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Six guys talking about trains, how about more building with easy ways to achieve realistic outcomes

The May, 2003, Model Railroader had an article as a railroad you could model and had the line from Pittsfield to Canaan to include the Conrail loop and interchange in Pittsfield

Mike, I had the exact same thing, I never really got sick per se, throat felt tight and got exhausted to the point I just slept for like two days and then all of a sudden, felt good. Glad to hear you are feeling better.

The one time I miss the podcast you say something about Steel... Darn it.

I guess Mike is no longer doing the Shortline of the Show nor the Locomotive of the Show anymore.

I was really glad to find Mr. Tully's site and have made two orders with him for parts to 'upgrade' my Walthers blast furnace. The added details really make the scene come alive and the perfectly detailed 3D parts are a joy to behold and add tons of interest to the basic Walthers kit. Great details and keep up the good work! (Not Sponsored 🙂)

I use Wago connectors super glued to the sides of my Tortoise motors. Solder leads from the motor board insert into the Wagos. Now connect, disconnect and reconnect multiple feeds to the Wago all day long with no problem.

The title is miss leading. It mentions taking pictures of your MR. And then, all I see is photos of the proto. So I am disappointed.

I found out about WAGO back in 2018. Those older style ones. But they are great. Now if there was a way to connect a feeder to the rail? LOL

This is the country I grew up in - love to see it.

If you need to figure out exact measurements, including any angles, use SketchUp. Draw it first and then get exact measurements off your drawing. Same as with 1:1 construction. Once you have a drawing, even a basic one, the material cutting becomes dead easy.

Fantastic episode! Mike Rose is a master at scratchbuilding! I absolutely love the 7 1/2 foot industry! I want one for my layout... the trouble - where the heck would I fit something that big!?! Cheers guys! - Brian

I remember last night seeing that this was coming on soon, in a half hour, but I didn't have it in me to stay up. I wasn't feeling great, had a sore throat and super tired.

Placed my order

The story of this project blew me away. To catch a window of time in small town life and record it through a model to N scale is just amazing. Some one needs to make a movie of this….. Ron Howard/Tom Hanks….. The person who dreamed and funded it, the guys who built it, and tie it up with the people that lived there. A fleeting moment 1949. Second Section, well done guys.

Around 1985 while traveling with AT&T on business, I changed my Friday evening flight home from Cincinnati to the next Saturday evening from Dayton. I drove my company rental car to Dayton and spent the night parked and slept in the car somewhere in the neighborhood of the Allen McClelland home. The next day I joined other model railroaders in a fun morning in the basement, rubbing shoulders with Allen and watching track side of the V&O.

Just getting started in the hobby and having fun learning. I’ve been enjoying the audio version of the podcast while working on a project. Looking forward to watching this and your other videos.

Regarding the leased power question. If you read the articles and watch the videos Allan was always talking about being short on power as the reason why the seaboard coast lines power showed up. I had the pleasure of meeting and operating with Allan on Gerry Albers layout. Spent many hours just talking to Allan instead of operating the trains. Good show guys.

The state of economics will determine the survivability of this hobby in the next couple of years, IMO.

I am just starting to listen to this episode. Very interesting. I would love to be a part of this if you ever revisit this topic.

Hey Brad, I am sorry for the passing of your father. I often remember all the fun times we had. Best times of my life.

I was fortunate enough to meet Allen years ago at a home layout tour at my Buffalo line back in 1993. I also visited his original V&O twice and his later version once. The series of articles in RMC back in 1977 made a lasting impression on my ideas in Model Railroading. In my latest and last era change on my Buffalo line I have included some V&O equipment and interchange through a Hagerstown and Connellsville Pa interchange. Keeps my mind active and a 32 year old layout fresh.

Yeah the question about rivit counting or perfection goes way back. But modeling is an art. Like a painting. But 3 dimensional. So creating from earth to sky scenes is truly a challenge.

A little annoyed with the same S scale sermon from Mike

I order that $300 locomotive a year out and then save the money while I’m waiting 😀

I know a younger guy who just dropped $60k on a car. Everything has gotten more expensive.

Twenty minutes in and I haven’t heard the thing that restrained me the most: time. I work full time. I’m involved with Free-mo. I have a layout. It’s not a huge layout. But most of the modelers I talk to are always complaining that they don’t have enough TIME.

You know, Lionel Strang says Model Railroading is about to "esplode" and we'll all be covered in model railroad goo. Now...I don't know about the goo, but it does seem like it's fine and not in trouble. One of the nice things is that there are more tools to be able to do what you want. The internet, youtube, and the ability for people to document and recreate what they want. Heck, I scratch built a train station that's in France in N scale, something I've never seen in person, by using google maps/street view and TH-cam video info.

I was late to catching the show so I listened to the first 20 - or so minutes the following day to get the full discussion. Mike presented some valid observations/ opinions and Bernard brought to the of the discussion some extremely well founded points and counterpoints; a manufacturer is going to be more conservative in his calculated risks (based empirical evidence), as an example. -------------------- One of your MANY shows which should be consumed with fevered interest.

I always love listening to Bernard. I will say my take of the hobby and its direction changed when I went from being just a modeler to a retail store owner. I agree with Boomer...the hobby has changed and is bigger than ever, at least from what I see however people have downsized. In Vegas we sell a ton of N Scale and HO Scale but only sell the larger sizes from Oct to Dec when people set things up around their Christmas tree. I see many have no issue with pricing as long as you are comparable to online pricing, availability is the issue. When customers have to pre order and wait a year for the product they tend not to order. The other trend I have seen over the years is manufactures wanting to sell online and bypass the hobby shop. New people entering the hobby have no idea where to start and come in to learn and be guided. 3D Printing is great, but new people bringing their 3 year old in for a train aren’t going to buy a 3D Printer and build their empire as they have no clue where to start. And those that print or even manufacture trains aren't going to field calls for hours from new people who have 1000 plus questions about what track, manufacture or scale they should model before even purchasing. In the years to come they will become more involved in the hobby and maybe even embrace doing their own 3D prints. Also, many want instant gratification in the hobby. New hobbyist want buildings already built, gone are the days of scratch building. Woodland Scenics built and ready have a gold mine if they only produced more new items. I think that is one of the reasons why Menard’s has taken off. It might not be perfect to scale but it adds details and lights quickly to your layout. Having my store has changed the way I view this hobby, for the good! It reminds me why I got into this hobby and why we must always embrace and encourage all those new to the hobby, regardless of their age or skill level. Although many of us try to build that one scene that wows people, the majority of people just want to see a train run even if it is around an oval. Great show guys. I loved hearing everyone’s take including watching the comments. Keep up the great work.

Andy.. I was watching the replay at 4 am,, you came on and I just have to mention,, sit back from the mike or turn it down, you have a deep loud voice that the wife did not like waking up too.. other than that, great chat and podcast. sat threw the whole dam thing.. lol

To have a layout at home, you must first have a place to stay. Not a tent or a cardboard box. And good or very good income to pay your rent or mortgage, and be abble to eat sometimes. Then you can put 80 $ in a single "plastic" boxcar ! The same logic applys also in many other hobbies, sports etc... Maslow pyramid first.

Excellent

Excilent show again

What a great area to model. That area of VT is beautiful. Well done fitting a very nice plan in this space. Looks great.

Great pictures and interview. Really enjoyed listening to the operation discussion mixed with history of the project. A layout that really captured that time on the conrail system. Well done.

Mike and Ray are spot on when it comes to the glass. Your camera doesn’t matter anywhere near as much as the lens. I have a T6i. But it has a canon 24-105L on it most of the time.

Great Episode and really nice photography. Love the fall shot of the P&W 4004.

That CSX shot looks like a spot across from Steel Hands brewery in Cayce SC just out of Columbia

Second Section and Around the Layout....Thank You! For being there.

do we get a tour of your layout behind you that thing looks amazing

Hah! There’s a point where somebody says, “if you’ve got a smaller space like I do,” and his space is like 14’x20’. Man, I’ve got a spare bedroom in a 1008 square foot house that I’m not even in yet.

What about droppers?

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Great podcast, gentlemen. I’m relatively new to model railroading and have enjoyed going through your back catalog of shows. I have some table top wargaming in my past and agree that there are a number of techniques and materials that crossover between the two hobbies. Looking forward to your next show, keep up the great work!

During the video somebody asked the dimensions of the Monon N scale layout photo. One of the things that I think would help with photos of a layout is to show what the whole of the layout looks like. Showing the Monon or the Miami photos, I’d like to see more about how the scenes fit into the layout. Boomer’s videos are GREAT for this because you can see how he photographs his scenes and how they’re fit into the layout as a whole. The palm trees with the small ditch or canal between two tracks where there’s a boxcar across the water and a covered hopper hiding behind some bushes? How does that look when you back up, how does it fit into the layout?

Very interesting and informative. I'm looking to use these on my own layout, though as the track I'm using uses white and blue feeder wires, I was wondering if I could put the white wire in one port of a WAGO connector and the blue wire in another port.