Back to see Adam Pinales and his 2 1/2 inch scale yard railroad AND his new HOn3 layout

Our hunt for code 215 rail takes us back to see Adam Pinales who has torn out his garden railroad and said we can have as much as we need. But mostly we want to see the progress on his 7 1/2 inch gauge outdoor railroad and his new HOn3 layout.

Last time we visited Adam we saw his huge N scale Denver and Rio Grande layout. His goal was to build every piece of rolling stock owned by the Rio Grande in the 1950's. He did that too!! Anyway, the dumpster fire that was 2020, after the earthquake and hurricane his basement flooded (nothing to do with the earthquake or the hurricane or the dumpster fire) But all the sheetrock needed to be replaced and Adam saw this as a sign he was supposed to change to HOn3. So.... the new layout is coming right along, BUT the big thing we wanted to see was the arch bar wheel truck in 2 1/2 scale he 3D printed.

Now, the printed truck can not run, it going to be used to pull molds and use the lost wax process to cast the wheels and basic components in steel. YES he's plan is to sell them and you will be able to buy a pair if you want them, SOON.

ANYWAY as the 7 1/2 inch gauge railroad has taken over the whole yard, the #1 gauge was torn out. (Yes, it will be rebuilt after the dust settles on the build of the 7 1/2 gauge railroad) The garden railroad was built with #Llagas Creek code 215 rail. And the new garden railroad will be a much larger size rail so when deer step on it.... ANYWAY, I digress. He offered to give us any rail we want! But it was only when we grabbed the track that I realized it was aluminum rail... Now I knew that when he built the railroad, but it just never sank in.. Anyway will not work for us as we are using code 215 nickel steel rail...

THE SAGA OF THE RAIL...
When we started the logging layout we bought 24 feet of rail from Mike at Llagas Creek. It worked great, looks great and so we decided to buy the needed 13 pieces of rail to finish the logging line. We have a desire to support our local hobby shops because losing all a community's hobby shops is not just a shame, it often destroys the hobby in that area. SO we ordered a bundle of rail from The Train Shoppe. Who gets most of their products from wholesaler Walthers. The bundles from Walthers are only available in bundles of 10. SO we ordered 10 from the Train Shoppe - Walthers and 3 from Mike at Llagas Creek. Mike ships rail in PVC pipe with caps on the ends. Because they had so much rail destroyed or lost by Fed X or UPS. But Walthers shipped the rail loose in a large box. And by the time it arrived at the Train Shoppe there was only one rail in the box. And it was halfway out of the box through a small hole worn into the cardboard by the loose rails.

SO we moved onto building the locomotive shop. No rush. Covid lockdown for, well, A YEAR SO FAR??? Anyway. No rush. So after several weeks, the replacement rail came from Walthers. This time the box was totally empty. SO Jeff at the Train Shoppe said "I give up! Get it from Llagas" And Fed X said not our problem, bad packing, and Walthers said not our problem, Fed X screwed it up. So in trying t help the hobby shop out they were out $300. (good news, Walthers has agreed it's their problem, and will cover the loss)

AND the replacement rail just came from Mike at Llagas Creek. AND he threw in an extra rail just because. And we will continue to support the local shops because it's really important to do that.

What does any of this have to do with Adam and this week's show? Nutten. But it's a good story.

More from Adam...
https://youtu.be/l14sSYIbbis
https://youtu.be/nGIO-KiUOMw

HUGE 7 1/2 inch gauge "backyard" railroad
https://youtu.be/HdzZhIZeDig

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