rolling stock. Only water stain and some small dirt particles which I removed with soapy water and a microfiber cloth. I am glad that you enjoy my videos!

@geordieceltic2

5 ай бұрын

Congratulations on achieving such a fantastic railway system. The track diagram allows realistic operation, with stacks of potential. Well done and thank you for sharing and Happy New Year to you.

@jovetj

5 ай бұрын

@@summitrailway How often do you anticipate having to clean the track?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

@@jovetj A big clean up is required 2-4 times a year. You have to pick up leafs, little sticks and so on before every running session. And depending on the weather conditions I will run my cleaning wagon from time to time as well. To make it short, you can´t run the trains without doing anything but if you are on top of the game all the time the amount of work isn´t to bad.

I saw the entire construction through beginning to the end. Amazingly done. 👍👏👏👏 Hope there will be more extensions here and there if there is enough space. OH! And Merry Christmas. 🎄🎄🎄

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Nice to hear from you! The layout has reacht only half it´s size at this point. But for now I have to focus on adding the details to the existing part of the layout. Plattforms, lights, buildings and so on...

@Shadow-cp9pj

5 ай бұрын

@@summitrailway ah, I can feel some more additions coming along soon. Can't wait.

Dude! Well done! All of your hard work is paying off! Thank you for sharing!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Nice video. The night scenes looked really good.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Running trains at night is so much fun, I enjoy it every time!

Wonderful to see trains running after all your hard work ….love the night running.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

You are exactly right! It was a blessing to see that nearly every aspect of the layout works as planned.

Frohes Neu Jahr! It looks great and the track is so nicely level, as the trains moves along there are no wobbles or up and down rocking. Well done! Looking for ward to seeing more as you keep going. Thanks for sharing!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Next project has already started to make this layout even better, I appreciate you watching! The track was spot on that day even though we had a lot of rain the weeks prior. I am very happy with the performace so far!

Wow you set the bar pretty high.nice 😊

@summitrailway

4 ай бұрын

It´s the third layout I am building, time to get serious :) I am glad you like it!

Well done

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful video! Thanks.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

Ich sag nur meeeega! Die Beleuchtung der Züge kommt in der Nacht gut rüber. Besser als jeder Christbaum! 😊 Cool wäre noch Gittermasten im Bahnbetriebswerk 😉. Was ich übrigens auch stark finde, nicht bei Regen alles eingeräumt sondern weiter gefahren. Das macht Gartenbahnmodelle aus! Echt viel Arbeit gewesen, die jetzt belohnt wird. War echt cool das mit zu erleben. Hoffe es geht noch weiter! Leider habe ich keinen so großen Garten, ich komm mal mit Rollmaterial vorbei 😉! Alles Gute und guten Rutsch! VG Martin

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hey Martin, danke für deinen Kommentar. Der Nachtbetrieb ist immer eine tolle Sache, in echt kommt das noch viel besser wie im Video rüber. Deinem Wunsch nach Gittermastleuchten komme ich nach, Bahnsteige und Beleuchtung sind die nächsten Bauprojekte auf dem Weg zu einer fertigen Anlage. Nicht zu vergessen viele Gebäude. Es gibt noch einiges zu tun aber das hält mich nicht davon ab schon mal Fahrspaß zu haben! Würde ich bei regen die Modelle einpacken hätte ich sie an dem Tag gar nicht raus räumen brauchen, es war dauerregen und sehr windig... Allerdings habe ich auch an den Tagen danach viele Stunden Fahrzeuge geputzt und Wasserflecken weg poliert, da muss man dann halt durch. Guten Start ins neue Jahr!

Hey Robert, die Videos sind einfach Klasse! Bei Fahrbetrieb will ich mal vorbeikommen.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Freut mich das dir die Videos und der Betrieb gefallen!

Don't forget to raise the pantograph of your electric locomotives, it looks a bit off when they drive around with all of them down.

@summitrailway

4 ай бұрын

That´s true but I do have low hanging branches on my layout which would rip off the pantograph if I do so. Keep in mind the layout isn´t done yet. Thats the kind of work I need to do asap as it gets warmer outside.

Awesome job, I'm new to outdoor trains so watching your videos gave me a lot of insight and ideas, thanks for sharing with us.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

That´s great! I love it when I can give some inspiration to other model railroaders!

Congratulations! You did it has planned months ago. Merry Christmas 👏

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! My planning paid off, we had a lot of fun regardless of the bad weather conditions

All your hard work has payed off. It seems to work fantastic! You have done a phenomenal job! Congratulations!!!! 👍❤️📹😃🚋🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

It has in deed! I was surprised how good it worked. The track was spot on, the rain didn´t do any damge, the strong wind was no problem either! I would say this is a good start :)

Well done Bro, Good job, hard work pays off👏🏻🎉

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Some true words, thank you very much!

excellent job runs really well good idea about thr volt dropper

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

I was shocked how well it run without any additional adjusting...

Bravo bravo.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

After watching you build this railway it's great to see you operating it and the rain made this even better with the reflections on the night running and the rain on the rolling stock just gave it that real feeling. You have built a great garden railway and I like a lot of others know that it's not finished. The goods shed looks good with the lights on or off Look forward to the next video

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Running the trains in the rain and wind felt very real 😂 But we had a lot of fun! Knowing that the layout works so far I can now continue the build and make it beautiful by adding buildings, plattforms, lights and other details.

Wow! That is absolutely amazing! Well done.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your comment!

Congratulations! That is just magical at night. Can't wait to see what it will be once you have fleshed out more details. Well done!!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

I can´t wait either, this will look so good after adding details!

* * * B E A U T I F U L * * * Now I understand the need for so many tracks in the yard. You have a lot of cars. I like the way you had to maneuver in the beginning of the video. It reminded me of John Allen's timesaver and other switching puzzles. Switching trains is also fun... and sometimes challenging too. Ingenious way to hide the shed power supply btw! I was surprised to see the rolling stock in the rain. It does not degrade them? Also the place where you store the rolling stock seems close to the yard. Any plans to drive some tracks directly through the wall? I wish you happy end of the year. I am looking forward to follow your projects all the best to you and your family. As every train addict knows, you need an understanding and patient partner when you are affected by the train virus. Thank you for the time, patience and additional work you have done to share your project with us. Filming and editing takes time. And you are skilled in that area too. All the best!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! As of today the layout is to small to accommodate all my rolling stock. Not to mention some guest trains of my friends which will be brought to all the bigger events during the year. Because of the bad weather conditions I only used the weather resistant rolling stock which will not be damaged through rain. But I have to say cleaning up every single piece of rolling stock afterwards took me 9 hours in total since ther was splashes of dirt and water stains all over the vehicles. It´s no permanent damage but you have to use soapy water and microfiber cloth to wipe it off. Getting the rolling stock on the track is way to complicated at the moment. I have to carry the models 60m (200ft) from the basement to the station area. As the layout reaches it´s full extenstion I will have a way more efficient solution to this problem... I am glad that you mentioned the extra time needed to make those videos. In all reality I spend 40% of the time working on my layout, the rest is nessessory for video production and editing. It takes a lot of time but the feedback I get from guys like you is worth it all day! Not to mention that I am pursuing two hobbys at the same time: garden railroading and videography! I wish you all the best and looking forward to your next comment.

all that hard work and planning surely have paid off, looks fantastic, both day and night..

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I apprectiate it!

It all looks fantastic. The hard work has paid off. Two question's. How do you prevent those chooks scratching up the stone's? Threaten them with the sharp edge of the axe? Everything works, what a great achievement. I can only imagine that we haven't seen the end to the construction yet. Well done mate.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hi! The chickens are not interested in the ballast since there is nothing to eat there. You are totally right, you haven´t seen the end. This railroad will be under construction for the next two years at minimum. There is a lot more to see :)

@CentralCanada

5 ай бұрын

Chickens do allegedly enjoy "#1 chicken grit" (approx. 2mm) ;-) Initially I used it waaaay back for the final ballast on the trackage. But 20 yrs later no longer can find it regionally it seems, to refurb' the trackage :-) "G-Gauge may not RULE, But it GROWS on Ya !! " djc'99

You have done a ton of work Love the lighting both on the trains and on the buildings. Really sharp looking! Keep it going and thank you for sharing.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I am glad you like my work so far. The next projects are lined up so work will continue soon!

All of the hard work you have done paid off. The layout and trains look Great. I have really enjoyed watching your layout come to life. Looking forward to seeing what you do in future. Enjoy the rails.

@summitrailway

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Next up is electrical, lights, signals, signal box, adding buildings and plattforms. Right now I am in a planning phase, once this is done I will start to install all of the above!

@keithtimelessacres

3 ай бұрын

@@summitrailwayYou are doing a great job.

Great work! Been watching since you first broke ground. The S curve through the walkway turned out awesome. Great idea to power the good shed with an 18v tool battery. Look forward to seeing more train ops and possible track extension. Hats off to all your great work. 👍🚂😎

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It´s great to see that you enjoy my videos :) The S curve looks awesome, I like it myself. Next up is all the electrical stuff and getting some details accommodated in the layout. When that is done the next building phase hits with a lot more track to install, almost doubling the layout size.

What a fantastic layout you have. Most impressive and you should be very proud. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hey! Thank you for your kind words. I am glad that you like my work so far. Happy holidays!

Well done....All that hard work has paid off . The railway looks fantastic ..it would be interesting to see how you control the railway ,are you using DCC or something different..All the best for 2024 👍👍

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I am using the Massoth DIMAX central station which uses the DCC protocol. It works great! I am controlling all train movements manually via a hand held controller. I hope this answers your question!

I've enjoyed all of your videos and the effort and detail you have put into this shows with how amazing it now looks! Well done, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with your beautiful railway.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching. Happy New Year to you as well!

Congratulations on conducting your first running operations on the layout - it's a very special feeling! 🎉

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, it felt fantastic! We had a lot of fun running the trains!

Ich würde sagen, dass sich die Arbeit gelohnt hat. Danke fürs Teilen

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Es freut mich das wir gleicher Meinung sind. Richtig geil wird das ganze aber erst wenn Gebäude, Bahnsteige und vor allem die Bahnsteig- und Gleisfeldbeleuchtung installiert sind. Dann schaut der Bahnhof in der Nacht richtig gut aus! Aber für den Moment bin ich sehr zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis des ersten Fahrtages. So kann es weiter gehen!

@dani85sch

5 ай бұрын

@@summitrailway bin schon sehr gespannt auf die weiteren Videos Weiter hin viel spass bei diesem schönen Hobby

Loved watching this having viewed your build videos over the last few months. Thank you.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thats great! If you like my videos so far stay tuned, the build continues!

Its good to see you are filly runng trains now. Thsnks for sharing. You make me want to start mine now.😊 the night shots are nice...

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

You are totally right. Me and my friends have enjoyed the train operation big time. Please start your own layout and get some passionated friends build it with you, then it´s even more fun!

@jacko9759

5 ай бұрын

@summitrailway yes I'm doing it for the kid in the my neighborhood to get them interested in trains and my fun too! And yes the dad ang mom's seem to be excited too about it. The lady across the street said she wanted to come and play with us also, ;-)

Great video, thank you. I am enjoying watching you build your railway. I am wondering why you did not power your shed lighting from track voltage? That is a simple and longer term solution I use to light my buildings.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hey! I will power all the lights exactly how you described it in the future. As you may have noticed the layout is not finished yet. Beside the goods shed I have not installed any lights or buildings on the layout at this point thus I haven´t set up the power supply for the lights either. I needed a quick and simple solution to power the goods shed only for this single event so a came up with the solution shown in the video.

Excellent! Great to seeing trains running. Looking forward to future videos. 🎉

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! The journey will continue...

Congratulations 🎉 I've been following this all year. Well done.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I am glad you are enjoying the ride!

Great to see trains running, well done

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing build! Looking forward to see what you do next.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thak you, I appreciate you watching! Next pojects are lined up already, I will continue to work on the layout soon!

Thank you for sharing your amazing layout!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

I am glad you like it, thank you very much!

Just beautiful amazing wonderful ❤️

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Feliz Navidad para ti y para tu familia gran trabajo disfruta y esperamos mas videos

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! If got a lot more work to do on the layout so the next video won´t be far away. Merry Christmas!

Wunderschöne Aufnahmen geworden, war ein schöner Tag bei euch wieder. Wünsche dir und deiner Familie ein guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr, bis bald Daniel.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Moin! Du hast das Video ja doch schon gesehen obwohl gar kein Samstag ist 😉 Schön das du mit dabei warst, das hat mich sehr gefreut! Guten Rutsch und bis bald.

You have some lovely rolling stock. I'm surprised how well it works in the rain. What are the plans for the future ?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Rain is not that big of an issue, the wind was a challenge... The plan is to continue the build. I need to add plattforms, buildings, lights and so on. I have to wire up all of the switches, install the signals and build myself a functioning signal box. There is so much left to do!

Magnifique 😍

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Fröhliche Weihnachten und nen guten Rutsch! Weiter so!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Danke, dir auch! Es wird weiter gehen, ich arbeiter bereits an den nächsten Projekten für die Gartenbahn.

Nice. now you need to put diodes on your head ends so that they only light when they are going int the head end direction.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Since I am running my layout digital the track power stays always the same. This makes your diode trick unusable for my application. I could install a manual switch or a decoder to be able to switch those lights on or off as I wish...

@geoffreykail9129

5 ай бұрын

Could you pick up the power off the motor leads/ yes it would give a variable brightness but with the diodes on each end you'd get directional lighting. I like the idea of the decoder controlling the lights. Just thinking. You're doing a great job with your railroad.

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

@@geoffreykail9129 I thought you are talking about certain passenger and freight cars. Regarding locomotives it is very simple, since every loco has a digital decoder onboard you can simply programm this funktion if the wiring in the loco is done the right way.

If already asked, please forgive me!... Are you using DCC to control the trains or something else? I love how you can control each independently; I'll be doing a garden railroad soon and I didn't know if DCC was adaptable to large scale. Excellent work - what an inspiration for me to get off my butt and get mine built!

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hey, I am using the Massoth DIMAX central station which is DCC. The trains are controlled manually by a hand held controller connected to the central station. I am proud to be a inspiration to you! I wish you all the best for your new layout.

WOW!, 😱

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

You are impressed! That´s nice :) Glad you like it.

That's Rad...top job...👍...

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Awesome work! I've followed along, glad you're getting things running now! Question Are you running track power to run the interior lights of the passenger cars? Or are they powered by the loco?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Hey, glad you like the video! I am running track power for the interior lights. This enables me to have every single car completely independet from another car or locomotive. I can switch them up how I want, thats the beauty of it.

Looks amazimg

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing! The sheer amount of work involved in making garden railway. Do you plan to extend the line further?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

The line will be extended but first I need to finish all the detail work in the existing part of the layout.

Looks awesome! Have plans for any more structures in the yard area?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Oh for sure! The structures are in preperation, when spring arrives I will install plenty of them. But first I need to wire up all of the switches and signals and install the plattforms in the station area. There is a lot more to do....

Moin aus Lübeck , erstmal , mega Projekt welches du da machst . . . Wo bekommt man den Voltregler her wo den Akkustrom im Wagon runterregelst , ist ne super Idee für abgelegene Anlagenteile Grüße Jens

@summitrailway

2 ай бұрын

Moin Jens! Die gibt es zum Beispiel bei E-Bay oder Amazon. Einfach nach Spannungsregler Googeln und dann schauen was du genau willst. Festspannungsregler oder einstellbare Spannung und mit oder ohne Gleichrichter. Die Dinger sind praktisch und preiswert.

@jenswandel1310

2 ай бұрын

Moin moin , vielen Dank für die Antwort. . . 😊🚂

Schöne fahr Aufnahmen aber schade das es so ein Sau Wetter war 😢

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Da sagst du was, Dauerregen und Sturm hätte ich jetzt nicht unbedingt gebraucht. Aber immerhin lief die Anlage selbst unter den wiedrigsten Bedinungen, dann sollte sie auch bei gutem Wetter funktionieren :)

@Cendric

5 ай бұрын

@@summitrailway ich wünsche dir ein frohes, gesundes und modellbahnreiches Jahr

@Cendric

5 ай бұрын

@@summitrailway was hatte es mit dem Makita Akku auf sich? Das wirkte so für mich, als soll das einen Eindruck machen, dass die Anlage nur über diesen ein Makita Akku läuft, ist die Annahme richtig 🤔😅?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

@@Cendric Nein das hast du falsch interpretiert. Der Makita Akku hatte den Zweck behelfsmäßig nur für diesen einen Anlass die Beleuchtung des Güterschuppens zu versorgen weil die dauerhafte Stromversorgung noch nicht eingerichtet ist. Das passiert erst wenn auch die restlichen Lampen in dem Bereich eingebaut werden...

Hi im just wondering what kind of stone's are you using?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

2 - 5 mm basalt gravel

do you have any diesel locomotives level across ing with boom gates lights

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

I´m not 100% sure what you mean by that but I would say no, I don´t.

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it, thank you!

How do you get the money to pay for all this stuff?

@summitrailway

5 ай бұрын

I go to work earning money and saving up as much as I can to build this garden railroad. It doesn´t come easy. I am pursuing this hobby for 12 years at this point. All the stuff was bought in this big time frame although it seems like I am buying all of it right now. That´s the secret...