Bachmann did manufacture a HO scale set of Walt Disney's Carolwood-Pacific railroad.  The Carolwood-Pacific was a 1/8 scale railroad hand-built by Walt Disney at his California home.

http://carolwood.com/walts-barn/

Don't know of any other Disney specific sets.  As of last month, there were two of these sets in stock at the local Hobby Shop.  They have been on the shelf for well over a year.   Have seen this set available on Amazon and eBay.

One of my far future projects is to make a replica of the Disneyland Casey Junior train ride.

Hello All,

I have been having fun with the layout.  Scenery has been challenging and a lot of fun.   Much of my scenery supplies are from eBay and the "20 bucks for the whole box!" items found at train shows and yard/estate sales.

Changing to all nickel track is an ongoing process that may be done by the end of the year.   

Won't have a lot of time to work on the Oscar Line until the end of summer due to the summer workload.  Just went from normal to "How do we get this all done by September?!"    

Going to try and update the photos over the next week or two with some information about what I am trying to do.  As always,  any and all comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks,

JDD

Hello All,

Been some time since last checked in.  Have been working on the scenery and other aspects of the Oscar Line layout that are not Bachmann specific.  Scenery has been constructed of extuded foam, plaster cloth, drywall compound (leftover from jobsite), paper mache and cardboard.  


























Will post more about the layout later on today.

JDD

Thanks!  I will give that a try.

JDD

Thanks Much!

Having fun and learning things while working on these.  Some will end up in the donation section when I am done.

JDD

I know about the S-Curves.   May add a 4.5" piece to straighten the upper siding out.  Not a big deal to move the risers.  That little section is pretty much there for the excursion train, an 0-6-0 with 1 or 2 older type passenger cars and caboose. 

The yard entrance stays as is for now.  If it becomes a problem, it can always be changed.   Plan on staying with cars that are 50 scale feet or less, I understand longer (70' or more) cars have issues with 18" curves. 

Track maintenance is going to be interesting.  Here in Georgia the humidity is terrible.  Corrosion control will be an ongoing process. 

Thanks again!

JDD

Quote from: jbrock27 on March 14, 2014, 06:17:58 AMjdd, when you transition to DCC, do you intend on still using the steel track?

Probably. Until it becomes too much of a hassle to maintain.  Will have to see how it works out. 

Using wired joiners, the plan is to have power about every 5-6 feet.  Hopefully this will compensate for any power issues.   Might wire the whole thing in blocks,  Going to stick with non-DCC turnouts for now.

I will try that.  Thanks.

It is getting there.

Yes, that is a Spectrum.  Will be replaced by DCC System in a few months.  I have some other powerpacks to run lighting, switches and so on.

Quote from: Morgun 30 on March 11, 2014, 07:41:19 PM
Joe,

What? Did I make the pics too small? No comment on the facing point spur?

I know that I still have a S curve, but I left it because JDD stated that he already glued the riser to the table. I would take it out otherwise.

Morgun

Impressive!  Appreciate all the work!

Quote from: jward on March 13, 2014, 09:03:09 AM
both sets are not dcc ready, though they can be converted. the 0-6-0 steamer is the hardest to do, as you need to use a z scale decoder. there is no room in the locomotive for anything bigger.

I would go blind trying to work with something that small.     I think the 0-6-0 will be reserved for excursion rides for tourists. 

I will have to see about converting the other engine, the LTS does conversions.  No idea what the price is.

Pulled apart a few gear boxes last night and found a cracked gears.  It will be a fun project to cannibalize parts and see if I can fix these.  Looks like I can buy the parts here if I need to.

So far as the stalling engine goes, will use a little compressed air on the motor, clean the armature and go from there.

Grrr!!!! Just had a post disappear.  Tried to resubmit and got an eror message saying the post had already been submitted. 

Anyhow, here are some pictures of the Oscar Line RR - Final Draft

Thanks to everyone for your ideas, suggestions, advice and opinions.  I appreciate all your help.

The Construction Crew has arrived.  They seem a bit overwhelmed.   
 


Western Half



Eastern Half



Couple of bad pictures of the entire layout




Some (not so) detail pictures







Want to replace two manual turnouts with remotes before securing and ballasting the track. 

Thanks Again!

Quote from: jbrock27 on March 12, 2014, 07:23:50 AM
Excellent idea jdd! Did you buy the Silver Series models?

No, these are two starter sets (Santa Fe Flyer and Pacific Flyer) on clearance for $20 each.  Figure I will keep the locos and cars, sell the track and power pack on eBay.   The LHS has a (very) few Silver Series models in stock and the price ($9 - $15) seems reasonable.  The LTS will order, not sure of the pricing.

Haven't opened up the locomotives to see if they are "DCC Ready" or easily converted.  Nothing mentioned on the box about that, although one is the same type engine found in the "Commander" sets. 



@Doneldon,  I may try to convert a couple of these cars just for the learning experience, if nothing else.      May just put a couple of 'train sets' together and donate to the local underprivileged kids.

Quote from: Doneldon on March 11, 2014, 06:54:30 PM
Is the second from the top left DOA or noisy?  -- D

Mistake on my part, the DOA engine is not in the picture.  I took some pictures, moved things and took more pictures.  Didn't match my notes with the right pics. 

Second from top left is the one (Mantua) that has the stalling issue going forward.  Seems to run just fine in reverse.