An early inspection motor vehicle - engineers would literally drive along the line looking for faults and carried tools and crews to do not so major repairs. They would also serve crews far out on the line by collecting things they needed from the workshops and bringing them to the remote site. That is actually a beautiful model.
Definitely would be considered a period piece of equipment if you look at pictures of post WW2 most vehicles would be converted cars up to the mid 50's. Great find
They still are...most are F250 trucks now. The Tenn Valley RR long run Summerville steam passenger train a week back was being followed by a rail inspection car. All three historic railroads around me have inspection cars running the tracks regularly
This is the first time seeing something like this from a manufacture other than Bachmann. Just like others posted; it was most likely a custom inspection vehicle styled after an early automobile. This is the reason that you won't find too much online about it. Most railroads purchased a standard vehicle and then they modified to their custom use. The best way to research it would be to look at automobiles from the 1910s to the 1930s to see if the body matches something.
My father owns a '31 Model A and belonged to a Model A club when I was young, so I've seen plenty of classic cars. Not very expert, but from the look, I'd place it in the early to mid '20s. Excellent search boundaries there, well done.
In Fairhope Alabama (a turn of the century Single Tax socialism experiment) the "People's RR" was pulled by a converted automobile. The last one I saw in photos was a 1930 era Ford Model A and it was pulling locally built light flatcars and a passenger carriage car. They built highways to the town in the very late 30s...so the People's RR was discontinued before they ever bought a proper locomotive.
It's probably not a specific prototype but it was fairly common for railroads to purchase a regular road vehicle and put rail wheels on it though the service that one is intended for would have more than likely been a truck rather than a touring car with a trailer.
The little part at the back was used to store different types of fixing equipment. Although honestly in real life on cp rail they used gasoline powered pump carts and normal pump carts.
I have a photo hanging on my wall of something just like this. It’s a 1930s automobile painted in Missouri Pacific colors on the rails with flanged wheels. The photo is an old black and white
I would consider this a fantasy piece because I never saw any images of the sort. It’s an awesome piece and I could see its existence in the real world. Great find! You deserve it Harrison!
I haven’t seen any pictures of one that looks like this but rail converted cars from the 20s and 30s absolutely do exist in a similar fashion. I’ve seen one in person myself. It didn’t have a trailer or extended wheelbase like this one. It was just a 1927 model T that had flanged wheels added and possibly some work to the axles.
What a nice model!!! I do have to say that I don’t see a lot of these little motorized inspection vehicles but I have to say that they look really nice and I hope to find one very soon!!!👍👍
An inspection car. Less prosperous roads converted a variety of vehicles, or cobbled together frankenvehicles to perform a variety of tasks. A famous one was the Galloping Geese, Casey Jones to name a few.
If you go back to the 2950's Ken Kidder, who was an early importer of Japanese brass models, included a 'rail motor' based on a 1910 Thomas Flyer touring car which was very similar to this. John Allen had one on the Gorre & Daphetid, and, here in Britain, P D Hancock also had one on the Craig & Mertonford. A lot of railroads had them - often variants on Model T Fords and other low priced cars; the 'Galloping Geese' of the RGS were a logical and very useful development of the idea. Nice model, too. Lucky fellow.
I love rail layouts that run something out of the ordinary. You'll make people smile with this one. I'd sooner carry out track inspections using that car, in real life, rather than those hand-pumped up-and-down trailers used by many countries. There was an N layout that was MASSIVE, on the exhibition circuit. It ran the longest freight trains I've ever seen, and I can't match them on my big T layout. But this N layout used to run a train in to a tunnel, and the kids used to dash to the other end to watch it come out. BUT, they switched the tracks and an electric MOUSE used to speed out of the tunnel and rush around the layout, making everyone smile and laugh. Every time someone tried to take a picture, the mouse would run for a tunnel and hide, poking its head out at a tunnel exit nowhere near the one it went into. I think they had an underground hidden route that enabled the mouse to go to any of the tunnels. There was one magazine photographer, who managed to set up 5 cameras, all triggered by movement, and he did become the first to ever picture it. Humour should always be encouraged. I am attempting a horse poking its head out of a stable, using a points/switch motor, but using a cam, rather than a gear. And my local model village, Beckonscot, the first and oldest model village in the world, uses cams a lot. A window cleaner whose ladder falls backwards, as the young lad, who is meant to hold it, bends over to kiss a young lady, and a woman who leans out of a window to talk to the postman. There is a fireman fighting a thatched roof fire, and smoke pours out of the big hole, a folk dance troupe who jiggle and wave their ribbons to the music. All activated by miniature cam motors. I am building a medieval church that will have stained windows, lighting and a small speaker inside, so I can play the bells ringing. Got to be different. I already have the only Class 17 Clayton in the world, made it myself, and the only convertible BMW, with driver and passengers, in the world. Using your mind should never be optional. I'm even building my own, scratch-built Jacobs Bogies for my French layout, featuring all the French trains on the market. And, I am also building a Dutch railway, with their beautiful trains. Good luck with your future plans.
Not as strange as one would think. These sort of cars were modded out to be used for rail inspections and repairs, paving the way (forgive my pun) for the Hi-Rail Truck. If you have ever been to the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington, they have a Ford Model T outfitted to run on 2ft rail.
This so cool ! I never saw an inspector motor vehicle rail car on the tracks before!! ❤❤❤ Great detailing color on the vehicle!! You get some of the coolest trains , Harrison! Keep up the great work 💯!!
Out in Colorado, the Rio Grande Southern had a fleet of rail vehicles dubbed 'The Galloping Geese's. Most have survived and reside at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden Colorado. There are a few others scattered about in California and in Southwest Colorado. One is a replIca of #1 which lives at Ridgway, Co. It is at a museum on that town that runs on a small bit of RGS ROW.
It was not at all uncommon to see a Buick running in the 1930s on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. They have several "Galloping Geese" on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum. They have been used by maintenance of way crews, but also to keep the mail contract fulfilled during the great depression (it was cheaper to stuff a Buick with a crapload of mail and a couple guys, than to run a fully staffed train with engineer, fireman, conductor, brakemen).
Been watching for a few months now, and slowly working my way through the play list. So weird seeing my home town Scranton sign on the layout. I can remember seeing this from my porch lit up at night. Man it takes me back to a time... 😅
It's not only strange but bizarre, odd, weird, peculiar, usual, outlandish, curious.....................................sorry, I'm reading my thesaurus. 🤣😂
This is a beautiful model. Others have said it, it's an inspection vehicle. While I can't speak for Canada, there are a few preserved here in the US. While this model is fairly new, there was a model of this being sold in 60s. Not sure who produced it.
I love it.. that is the sort of engine I am looking for for my layout.. I don't want to run all the same type of engines that there are a thousand of that everyone else has...
My late father mentioned a man he knew in the 1930s whose job was to drive a big Packard with instruments aboard inspecting the track from St. Louis to Chicago.
It kind of looks like a Mack railbus used by the Chestnut Ridge Railway in Pennsylvania. But one without a canopy. I think they used it as late as 1979. The Mack railbus was featured along with Chestnut Ridge and New Jersey Zinc Company Alco S2 diesels in a magazine article about the Chestnut Ridge Railway and New Jersey Zinc in Palmerton Pennsylvanian. The article appeared in the very first Railfan & Railroad magazine as a feature article called " Five Alco's and a Mack " in May 1979.
I wish I could add pics. If you go to the illinois railway museum anytime ever youre in the chicagoland they have a 50s dodge inpection car among others.
That thing is Awesome! lol I bought a Bachmann Rail Truck (G scale) a few years back, need to do a bunch of work to it (I want to detail/ weather it, then convert to RC/ battery power) and one day I hope I can afford some track :)
🤣🤣🤣🤣Harrison you are making me laugh. this odd vehicle made of brass (?) sounds a lot like TYCO when their Power Torque squeaking mechanisms. Let me see the rest of this video..🤭
Wow that is a really cool looking model. It be cool to have tiny speaker having the engine sound. Very very cool. I found some information that how this car is looks like ones they had in 1920s. This car looks to be a 1929 Packard convertible but at same time could be a ford. There is pictures online of Canadian Pacific having inspection cars like this one no trailer though.
@@michaelmasi5220 It often failed to get the flanges in place so I would have to do it manually which defeats the purpose of a re-railer. I don't know how but it was also causing derailments with some of my larger steam locomotives.
I see you have an Electric City sign on your layout. I'm curious how you came by such a curiosity. I'm originally from the Scranton area so I noticed it right away. I really enjoy watching your videos. keep up the good work.
@SMT Mainline is there any way I can contact you personally. I have an old chassis that I wish to re-purpose for a scratch built model. I'm not familiar with older chassis designs and needed some help restoring it.
I had one of these, bought at a train show a long time ago. It never ran great, very touchy compared to the little track inspection car I bought the same day. Same motor in both. The other car weighed more and had zero power pickup issues, but the one you had was super sensitive about track being clean. It had a tendency to derail until I added weight to the front with a couple of cut up stick on lead weights. I solved the power pickup issues by taking one of my junk box locos and making it into a dummy and running an umbilical to the track car. Might not be realistic but the track car was just too twitchy by itself. It was the only thing I had power issues with, HO or N scale. Lots of bad running N scale locos, but it wasn't due to power problems.
auto high rail vehicles have been around since the invention of the automobile. Many museums have examples of them, If you actually bought some books. Instead of using the internet; it would open a whole world of info and pics that are not on the web. Maybe spend some money there. Note: be careful of pricing.
I like how you have lots of unusual things it’s better than the original things like basic ho scale locomotives and railroads but ho scale is to get creative and having fun it’s whatever the person that is making the layout likes and my opinion about your layout and locomotives is a positive option because it’s also funny and unusual but otherwise the rail vehicle is actually a good runner but it does need some maintenance like it needs to be lubed and it might need some cleaning
Some one saw my comment from my club, He had to say sorry to me, Did you get that thing in the mail yet? That was cool you goy a welder I wanted to see it better, are ever going to get that DDA40X or send a new one to you? please get back to me, let me know when work on any my stuff.
I use something like that on a Time Period Correct Old Mining or Logging Railroad Branch Line. I don't Know the exact Scale of it but I've seen Bachmann HOn30 it might be equivalent to that size.
An early inspection motor vehicle - engineers would literally drive along the line looking for faults and carried tools and crews to do not so major repairs. They would also serve crews far out on the line by collecting things they needed from the workshops and bringing them to the remote site. That is actually a beautiful model.
Definitely would be considered a period piece of equipment if you look at pictures of post WW2 most vehicles would be converted cars up to the mid 50's. Great find
They still are...most are F250 trucks now. The Tenn Valley RR long run Summerville steam passenger train a week back was being followed by a rail inspection car.
All three historic railroads around me have inspection cars running the tracks regularly
I remember riding one, argent 25
going to say that
Great rare little model.
This is the first time seeing something like this from a manufacture other than Bachmann. Just like others posted; it was most likely a custom inspection vehicle styled after an early automobile. This is the reason that you won't find too much online about it. Most railroads purchased a standard vehicle and then they modified to their custom use. The best way to research it would be to look at automobiles from the 1910s to the 1930s to see if the body matches something.
My father owns a '31 Model A and belonged to a Model A club when I was young, so I've seen plenty of classic cars. Not very expert, but from the look, I'd place it in the early to mid '20s. Excellent search boundaries there, well done.
Chitty chitty Bang Bang.
In Fairhope Alabama (a turn of the century Single Tax socialism experiment) the "People's RR" was pulled by a converted automobile. The last one I saw in photos was a 1930 era Ford Model A and it was pulling locally built light flatcars and a passenger carriage car.
They built highways to the town in the very late 30s...so the People's RR was discontinued before they ever bought a proper locomotive.
Update: I saw the rest of this may i say to you Harrison well done. 👍💛 It's kind of a cute vehicle.
Thank you!
I really like that little truck and car and that part of the layout is really nice
Looks like some sort of motor, or the RGS Galloping Geese.They were home built for freight, and then converted into passenger.
It's probably not a specific prototype but it was fairly common for railroads to purchase a regular road vehicle and put rail wheels on it though the service that one is intended for would have more than likely been a truck rather than a touring car with a trailer.
Great video, thanks for sharing 😊
The little part at the back was used to store different types of fixing equipment. Although honestly in real life on cp rail they used gasoline powered pump carts and normal pump carts.
I have a photo hanging on my wall of something just like this. It’s a 1930s automobile painted in Missouri Pacific colors on the rails with flanged wheels. The photo is an old black and white
I would consider this a fantasy piece because I never saw any images of the sort. It’s an awesome piece and I could see its existence in the real world. Great find! You deserve it Harrison!
I haven’t seen any pictures of one that looks like this but rail converted cars from the 20s and 30s absolutely do exist in a similar fashion. I’ve seen one in person myself. It didn’t have a trailer or extended wheelbase like this one. It was just a 1927 model T that had flanged wheels added and possibly some work to the axles.
@@H.O.Scalemodeler4501 Wow! It’s amazing to learn about this type of conversion, now a 100 years later.
Berlyn locomotive works is a very late brass company that made very high end brass steam locomotives in O scale that are very rare and very well built
What a nice model!!! I do have to say that I don’t see a lot of these little motorized inspection vehicles but I have to say that they look really nice and I hope to find one very soon!!!👍👍
Excellent work as always
👍👍A very unique piece I must say, not something that you'll find on any other layout!! 🚂🚂
This seems based off a in house build a short line whould have built for track maintenance pretty neat find :)
Cute little vehicle and fun to watch going around the circuit. Good luck Harrison with this fantastic little model.
An inspection car. Less prosperous roads converted a variety of vehicles, or cobbled together frankenvehicles to perform a variety of tasks. A famous one was the Galloping Geese, Casey Jones to name a few.
If you go back to the 2950's Ken Kidder, who was an early importer of Japanese brass models, included a 'rail motor' based on a 1910 Thomas Flyer touring car which was very similar to this. John Allen had one on the Gorre & Daphetid, and, here in Britain, P D Hancock also had one on the Craig & Mertonford. A lot of railroads had them - often variants on Model T Fords and other low priced cars; the 'Galloping Geese' of the RGS were a logical and very useful development of the idea. Nice model, too. Lucky fellow.
I love rail layouts that run something out of the ordinary. You'll make people smile with this one. I'd sooner carry out track inspections using that car, in real life, rather than those hand-pumped up-and-down trailers used by many countries.
There was an N layout that was MASSIVE, on the exhibition circuit. It ran the longest freight trains I've ever seen, and I can't match them on my big T layout. But this N layout used to run a train in to a tunnel, and the kids used to dash to the other end to watch it come out. BUT, they switched the tracks and an electric MOUSE used to speed out of the tunnel and rush around the layout, making everyone smile and laugh. Every time someone tried to take a picture, the mouse would run for a tunnel and hide, poking its head out at a tunnel exit nowhere near the one it went into. I think they had an underground hidden route that enabled the mouse to go to any of the tunnels. There was one magazine photographer, who managed to set up 5 cameras, all triggered by movement, and he did become the first to ever picture it.
Humour should always be encouraged. I am attempting a horse poking its head out of a stable, using a points/switch motor, but using a cam, rather than a gear. And my local model village, Beckonscot, the first and oldest model village in the world, uses cams a lot. A window cleaner whose ladder falls backwards, as the young lad, who is meant to hold it, bends over to kiss a young lady, and a woman who leans out of a window to talk to the postman. There is a fireman fighting a thatched roof fire, and smoke pours out of the big hole, a folk dance troupe who jiggle and wave their ribbons to the music. All activated by miniature cam motors.
I am building a medieval church that will have stained windows, lighting and a small speaker inside, so I can play the bells ringing. Got to be different. I already have the only Class 17 Clayton in the world, made it myself, and the only convertible BMW, with driver and passengers, in the world. Using your mind should never be optional. I'm even building my own, scratch-built Jacobs Bogies for my French layout, featuring all the French trains on the market. And, I am also building a Dutch railway, with their beautiful trains.
Good luck with your future plans.
That certainly is a conversation piece. Would look great on a post-war era layout.
Not as strange as one would think. These sort of cars were modded out to be used for rail inspections and repairs, paving the way (forgive my pun) for the Hi-Rail Truck. If you have ever been to the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington, they have a Ford Model T outfitted to run on 2ft rail.
What an eclectic addition. Layout is looking great
I love your new layout. 6:52
Harrison I think that would go great with your Hershey factory
Very cool car/train👍 Hope to see more uploads like this! Keep up the good work!
Neat. I wish they made a Delorean!
Great Scott!
With a flux capacitator
The nice motor was a surprise but the real unique item is the pup trailer it pulls. Nice purchase. Thanks for showing.
Great video - almost 100K subscribers - good work!
This so cool ! I never saw an inspector motor vehicle rail car on the tracks before!! ❤❤❤ Great detailing color on the vehicle!! You get some of the coolest trains , Harrison! Keep up the great work 💯!!
What an unusual model this is but still pretty nice. Even it could run on the mountain layout.
Out in Colorado, the Rio Grande Southern had a fleet of rail vehicles dubbed 'The Galloping Geese's. Most have survived and reside at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden Colorado. There are a few others scattered about in California and in Southwest Colorado. One is a replIca of #1 which lives at Ridgway, Co. It is at a museum on that town that runs on a small bit of RGS ROW.
Well bought Harrison👍🚂🇨🇦🙋
This little car fits your layout to a T.
What a wonderful mountain layout! Let’s see more of it!
From Australia: impressive layout mate...
It was not at all uncommon to see a Buick running in the 1930s on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. They have several "Galloping Geese" on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum. They have been used by maintenance of way crews, but also to keep the mail contract fulfilled during the great depression (it was cheaper to stuff a Buick with a crapload of mail and a couple guys, than to run a fully staffed train with engineer, fireman, conductor, brakemen).
I love it!! Very cool little rail car.
it's cool. Definitely the 30s.track maintenance. Can see it maybe pulling an older flat car, but not a box.
I enjoy anything that you make it run again in your track. Nice 1930 rail model for me is unique, since i never seen one before.
I have been waiting so long for you to make a new video
Harrison excellent work as always.
Great little find!
hello smt mainline it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks smt mainline friends randy
I have a Bachmann Trackster Woody inspection car. Only the back wheels are powered.
That's a cool little item 😎
I Love it! It went through the switches with out much problem.
Been watching for a few months now, and slowly working my way through the play list. So weird seeing my home town Scranton sign on the layout. I can remember seeing this from my porch lit up at night. Man it takes me back to a time...
😅
I love that sign, I saw it in person Back in 2017.
looks a bit like an RGS Goose but in yellow
It's not only strange but bizarre, odd, weird, peculiar, usual, outlandish, curious.....................................sorry, I'm reading my thesaurus. 🤣😂
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Very funny music video. Thanks
This is a beautiful model. Others have said it, it's an inspection vehicle. While I can't speak for Canada, there are a few preserved here in the US. While this model is fairly new, there was a model of this being sold in 60s. Not sure who produced it.
Canada probably had something similar at sometime.
I love it.. that is the sort of engine I am looking for for my layout.. I don't want to run all the same type of engines that there are a thousand of that everyone else has...
My late father mentioned a man he knew in the 1930s whose job was to drive a big Packard with instruments aboard inspecting the track from St. Louis to Chicago.
It kind of looks like a Mack railbus used by the Chestnut Ridge Railway in Pennsylvania. But one without a canopy. I think they used it as late as 1979. The Mack railbus was featured along with Chestnut Ridge and New Jersey Zinc Company Alco S2 diesels in a magazine article about the Chestnut Ridge Railway and New Jersey Zinc in Palmerton Pennsylvanian. The article appeared in the very first Railfan & Railroad magazine as a feature article called " Five Alco's and a Mack " in May 1979.
That must have been fun to ride around in.
Hello! An excellent addition to the collection.👍
I wish I could add pics. If you go to the illinois railway museum anytime ever youre in the chicagoland they have a 50s dodge inpection car among others.
yeah that little truck pretty awesome
99.4 K Subs!!!!! Your silver play button is coming SOON!!!!!
It's getting closer
The railroads also powered old trolleys with gasoline engines for use as track inspection cars for carrying tools and taking crews to the work site.
Ooohhhh! First comment! Always a way to boost my ego. Nice video. Genuinely enjoyed it and hope to see more!
Ford: Makes the eco boost. First comment: Makes the ego boost
Yes indeed!
Soooo cool! 😎👍💯
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Yo today is Halloween. And I already have an idea for next year.
Amazing video SMT, I can’t say I’ve ever seen one of those before, but definitely a good fine.
Love these different and interesting pieces😊
That thing is Awesome! lol I bought a Bachmann Rail Truck (G scale) a few years back, need to do a bunch of work to it (I want to detail/ weather it, then convert to RC/ battery power) and one day I hope I can afford some track :)
Really nice and unusual piece to add to the collection and so glad you got it properly lubricated and running great 👍
Cool.👍👍
Dang its strong
🤣🤣🤣🤣Harrison you are making me laugh. this odd vehicle made of brass (?) sounds a lot like TYCO when their Power Torque squeaking mechanisms. Let me see the rest of this video..🤭
Amazing vids was wondering if u can run some O gauge trains sometimes
im speechless...
Looks cool like you said probably one of the strangest locos I have ever seen
Thats really cool Harrison!!
What’s next? The Delorean car from Back To The Future Part III? That would be cool!!
The mountain layout is looking incredible! Any update videos coming out soon for it?
I think there will be. I want to connect it onto the mainline and upgrade sections of the track.
@@SMTMainline I applaud this proposal. Nothing like the flexibility to go anywhere from anywhere on the layout 👍.
Wow that is something never seen this before but not to bad
Is that a Scranton The Electric City sign l see?
It sure is -- Miller Engineering.
@@davidztog9011 Brought to you by David 👍
Wow that is a really cool looking model. It be cool to have tiny speaker having the engine sound. Very very cool. I found some information that how this car is looks like ones they had in 1920s. This car looks to be a 1929 Packard convertible but at same time could be a ford. There is pictures online of Canadian Pacific having inspection cars like this one no trailer though.
Dude get a re-railer. Will save you a lot of hassle in putting the engines you get on your track
I had one and I wasn't a fan to be honest.
@@SMTMainline Too big? Or just didn't work for you?
@@michaelmasi5220 It often failed to get the flanges in place so I would have to do it manually which defeats the purpose of a re-railer. I don't know how but it was also causing derailments with some of my larger steam locomotives.
@@SMTMainline Oh ok then. Strange to have a re-railer be doing that.
If you Google "Images of 1920's Railroad Inspection Vehicles" you will notice that early vehicles for checking the track were very strange.
You're right
Me if I thought everything on this channel was train :That's a strange loco
I see you have an Electric City sign on your layout. I'm curious how you came by such a curiosity. I'm originally from the Scranton area so I noticed it right away.
I really enjoy watching your videos. keep up the good work.
It was sent in from a subscriber. I’m not from Scranton ether but I costed the town and am a big fan of it.
That was great, different but great.
Serenity, we have a runner! How much was the little car? I'd like one for my RR. Cheers from eastern TN
I believe it was $120.
It looks like a union pacific
My son (4) suggests that the vehicle is “like a golf cart that’s used to carry hay.”
Cool train layout!!!!!!!
@SMT Mainline is there any way I can contact you personally. I have an old chassis that I wish to re-purpose for a scratch built model. I'm not familiar with older chassis designs and needed some help restoring it.
You can contact me at scrumptiousmodeltrains@gmail.com or on instragram.
I think that's awesome I really like your channel
I had one of these, bought at a train show a long time ago. It never ran great, very touchy compared to the little track inspection car I bought the same day. Same motor in both. The other car weighed more and had zero power pickup issues, but the one you had was super sensitive about track being clean. It had a tendency to derail until I added weight to the front with a couple of cut up stick on lead weights. I solved the power pickup issues by taking one of my junk box locos and making it into a dummy and running an umbilical to the track car. Might not be realistic but the track car was just too twitchy by itself. It was the only thing I had power issues with, HO or N scale. Lots of bad running N scale locos, but it wasn't due to power problems.
Out for a Sunday drive with this train lol
That would be awesome for days in the fall.
@@SMTMainline oh ya!
auto high rail vehicles have been around since the invention of the automobile. Many museums have examples of them,
If you actually bought some books. Instead of using the internet; it would open a whole world of info and pics that
are not on the web. Maybe spend some money there. Note: be careful of pricing.
I've been working on a hi rail A-team van I'm thinking about selling it where a the best place to sale it on?
Cool little engine, Harrison! What is that little square black stone(?) that you use in many of your videos to polish the wheels called?
It's a track rubber, Peco makes them
@@SMTMainline super, thank you.
It looks really cool
I like how you have lots of unusual things it’s better than the original things like basic ho scale locomotives and railroads but ho scale is to get creative and having fun it’s whatever the person that is making the layout likes and my opinion about your layout and locomotives is a positive option because it’s also funny and unusual but otherwise the rail vehicle is actually a good runner but it does need some maintenance like it needs to be lubed and it might need some cleaning
Hey smt, you should get some d&h equipment
It looks like a prewar automobile… very likely used on Japanese railroads.
Some one saw my comment from my club, He had to say sorry to me, Did you get that thing in the mail yet? That was cool you goy a welder I wanted to see it better, are ever going to get that DDA40X or send a new one to you? please get back to me, let me know when work on any my stuff.
I use something like that on a Time Period Correct Old Mining or Logging Railroad Branch Line. I don't Know the exact Scale of it but I've seen Bachmann HOn30 it might be equivalent to that size.
I assume you sometimes get fiberglass stuck in your hand
I haven't had that happen. I got some on my arms when I was glassing an old boat once which wasn't fun.
A track vehicle for maintenance that would have been home built by a short line. Rio Grande Southern would have like vehicles.