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So quiet and smooth compared to my civic.

Looking good.

Lookin Sharp Buddy .... Great Job 👍

The ditch lights are sweet......so cool on an E unit....there MUST be a way to get the headlight to oscillate tho.....need that.

I love your layout and enjoy watching your videos and inspire me with others to build my layout. I’m waiting until I move in a couple months before I can start it. So I’m just building kits and modifying vehicles.

Lombard Hobbies FTW! I feel you on the agonizing wait for a top tier manufacturer to come out with the Budds/Sharyo's......AND AN E9! I've spent years collecting some 3 Brothers kits.......but this is the real deal. I saw the brass offering at Elmhurst model rr club some years back.....but that was already years out of production and that wasnt anything an average railroader could afford anyway. This finally fills the bill for those of us that want to model HO scale commuter operations......me, i'm a BN fan so i'm working on modeling the racetrack. Great video.

Glad i found your channel....this is the first i'm hearing of the Atlas coaches having issues.....up till now i was kinda leaning towards the Rapido coaches cuz the detail looked way better, after this i think i'll just go Rapido......makes more sense for me bcuz i want to model late 80's early 90's pre merger BN commuter operations anyway and the Rapido cars are the Budd style and i want to Pull them with E units in BN livery. I'm sure i'll end up with both style Coaches and mix in some more modern motive power like so F40PH's, much like you've done....Love the layout....great channel here....i subbed...

So were you able to fix the problems on the other cars yet?

I'm going to be doing a segment of the BNSF's Racetrack with my equipment. I'm just waiting for the Rapido Wenabego (F40-PH-2M) to drop.

Nice car. I had a 72 triple white for 20 years. May get another. Take care of that rust. Nice work on the suspension. Put on a nice dual exhaust. Good advice on the Dove heads. I think that vinyl top can be saved - had mine folded back carefully to fix the rust. Wheels make the car - but not too big - nothing over 18 inch. Thanks for putting love into a great car.

Lol, you know how we do!

Love that ride.😊

Put her on the lift and check all Break lines when dry..I replaced all of mine last year usually the rear lines go bad first good luck with the resto!! ❤

Have you checked f the wheels? Also look at the trucks and see if any body details are preventing them from swinging freely. As you already said, the cars may need weight added. Physics doesn't really allow for good push action on a model railroad - there's not enough weight and for it to work reliably, the cars would have to be too heavy for most locomotives to manage. Last thing - make sure the couplers aren't binding in the curves.

I was thinking maybe it's that section of track or maybe if there was a way to make the car a bit heavier so it will stay on the curves. That's gotta su seeing how expensive the care were.

If it's always the same truck derailing, try loosening the screw that it swivels on. It may be lifting up slightly when it goes over certain spots, and if the truck screw is too tight, it can't adjust to the track.

I had that same problem with derailment on 33" and 35" curves when I purchased these Atlas cars straight out of the box and they cost me $350 which is a bit more expensive then the Rapido Bud car set which ran beautifully in the videoI made over a week ago. I got fed up and exchanged them for Rapido Bud cars. For $350 to have endless derailments and no directional light then I'll just stick with the Rapido cars from now on.

I don't have trains, but I watch SMT on utube , and RPB . I saw once a problem with derailing, the couplersin between the cars needed to be changed, they were sticking on turns.

I had the same issue between the car lifting off the track while turning or derailing. I had to loosen one of the trucks leaving the other tight. Even stopped using the MP36 cause I thought it was too light. Seriously my MP36 acted real funky trying to pull those atlas cars. F59PH handles much better with less derailments no stalling like the MP36.

I have the same problem with the same cars on super-elevated curves. I noticed the axles occasionally lift off the track, causing the car to derail on those curves. On straight track the cars run fine. I rarely have that issue with the Rapido Budd Metra cars. And no, I cannot run the Budd and Atlas cars together; they derail.

That Larry June is the perfect soundtrack for this ride, too!

My mom got one of these when I was a kid with a phone built in. I loved that car! My dad bought it off some outfit guy in Chicago.

Very cool. Love that gyro light.

These cars were originally built for the CB&Q, the Burlington.

I ended up getting 16 of the Rapido cars. I sold 8 Overland Models Burlington Budd cars to fund them, and I definitely made the correct choice! These Rapido cars are probably the most beautiful passenger cars I've ever owned, and some of the most detailed.

Did you check my review of these cars? I'm about to model your city's terminal soon!

Bro, i am emulating your layout, may i ask where you ordered the blue bus docking station thats sitting in front of the projects, and also where you ordered projects? I grew up as a kid in the projects in the 70s

Some great looking cars. Very detailed review. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome layout been thinking about joining the hobby for a while I think you just convinced me

Great review and comparison, guess I have to go back to Lombard Hobbies for the Rapido cars to add to my layout. I have Atlas , Kado and even Walthers Metra cars..but you left them out lol

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Sounds Awesome! Do you have Matt's contact information or a link to the sound file?

Sexy.

Looks like a layout that will keep you busy! Nice

' Really cool man!! It runs so smoothly with the new commuter cars. I hope we can get an engineer's view of the trip in a future video.

Check the fuses for the rear defogger.

You got the 2inch !! Nice 🙂👍👍👍

You need a 74 to compare the rear end

Very nice! But why drive it in the rain? Should be home safe in the garage. Thanks for sharing.

nice layout. and trains.

Thumbs up! 🚄

NNNIIIICCCEE! I can't wait for the Cab ride through the layout.

👍🏿👍🏿

Very nice! Mark IV is my favorite car of all time.

Nice layout, Yeah some tanks would give more traffic and diversity in rolling stock. Your industries are GREAT!. Nice trucks and cars too!. Good work

That's great! Nice RTA Bi-Levels in the background! Does Matt do any work for others?

Good video all said and done how much did you pay for your cab coach car and how much for the decoder unfortunately I wasn't able to buy one I was way too late finding out they were for sale

Best thing about it being your layout, you can do what ever you want. For the soda off load, maybe a tank or 2 behind the building, between the track and the truck loading dock.

Great job, I picked up Walthers mainline pack of 30 seated passengers for my car

As far as programming, you might need a booster. I had the same problem with all my locos with ESU decoders. I bought the tsunami programming track power booster and problem solved. It's only $50.