I Ran a Train on a Diorama - Video and Photo

[TomPM]

Tonight just for fun I decided to try and hook the Water Tower Diorama into the temporary layout so I could run some trains on it. Guess what it worked!

Here are the results. I apologize about the quality. The camera is old and outdated and the lighting is terrible, but the trains are running.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/tommcintyre/ask.mpg

http://www.railimages.com/albums/tommcintyre/asl.mpg

And here is the star of the show. My new IHC Lehigh & New England 0-8-0 switcher.

 

[interurban]

Well done Tom. I love the two mini movies, It looks REAL to my eye. :thumb:
Scenery is spot on

 

[NYC-BKO]

Tom, those are some great clips, that 0-8-0 is sure flying, thought it was a Hudson at first, -
Looks really good, nice work! - :thumb::thumb:

 

[Jon Grant]

I hope there was someone there to catch it at the end of the diorama.

Jon

 

[neilmunck]

that's really cool!

 

[TomPM]

Thanks everyone.

This was just one those hey I wonder if I can do that moments that actually worked. I did not realize how fast the train was going until I played back the video after I posted it. I was just so happy and surprised that it worked, running the train and using the digital camera to record it.

Here is how I hooked it into the layout. EZ-Track comes in real handy for this.

 

[Clerk]

WOW! Tom. That train zipped passed so fast if it had wings it could take offl :thumb:

 

[brakie]

ZOOM! Nice though! Thanks for Sharing..

 

[Lighthorseman]

Quick, But Neat!

Very cool, Tom! :thumb: Boy, when you scenic all your layout, it's going to be a stunner. :thumb: