Join us as we negotiate our way through the extensive layers of train storage know as Hades. To help guide through, here’s a link to view or download the track plan in PDF form.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U8M9boi292VJtEzB3GqnHZp9Lg0xk3Fk/view?usp=sharing
We filmed it using a Hawkeye Firefly Q6 4K HD FPV Aerial Camcorder held on with Blutak on a 1-plank wagon.
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Very nice! Just spotted Charlie too.
It did kindof look the same wherever you was….would love to see some end to end scenic trips
This is a truly amazing layout. Thanks for sharing. 👍
That's enormous.
This is Magic 🎩 love it
That was a fantastic run. Mind you, I do own a lot of London Underground cab-ride DVDs…
Been watching since the beginning. Much progress and fascinating to see it in action! Thank you so much for this preview. I could watch it all day.
Finally! Now it starts to make sense. Hades can supply and receive all the trains from each city on the layout. Outstanding work team McKinley, cant wait to see some of the scenic sections operating now.
Wow! That was quite a run. Great to see all the track working and nearly complete. Looking forward to more running as you complete rest of build. Hugh
"I had NO IDEA"…. I have been subscribed to your channel for a number of months now, but had no idea how mammoth McKinley actually is. Oh my goodness… what an accomplishment. [And I even got to see Charlie 🙂 ]
YOU TWO LOOK LIKE STATLER AND WALDORF SAT THERE. AFTER ALL THAT ALL WE SAW WAS NOTHING. NOTHING OF THE MAIN LAYOUT TOPSIDE. JUST HADES AND SIDINGS… ANYONE BORED AFTER 5 MINS
Thanks, that was a fun little tour.
For the from Halifax "on going track";
there seems to be space under Halifax above of level C
-> two separate lifts (could be called "Persephone") down,
over headshunts into sidings at level D
or rather down to level C directly into Hades,
maybe? 🤔
Glad to see Charlie visiting. Looks like he was as amazed as I am (or shall I say we are all).
Mind blowing! The work you and your team have put in , the vast amount hardly ever seen! The volume of track, wiring and switches is incredible! All this and not a single track side figure to be seen!
Brilliant well done Sirs!
PS .Nice to see Charlie Chadders helping out on the day.
Loved seeing Hades in its entirety. Could watch this all day! I do hope there will be more like this in the future. The explanations behind McKinley are great but the only way to really understand the size of this project is seeing it in action. Looking forward to seeing more! Keep up the good work and take care!
Alan
Spotted a few derailments on Level A around 19 mins in. Do I win a prize?
Hi there what a fantastic trip, I do enjoy it on the footplate can we have some more scenic trips please
Hi I forgot to ask about the video train can you please give us some photos and specs
An excellent drivers eye view of your amazing layout, who is going to do the track ballasting for you, I hear Charlie Bishop is very good.
That was absolutely amazing 🤩 It’s a credit to all the time team who have spent hours building what must be the most complicated British outline model railway 👍🏻 The wiring is amazing and how tidy it is to 😄 What’s next some buildings and scenery 🤔
At approx 7:52 there’s a spur going off to the right but with no track
What’s that for ?
As per norm, yet more insight into this wonderful project. Think I might drop my local vicar a note and let him know I have found a new resting place…..and me being the Grandson of a Welsh Minister too 😂😂😂😂
Cheers, Bob
Wow, awesome, incredible! What a huge achievement already.
1. is there an estimated finishing the track date?
2. a completion date for landscaping it all?
3. a populating the track date?
4. A completion date for the time-machine concept?
I realise these are all a bit arbitrary, and of course no layout is ever truly complete, but…
A cheeky 5. have you completely rewritten the "Are You Being Served" theme tune?
Loved it!
Wow wow wow amazing.thanks for the track plans . Been following for ages,helps to make sense of it all …….I think🤯
Cheers Glen
Thought I was in a concrete car park, what a waste of money and timber, not a fan
Hey there's Charlie from Chadwick, enjoy his videos. This project is obviously on a large scale and a mammoth undertaking, I was surprised to see an unused wall socket in the shot. But I can't say I enjoyed the ride. I much prefer quality over quantity. I guess you have to be into helix and protruding tortoise motors – not my bag. Good work tho, great to see enthusiastic enthusiasts!
Wow… I knew McKinley was a large layout build, but not until watching this journey twice that I have taken it all in. All the wiring, point motors, wood, metal, plastic, links, etc with the points and track (have fun ballasting that lot, LOL) is astonishing. Eight plus miles which would only get me from Belfast to Troopers Lane over here. An amazing drive around the whole lot and next time how about an in-Cab Driver's Eye View Photoshopped Graphic Overlay from a Class 37 or 68 or Blue Pullman. Mr Bishop, please return to Chadwick as the 21:12 via the kitchen to wash the dishes before Mrs Bishop gets home needs to be done, LOL. Once again thank you guys for the fascinating train journey around McKinley.
i thought you were brothers
Wow that's a lot off track work. So amazing to see it running. Be nice to see the train run out and a the layout. Thanks for sharing dave and team nice one.
Loved the different comments on the different level tags going down the Helix " Level 3 hot air balloons going up" – 🙂
wow lot of track
who does clean of all tracks and who one main all smooth running and fix track repairs?
Amazing design and hard work….
What vehicle was used for the filming
Not big enough for a container depot?
You still need to solder some wires sticking out baseboard, at about 2 meters into run besides the wall.
I lost count of how many points we went over… let alone all the other pointwork that's visible in passing – how do you make sure they're all set correctly??? I'm just working ("working") on a computer system which will work by route; so as a train approaches a set of points/signals, the computer knows where the train is due to go & will set the points ahead of it accordingly… v. early days yet, though. Probably re-inventing the wheel TBH, but that's how I like it 😀
You have put a lot of work into this. Great video. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
You 2 were like a couple of giddy school boys 😁 keep up the great work David
Thanks for the tour! Crazy but amazing project … nice and reliable though! One good fun project for someone … to use a mini disc to cut/score the top of the rail head into ‘60ft’s’ to create the clickety-clack sound effects of each joint! 🤣😜 Joking aside … very impressive cable management. I used the Lego Technic blocks with the holes in to glue to the underside of the baseboards to allow the wiring to be threaded through … keep up the good work! The trackside signs and schematic really helped … very impressive! 👍
Phew. Well, that's a loco that needs a rest now. Two entire circuits and no derailments? Bit of good tracklaying that.
Thanks for the insight into the sheer scale of Hades. Great to watch.
Great ride. Remarkably smooth (with the possible exception of the junction you don't like at the back of Sheffield). I'm surprised to see a set of sidings where you expect manual intervention to get the engine to the right end of the train. With the level of automation that you are building that surprises me. Great filming and editing by Charlie of course.
Wow that is extraordinary I wouldn’t know how to start.
Far too complicated for my liking!