London Underground model railway 21 - lighting, conductor rails, soldering & more! 

Plenty busy...nice progress...the crispy chicken diner is making me hungry

The depot lights look very good. You are a braver man than me in cutting a piece off of a building, but it turned out ok and as you said the back will make a big difference. Martin. (Thailand)

very nice Eric you made fitting the power rails look easy

Just great mate looking fantastic

Hi. Really atmospheric with those lights on, you did a great job. I'm new to your videos but I will have to go through all your older videos to see what setup you have there, I've seen glimpses of it, so quite excited to see it all up and running. Keep safe and well. Jim from Dartford.

Super update Eric. The lights make the depot area look very authentic! I hadnt realised that the pots were placed on alternate sleepers!…cheers for the tip…before I start my layout.

Very nice indeed

Also very well done hope you are having fun

Great video Eric the sidings lights looks brilliant once the shed has lights it will look fantastic 😊

The shed scene is looking super nice, especially with the night time lighting. The 3rd & 4th rails were definitely worth all the effort and add a very realistic touch. Shanks a lot for sharing!

My goodness well done

The light looks great. Makes it look lifelike. What a great job.

Brilliant progress Eric, I see you have a John Bambrook wagon there that was my grandads brother.

Great update as per Eric! You thought of maybe using a grounded box van instead of the metal shed if ur still not happy with it? Would go with the "heritage" theme of it

Well done Eric, those two extra electrified rails you so expertly fitted are an amazing enhancement to your railroad and must be very satisfying to see the end result.

As to insulating fishplates for Bullhead track, two suggestions. First of all, for automation purposes, you only need to insulate *one* side of the rail (the side that you connect through the occupancy sensor). The other side can remain uninsulated. Secondly, although Peco recommend using N gauge insulated rail joiners, it is better to use C&L Finescale plastic fishplates: they look better and work more effectively. Superglue them on for best effect. If fitting at the time of track laying, use the type with two fish plates and a plastic piece in the middle connecting them; if retrofitting them, use the single sided type.

Thanks Eric, just found your brilliant channel (it’s a bit underground 😊) I’ve just started laying my first tracks since I left home in 1987, a long, long wait and now I’m in Thailand so still tricky. Thanks for all the tips and inspiration. I’ll maybe share mine when there’s something to see! Subbed. 👍

Great work Eric. The third & forth rail really make a difference & are a reward to the time taken in installing this. It also makes the layout easily identifiable as LUL.

Good work! I was pleasantly surprised to see your bus lines, I also use the same system and find it to be very reliable

The lighting looks good, right colour too...Well Done

Top job again Eric looks like the real thing cheers Al

All looking good, love the yard lights .

Love the lights Eric... and the building fits in well...

Love lights on layouts, really brings them to life!

Looking good. So much effort going into it, well impressive.

Lights look excellent, great update 👍🏻

Very well done Eric. Looks a treat now. Very enjoyable as always.

Just echoing the other comments, Eric, but it's a great video. Thanks again for your hard work.

Hi Eric, always enjoyable to see the railway develop, this time it’s come leaps and bounds. The lights have truely added to that section. The addition of the third and forth rails, so precise and again have added to that section. How are you gonna keep the detail level even across all the boards? Wow the detail levels appear to be getting higher and higher. So what did you decide on the line side shed? Always an inspirational 30-40mins. All best Marc from Leighton Buzzard

Starting to come together. Always wondered how you did your middle track etc, so thanks

The extra rails look great. I've been wondering about those.

It is your layout so do as you want; however if the corrugated side bothers you then use brick paper to cover it up.

@UndergroundEric - I have always known them as wing nuts!

Hi Eric well another great video, luv your installation of 3rd & 4th rails you did it so well, if you looking for holiday downunder i have plenty 3rd & 4th rail waiting to go in, lights look great, nice colour too, why did you put the barrow xing there, or are you putting a bit of pathway in along the siding, look forward to next one 👍😎

Nice job with yard especiually the lighting, just need to add an o/s front lights to shed and internally, are you going to light the office building as well ? Great content as always tx Mark

Very useful tip re: the conductor rail drilling. Can you let us know the specific drill size that you used?

have a small shed like your one in O gauge using them on the outside test track. The class 13 looks great but a bit out of context for your layout unless you build a hump yard. Lighting looks great.

Im guessing you have a bits and bobs draw, when you chop up the buildings do you keep the other section in case it comes in handy in the future

Hallo Eric Ein Gruß aus Deutschland, tolles Layout was Du dort baust.Ich habe eine Frage,was für Gleise hast Du verbaut?Die sehen sehr filigran aus,toll. Gruß Filippo

34:03 Are you lighting inside the shed? The rest of the area looks amazing.

You cut those spare rails into scale 30fts or 45ft rails and place them in the 4fts for rail defect prep sites?

Eric, I noticed that you are drilling the pots well into the sleeper which suspect prevents fouling by rolling stock. What size drill did you use?

Also - what colour did you choose for the conductor rail weathering?

Yes I’m here early!!

At about 20.20

Eric how do you get the 3rd rail for 00 guage I need some for my 00 guage code 75 layout I'm trying to build

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