A day watching trains at Melaleuca

[gregh]

A collection of old and new videos of trains running through Melaleuca station on my Sandstone and Termite. (7 mins)
You’ll notice most of the videos are all taken looking in the same direction (west). That’s because it provides a good backdrop of trees. Looking south is an ugly fence, east is my house and north is my garden sheds. I’ve used blue screen effect to show an east view with a ‘signal box window’ blocking out the house. There’s a couple of ‘ring-ins’ not taken at Melaleuca, but I couldn’t resist including some setting sun effects.
An ‘honourable mention’ to anyone who detects the turntable movement method.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ugv6bEcG4[/youtube]

 

[JRinTawa]

A very busy day indeed Greg.

 

[ge_rik]

Some brilliant shots, Greg and great train movements. Giving me some ideas......
I'll have a stab at the turntable question - stop motion animation?

Rik

 

[KandNWLR]

Very impressive and creative video!

 

[ge_rik]

Just watched the video again, full-screen. Did I detect some fishing-line pulling the turntable round (going off stage to the right)?

Rik

 

[gregh]

An "honourable mention" to you Rik.
I used 2 bits of fishing line to move it each 1/2 turn. Resulted in a very jerky movement, so that I then had to delete many frames. Finally I doubled the speed.

 

[dunnyrail]

Gregh,
Super day, I presume that is pretty well a full days workings at Melaleuca? Do you move Wagons in a Random Organised Way with a Car Card Forwarding System?

Love the working Crossing Gate Arm. How is that done please?

Oh sorry too many questions. But I am interested in all of your Operating Methods. It is nice to see a different Countries Railway being run in a railway-like way.
JonD

 

[gregh]

Everything is just random on my railway. It's not prototypical at all. I grab some wagons and locos. I drop a few wagons off at a station, and pick some up as the whim takes me. (and I admit that video is not just one day's operating - it's just a compilation of a number of videos of trains that I like, that I put together with a bit of a story).

The crossing gate is operated by a micro servo and a picaxe. I use a couple of light dependent resistors to detect the train (sometimes unsuccessfully, depending on the sun). The picaxe does the detection and operates the servo.

 

[Beddhist]

Thanks for entertaining us, very enjoyable.

Regards,
Peter.

 

[gregh]

Gregh,
Super day, I presume that is pretty well a full days workings at Melaleuca? Do you move Wagons in a Random Organised Way with a Car Card Forwarding System?
JonD

Just in addition to my post #8, while I don't have a set operating method I DO try to run prototypical loads. I have a table listing how many wagons each 'type' of loco can haul in each track section, so where train loads are too large I have to split the train or add locos. This is where I get my fun, not running a timetable or shunting. Each to his own!
I covered my method way back in 2010, in this subject:
http://www.gscalecentral.net/general-g-scale/how-many-wagons-is-a-prototypical-load/msg108636/#msg108636

 

[beavercreek]

Very very enjoyable Greg. Good to see some 'adventurous' techniques on show as well!