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When Railroading Was Fun

Great video like it alot ,some where on TH-cam there's another of that rotary or one like it. Going through some pretty deep stuff I think even some filled in cuts . I got cold myself when you reacted to getting nailed at the crossing. One other thing excellent choice in music selection.

Thats what happened to my 1.5 inch scale box cab electric. I used a self etching primer, but cheap spray paint cans. By the end of the Chula Vista Live Steamers fall meet it looked like it had the plague, bare metal, exposed primer, and bubbling paint. I didn't want to be seen with it. Can't wait to see the finished paint.

I am new to your channel. Are the cab ride videos you as the engineer

For fluting why not a rotor tool and guide to dig in wood perfect curvatures lines. What some poor railroads did to modernize heavyweights cars in modern stainless, was a genious work of paint crews. They did fauxfinish paint as to imite the shiny part below the shaded part. It was a rather well convincing imitations at least in photo.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your locomotive.

Never see these cars, and i´m on CN main ! Cool project. Now how many beer, juice, soda or whatever cans, that sound system can keep cold in a hot summer running day ? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

You did the good route. Thanks for whom warned you. Far better now than when complete and running. Disassembling it completely..... Had to strip paint on real RDC ! Won´t tell you how long i bake in the sun smelling that sweet sugar like perfume of paint remover. The liquid form being faster than gel type. It works slowly but it works....until you hit lead paint...sort of gooui muddy jelly substance. Let me tell you, lead paint stuck to stainless for real. May be toxic, but what a grab it has. Really tough stuff to remove ! Sand was a big no no. Heard that corn is less agressive. Hate sand. It do the job, but forget smooth finish. Billions of tiny holes to grab paint...and eventually rust too. Then good luck to get rid off. So your body is all scratchbuilt ? Congrats my friend it looks like a commercial body. I would like a metal body for an RS3. But how to bend metal on hoods corner ends, on 3 faces....and four corners. May be 3 sheets slightly bent where they approach to meet and finish with a piece of ball of perfect size and curvature radius, then weld everything without thermal deformation. What a nigthmare job !!!... or fiberglass. Far easier. That´s why it took you 5 years. Imagine a steamer and with real hot pressure steam as a bonus ! Good show it worth the wait😊😊😊

Eric! Back from your extended vacation(!). Great to see you.

I wiped my four engines down with lacquer thinner and that cleaned the surface very well. good oil primer was next. Good job bro.

You really should get an agent for voice over work like for radio, then you would have all your time for your trains.

If i ever get to being able to afford that large scale modeling, I gonna do a GTW SD-38.

That was a bummer Eric, but in the end you'll have a sweet paint job, plus if you do decide to one day build the B unit you'll have a heads up on the next build!! Is the Warbonnet going to be a decal or can you get templets for paint???

Good for you to take the time to do things right, it can be a hard bullet to swallow for long term ease of mind, but it is well worth the trouble. I've been down that road several times, and was worth the time to do things right after the learning curve. Look forward to seeing your next video, was getting worried! Take care buddy!

Awesome video!

So glad you’re back! Happy New Years to you, can’t wait to see more progress on the GP60M!

Nice work. 🙂

Lmao. Not the Beetlejuice! Rollin! 😅

Awesome job!! 👏

Awwwwwoeww, glad to see you back My friend, I'll be doing the same kind of thing with my van converting it to look like a GE C40 - 8W locomotive😅🎉😏😏🚆💚

Cool! I wish I could make something like that!

Hilary Clinton lol

You are so good at your craft!! ❤

I have a hobby town 200ft from my Apt!! ;)

Your GP60M is sweet! I have a soft spot in my heart for GP60Ms. I've got a couple of factory painted "Warbonnet" Overland HO brass GP60Ms. Your GP60M @ 300 POUNDS -- wow! My 1/8th scale SW-9 doesn't weight much more than that! Will this be a 24 volt system? Again... VERY NICE!

쪽문옆에 서울발 여수엑스포행 무궁화호 1517호 탈선사고로 사고현장에서 과다출혈로 안타깝게 숨진 양모 기관사님이 순천역에서 탑승했다.

제한속도를 위반한 정기관사 정씨에게 금고형이 선고되었다.

As a train driver myself. I appreciate these glimpses back to when railroading was fun

This rotary was former CB&Q rotary 205099. It was converted to diesel operation from steam in the 1950''s. It underwent a complete rebuild in 2011 following severe damage to the rotary wheel.

I love in Seward and of course model BNSF H.O. scale I have rotary 972559 w/ the F unit but think I will model a GP38 an ES44s to be as close to prototypical as possible

Where are you, Eric?

I'm a real fan of the Goat - Great Northern. And of course now Orange-Black and Gold are my favorite colors. I appreciate this video and that you involved your children. This is awesome. Thank you.

❤ love these kinds of videos few far between

Conductor for NS here. I’m off medical leave right now but I’m looking forward to getting back out there. Love seeing these old videos. It’s a damn shame to see how corporate these railroads have become.

Ive always liked trains..hoped on a dew ling ago .rode in and engine once too..honest to God..diwn south me and an okder guy who knew the railroad system essentially we eere hobos i guess ..lol..im so much into railroads that i currently live right next to a tlrestle gridge over a river next to me

Amazing looking GP60M! What a beauty!

Eric, she’s a beauty, and man, doesn’t it feel good to see her on live rail! Primer improves things wonderfully.

Eric, I’ve missed your progress over a few months. Looks like things have come along. I’ve just finished my 1.5” ALCO FA1 Diesel.

Great cab ride Cute conductor in the beginning Cool power also

Man! I love GP60Ms! And your shirt is super cool!

Can You Say AUTUMN wuh? That's How You Really Are Supposed To Say It. (Ottumwa)

Is That An 85 MPH Speedometer?? WTF? Just Like In My 1979 MONZA, 1982 CORVETTE AND 1980 1981 TURBO TRANS AM 301! I Know These Guys Can Go A Helluva Lot Faster Than 85 MPH!!

I, too, enjoy your philosophy toward your modeling and how you choose which era to depict. It's the same as my old modeling approaches and my current photography work: Please yourself first, of course. Remember the old MR articles that were entitled something along the lines of "It Ain't Prototypical" or something? (Seems like they were always printed at the back of the magazine but maybe it was in RMC?) I used to research some modeling projects sooooo much that they simply ground to a halt (they never got finished, in fact), so that's when things changed to "good enough". :) I'm chuckling at your comment replies... Well put... 'Nuff said lol Thanks for the chuckles today! :)

I've been binging a few vids today before I go shoot images of a friend's bike later this afternoon... I've just been skipping about through your different topics, both new and old, and this one certainly caught my eye. I never got to ride any Santa Fe pre-Amtrak trains but still have fond memories of two trips on Southern's "Crescent" between Atlanta and New Orleans immediately prior to Amtrak (it kills me that I had one of the ticket stubs in some stored items until the late 2000's that is now lost forever). There was still china and linen in the dining car and, as kids, riding in a dome car was every so cool. Soooo, these old stainless-steel, fluted-side cars bring back some fond memories. This is a very new-to-me modeling size for I've never tackled anything in such a large scale. Great ideas and well-executed! Ok, I've just enough time to watch part 2 before I have to get my posterior in gear lol... Thanks for sharing! :)

Funny how these go hand in hand, eh? I was always fascinated by aviation as a kid and built more than a few models, then began flight simming around 2000. When I began working a civilian transportation contract (nearly ten years) at Ft. Campbell, I got the best of the flightline, Army railroading, truck driving and heavy equipment operation (we had a container repair yard with usually a few hundred cans at any given time). I began doing aerial photography with a coworker that had his private license, then began working on my own license as well as my BS in Professional Aviation at Embry-Riddle's satellite campus there on post. Both the license and the degree were cut short after about 2.5 years thanks to sweeping permanent layoffs on military bases but at least I got some time in the air. I had already soloed and occasionally think about starting over again up here but most funds go into pro photography gear now, part of my retirement exit strategy if I make it that far lol... :)

Enjoyed this one, for it's all territory I've driven so many times in the past in the big trucks, either hauling rgn's or windmill blades up until about two years ago (O'Neil was a TP&L yard I used to frequent, for example). First trip to NE must've been for the first company I drove for back in '93 or '94, when I filled in on a dedicated run from West Burlington to Lincoln then to Alliance and back again with a BN rail trailer hauling traction motors and parts from each of the shops. Loved seeing the old Espee units (second favorite fallen flag) and that old SD40-2 bluebonnett, too. There's an old bluebonnett and a warbonnett both operating local service up here in Williston, not to mention one Cascade green unit, too. Amazing how long some of the old paint has survived, eh?

I finally made it back to see the progress while eating some breakfast this morning... Very, very cool! I was grinning while watching it going over the various track configurations. That's a lot of scratchbuilding and it wouldn't be hard to get overwhelmed with a project like that. Could be worse, though, for it's not a steamer! :))) Good stuff here... Never having dealt with removing paint from the material used for printing parts, I haven't any earth-shattering suggestions... I only recall using brake fluid on old HO plastic shells for kitbashing projects back in the day but haven't any idea how solid the 3D materials are these days. It woooould be better to have all one compatible primer beneath your paint job, though. After reading the comments below about voiceover work, I had to chuckle, for I had similar thoughts, as well. I worked in radio stations '83-'93, began driving trucks to escape the starvation diet (eating is a GOOD thing! lol), then tried to escape trucks again 2001-2002 for two years almost to the day at a classic rock station. You could do voiceover or talk easily... I doubt any dispatcher has you repeat anything! lol :) Thanks for the update! I'm off to go see if I can find anything to shoot out on the Glasgow sub up here along the Hi-Line since it will soon be winter up in these parts again.

The front entrance door is between the 2 front sand boxes. The back sand boxes beside the Engines tend to work better. The sand is dry and warmm so hear the front ssnd too.

Do they Fellow the NORAC RULES as far using Form D's?