As a volunteer with the Friends of 4449 / 197, I'll say if you're ever in the area and looking to make a video, I'd love to sort out a collaboration. I'm always looking for new ways to help show people that we are working on these absolutely beautiful engines and cars. Also, I love that you never actually explicitly said 4449 was your favorite for a sliver of plausible deniability haha.
Oh, Hyce.... you've seen 4449 under steam, in person?! I am turning green with envy! She is my favorite locomotive, but I've never made it out to Portland, or anywhere on the west coast when she's been under steam. 4449 was my holy grail locomotive for my HO collection when I was a kid, too. Never could find her in Daylight colors... until well after my models and my "layout" (an elongated oval with no scenery) were packed away in my parents' attic. I recently picked up a Broadway Limited #4449 of my own, though I went with the 1981-2000 Excursion configuration (in Daylight livery, of course) since that's what she looked like in all the VHS tapes I had of her as a kid. Now I just need to find space for a layout and/or time to join the local model railroading club so I can actually, you know, run it!
That's the loco that got me into trains too! I live in Portland, so it's always a big deal when it gets out. (unfortunately rarely, these days) At least you can see it at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Great museum, you need to see it if you ever come out to OR.
Yeah... The folks at the museum said that its too heavy to run on some poor sections of PNWR's tracks, that they were complaining about parts of the tracks having deteriorated support under the rails and thus bending and flexing.
@@rtg Yeah, and UP won't let them run either (no outside steam). PNWR runs sets of (borrowed UP) SD70Ms on the OE line between Albany and Eugene, which together weigh about as much as 4449, so I don't see how that logic works. It's sad how it's so hard for a preservation association to run on the mainline these days. SP&S 700, the stablemate of 4449, just finished its 1472 and now has nowhere to run. At least BNSF is still friendly to steam, and we have smaller self contained steam operations.
Even with half the usual consist of other Daylights and coupler shenanigans that would undoubtedly make the FRA raise an eyebrow, the Hyacinth Daylight is a thing of beauty.
Favorite Locomotive class for me... Narrow Gauge: D&RGW T-12 Class, because I loved to sit next to 168 while attending Pikes Peak Community College (Now Pikes Peak State College) Standard Gauge: Can't rightly say, liked the Dash 9 from Railroad Simulator, but that's it...I'll admit I'm having trouble telling North American Diesels apart... British Narrow Gauge: There's just something to be said about the Motorail Simplex. British Standard Gauge: The Furness Railway K2 "Larger Seagulls"...I grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine and I like Edward the Old-Fashioned Blue Engine, ok? At some point I want to look into getting into FreeMo, but I've never had the fortune to run into any clubs for it. The one based here in Colorado Springs seems to have stopped meeting from what I've been able to tell. Of course, before I get back into Model Railroading, I need to see about getting some maintenance equipment (Don't even have a Soldering kit), let alone replacing hornhook couplers with more modern ones...
Looks like a fun day! And I'm positively surprised FREMO actually got across the pond (even keeping the E in its name), meaning people across the big lake could still combine their modules on one exhibition without the need for any weird adapter pieces and such =)
The module you guys put together came out really nice. (The ca. 1889-1910 farmhouse with all the gingerbread work is fantastic.) The 4449 they gave you is a sweetheart. (And apparently says “SacraMENto SacraMENto SacraMENto” all the way up the Pacific subdivision lol 😂. Appropriate)
BLI is a good brand, got my P3 PRR T1 on my 18th bday. She had a problem and customer service did an amazing job getting her running weeks later when I got her. Still have her in her box back in the states with 4 silver passenger coaches.
I picked up one of these made by one of the "cheaper manufacturers" (rhymes with rock man), it doesn't have all the fancy dcc sound and stuff, probably doesn't have anywhere near the detail I mean it is a "rock man plus" brand! But it does smoke!! (not in a bad way) 🤣 That said, I picked it up for $10 used, instead of the heaven bundred that BLI sells it for on their site.
I used to have a Rock Man Rhymes model. It did what I needed and wanted it to. $10, is, a fantastic price, for any locomotive that moves, in any size... lol! The BLI one ain't cheap, and I am very spoiled that they sent me this one. I've always wanted a nice one like this.
Let's all tell hyce what our favorite locomotives are just for fun. Mine would probably be... The Jupiter I won't lie the 4-4-0 alignment always shouts out to me the newer ones when they made them didn't look as good but that classic Transcontinental railroad look what's beautiful on that locomotive.
This will be a great layout once it gets to running smoothly. On Saturday when I was there nothing was running but some of the modules were looking great.
we have a free mo kinda like that in NC and im a part of it and we use our phones for throttles too. Amazing video and Great job on the modules. Also The volume button for the Train Driver app controls your throttle and makes it easier instead of touching the phone screen.
Been tossing up starting into HO as I am N Scale for things at home currently. BLI stuff I have owned in N Scale was absolutely beautiful and performed very well. Happy to see the HO offerings don't disappoint.
Glad you where here at this show! I remember seeing you you might not remember me but I was with the Moffat Road Railroad museum lol glad you found at least some daylight cars! Some is better than none!
Daaaamn, that looks awesome! I have one of the Kato N-scale GS-4's and Daylight car sets, but unfortunately it's a first run GS-4 and does not run well (bad axles and DCC unfriendliness). I should probably try and find one of the later releases. Also, I heartily support getting involved in a modular group. It's a great way to have a big model railroad without having space for one at home. My On30 club likes to do actual operations, with switch lists and orders, when we meet at shows.
if youre ever in the area you should check out the san diego model railroad museum, they have ho scale models of the goat canyon trestle and tehachapi pass with accurate scale and scenery. my grandpa used to take me there a lot when i was a kid
that's a beautiful choo choo and a very pretty train and holy balls I love the free-mo style of layout. Hope I can see one in person someday soon! Favorite bits: the water tower with the spout that went up and down, and the graffiti'd boxcar at the end! The deep lore of the real Daylight going by was awesome too! thanks for sharing that! Thanks for the video!! :)
I am glad you got to enjoy your daylight. I am always amazed by BLI's pulling power. I got a Santa Fe 2-10-2 that has 11 Ounces when I did a pull test. I got many steam locomotives but she is my second best puller
You need to run at Greeley CO! The Colorado Model Railroad Museum is a huge layout! It takes 2 whole hours to run a train from one end of the layout to the other end!
I have the 2008 MTH 4449, smokes like crazy and sounds pretty decent. The sound and details on the Broadway are better in my opinion but I practically stole my MTH model so that’s what I’m sticking with for now. So fun to see you enjoying such a beautiful model.
That part about turning the smoke unit off is no joke. About 10 years ago, I somehow melted the smokebox on a BLI C&O 2-10-2…. With the layout powered down!
Very nice loco and consist Hyce. I do have a few items from BroadwayLtd and they are all super nice. Take care. P.S., Now I've got to get you into G Scale LIVE steam. 😊
I have the new AFT 4449 from BLI and one of the “Southern Pacific Lines” 4449 as when it was built and how it is now from MTH. And on the passenger car side, I also have an all BLI rake of coaches. I have the Baggage/Chair, an Articulated chair, single chair, tavern, the Triple Articulated Kitchen/Coffee shop/Dining car, and the Observation. With the observation being the version with the DCC controlled lights.
@@Hyce777 yeah, a 9 car half Daylight is where I have to stop on the grounds of lack of space for anything longer than that. And that’s fine as it’s more of an excursion style consist in my mind as it’s a mix of “Southern Pacific Lines” and “Southern Pacific” lettered equipment. More or less just what ever pieces of the train I could find online or at train shows. The Kitchen/Coffeeshop/Dining car is itself longer than a Big Boy. Though the full 18 car (19 if you want to model the busy season) would, I think, be pushing it as far as what you could do even on the modular model railroad. Open main would be fine, not so sure about the turn around loops at each end if they go straight into single track running. And as far as seeing the real 4449, I wish I had known it was rolling through Minnesota on it’s way to Michigan back in 09 and stayed through that October to help the Friends of the 261 with the annual fall colors trip due to the Milwaukee Road 261 being down for it’s 1472 inspection and lease renegotiations with the National Railroad Museum in Wisconsin who owned the 261 at the time. And BLI had even made the BNSF paint scheme you showed in the home video of seeing it go by. And as far as what the 4449 would say, I would like to suggest “Santa Barbara”. If the model were the 3 cylinder SP 4-10-2, it could say “Anaheim”.
Before I got in to the Japanese stuff I wanted a Daylight and a 20th century limited with a Dreyfuss hudson for the longest time Well I still kind if do. Beautiful model there!
I wish I had the option to run my long trains on a layout like that, but my locomotives are all analogue. If they would have been digital my collection wouldn't be so big, considering the difference in pricing. I do have a bunch of trains with 7 cars or more. My longest one being a 14 piece ÖBB Nightjet behind a Siemens Vectron locomotive of the Dutch Railways.
I’ve had Bachmann’s DCC Sound model and MTH’s model of 4449 in my collection. Not sure if I wanna spend more money to get this new rendition 😅 But I’d like to get a Stealth one so I can put a LokSound chip in it and give it the 1990’s/2000’s whistle.
If everyone made a list of what they considered the top 5 most beautiful locomotives in the world, the 4449 would not be at the top of everyone's list. But it would probably be the only locomotive on everyone's list.
Dammit man, you're making me want to pick up one of these expensive things. One of my friends has one and he won't shut up about it, and I've been getting tired of hearing him yap on to the point where I've outright told him that the more he tells me to buy it, the less likely I am to do so. Yet this video has helped reverse some of that. And y'know, I do have a decent chunk of change coming into my hands soon. Might have to allocate some of that to getting myself one of these beauties.
I got lucky, and someone had one up on Ebay and didn't really know what they had. I offered a decent but not absurd amount within an hour of it going live and I got it.
Mark, Dusty, Brett, and Layton got more done in a _day_ than Lawrie got done in two weeks, and that's with Layton doing MOST of the work! Is it Layton or Leighton?
I'm having a coupler height and swap session with Leighton here at some point...... The BLi choice for their coupler mounting system leaves something to be desired........
@@JamesPattersonGeepfan one of the reasons I switched to Sergent style couplers on my American stock. It’s been much easier and quicker to get them to work reliably than trying to work with Kadees and their semi compatibility with the knockoffs.
If I get 100 ft of track in front of me, no one is stopping me from highballing it. That's a nice track to do at least twice the speed shown here, especially with an engine like 4449. Maybe a class J, Hudson, or Niagara. But I only have the last one, and it's o scale.
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Love that #Throwback footage.
I want to post the whole thing one of these days. Maybe for members. Not sure. But that was the man, the myth, the Bob in there... :)
As a volunteer with the Friends of 4449 / 197, I'll say if you're ever in the area and looking to make a video, I'd love to sort out a collaboration. I'm always looking for new ways to help show people that we are working on these absolutely beautiful engines and cars.
Also, I love that you never actually explicitly said 4449 was your favorite for a sliver of plausible deniability haha.
Sold.... send me an e-mail / discord dm / whatever - I will gush about your facility and choochoos as much as I can. :)
@@Hyce777 AWW SEE IT NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU KNOW, GO GET THAT VIDEO HYCE. Maybe an interview with mr McCormick too?
You lucky son of a gun! I’m stuck with my 1970’s Lionel AFT 4449, where the synchronized chuffing is literally just the rods clanking lmao
Same
It’s realistic, I guess? 😂
O O F.
This is really cool dude! So much detail in each module!
Dude! Isn't it so cool? It's such a good time. :)
Yeah it’s awesome!
With those couplers, you could say the Daylight was running a Slipcoach service lol! Awesome video, and a very beautiful consist indeed!
Baby Hyce is the cutest😊
Yes, and somehow sounds exactly like a pitched up full-scale Hyce :D The text was not needed!
“Sorry I’m just pulling a Doyle” has to be the greatest joke in this entire video
Oh, Hyce.... you've seen 4449 under steam, in person?! I am turning green with envy! She is my favorite locomotive, but I've never made it out to Portland, or anywhere on the west coast when she's been under steam.
4449 was my holy grail locomotive for my HO collection when I was a kid, too. Never could find her in Daylight colors... until well after my models and my "layout" (an elongated oval with no scenery) were packed away in my parents' attic. I recently picked up a Broadway Limited #4449 of my own, though I went with the 1981-2000 Excursion configuration (in Daylight livery, of course) since that's what she looked like in all the VHS tapes I had of her as a kid. Now I just need to find space for a layout and/or time to join the local model railroading club so I can actually, you know, run it!
You need to go see her. I've seen her under steam twice. Magical both times.
@@Hyce777 Someday! It's on my bucket list.
That's the loco that got me into trains too! I live in Portland, so it's always a big deal when it gets out. (unfortunately rarely, these days) At least you can see it at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Great museum, you need to see it if you ever come out to OR.
Yeah... The folks at the museum said that its too heavy to run on some poor sections of PNWR's tracks, that they were complaining about parts of the tracks having deteriorated support under the rails and thus bending and flexing.
@@rtg Yeah, and UP won't let them run either (no outside steam). PNWR runs sets of (borrowed UP) SD70Ms on the OE line between Albany and Eugene, which together weigh about as much as 4449, so I don't see how that logic works. It's sad how it's so hard for a preservation association to run on the mainline these days. SP&S 700, the stablemate of 4449, just finished its 1472 and now has nowhere to run. At least BNSF is still friendly to steam, and we have smaller self contained steam operations.
I've actually spent a day helping Doyle on his former PA back in '18. ORHF is fantastic.
The Train Show this year was a lot of fun!
Even with half the usual consist of other Daylights and coupler shenanigans that would undoubtedly make the FRA raise an eyebrow, the Hyacinth Daylight is a thing of beauty.
Favorite Locomotive class for me...
Narrow Gauge: D&RGW T-12 Class, because I loved to sit next to 168 while attending Pikes Peak Community College (Now Pikes Peak State College)
Standard Gauge: Can't rightly say, liked the Dash 9 from Railroad Simulator, but that's it...I'll admit I'm having trouble telling North American Diesels apart...
British Narrow Gauge: There's just something to be said about the Motorail Simplex.
British Standard Gauge: The Furness Railway K2 "Larger Seagulls"...I grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine and I like Edward the Old-Fashioned Blue Engine, ok?
At some point I want to look into getting into FreeMo, but I've never had the fortune to run into any clubs for it. The one based here in Colorado Springs seems to have stopped meeting from what I've been able to tell. Of course, before I get back into Model Railroading, I need to see about getting some maintenance equipment (Don't even have a Soldering kit), let alone replacing hornhook couplers with more modern ones...
15:00 If only the train had come apart at the tender, we would've had ourselves a West Texas drawbar.
Aww. I missed this one. Happy you got to use it. Was happy to meet you there too. The model is excellently detailed.
Adding to the how cool was that throwback moment with a young Hyce! And that is quite a layout, great to see the model railroad shenanigans.
Looks like a fun day! And I'm positively surprised FREMO actually got across the pond (even keeping the E in its name), meaning people across the big lake could still combine their modules on one exhibition without the need for any weird adapter pieces and such =)
The module you guys put together came out really nice. (The ca. 1889-1910 farmhouse with all the gingerbread work is fantastic.)
The 4449 they gave you is a sweetheart. (And apparently says “SacraMENto SacraMENto SacraMENto” all the way up the Pacific subdivision lol 😂. Appropriate)
BLI is a good brand, got my P3 PRR T1 on my 18th bday. She had a problem and customer service did an amazing job getting her running weeks later when I got her. Still have her in her box back in the states with 4 silver passenger coaches.
Nice, A young Hyce flashback
I just got this locomotive. It arrived about a month ago and yet run it yet. Beautiful model.
I think that place where you filmed 4449 25 yrs ago was Kingston ferry terminal! and I film trains down there all the time now!
Yes Brackett’s Landing
Correct! Filmed from the former offices of Pacific Fast Mail (PFM) - the brass model importer. :)
I picked up one of these made by one of the "cheaper manufacturers" (rhymes with rock man), it doesn't have all the fancy dcc sound and stuff, probably doesn't have anywhere near the detail I mean it is a "rock man plus" brand! But it does smoke!! (not in a bad way) 🤣 That said, I picked it up for $10 used, instead of the heaven bundred that BLI sells it for on their site.
That's assuming you can even find the BLI ones now, they've proven to be very popular. My LHS can only get wartime black and BNSF...
I used to have a Rock Man Rhymes model. It did what I needed and wanted it to. $10, is, a fantastic price, for any locomotive that moves, in any size... lol! The BLI one ain't cheap, and I am very spoiled that they sent me this one. I've always wanted a nice one like this.
That is a beautiful model! I always love the collaborative layouts where everyone makes a section!
Let's all tell hyce what our favorite locomotives are just for fun.
Mine would probably be... The Jupiter I won't lie the 4-4-0 alignment always shouts out to me the newer ones when they made them didn't look as good but that classic Transcontinental railroad look what's beautiful on that locomotive.
Im actually happy to say I'm going to get her for my birthday. Nice footage Hyce.
That looks like so much fun!
This will be a great layout once it gets to running smoothly. On Saturday when I was there nothing was running but some of the modules were looking great.
In my opinion, one of the most beautiful paint jobs, the daylighter Southern Pacific awesome footage.Thank you
we have a free mo kinda like that in NC and im a part of it and we use our phones for throttles too. Amazing video and Great job on the modules. Also The volume button for the Train Driver app controls your throttle and makes it easier instead of touching the phone screen.
Been tossing up starting into HO as I am N Scale for things at home currently. BLI stuff I have owned in N Scale was absolutely beautiful and performed very well. Happy to see the HO offerings don't disappoint.
Nice trainset. I really like the close coupling of the passenger cars...that alone makes the trainset look real. 😊
Just cracked 1 year membership, and just wanted to say as a owner of a BLI Paragon 2 GS4 they are a fantastic locomotive
Reallllly love the high desert modules, they look phenomenal
The Daylight is a very nice looking train. I remember seeing a documentary about it when I was a kid and really liked it.
Daylights been one of my favourites since I saw it on Erics Trains. got 2 HO models of different brands now.
Glad you where here at this show! I remember seeing you you might not remember me but I was with the Moffat Road Railroad museum lol glad you found at least some daylight cars! Some is better than none!
9:11 yayyyyy im not the only one who has to deal with connectivity issues at train shows!
One of my local clubs insists on using NCE. NCE's wireless straight up does not function at shows due to interference from all the other systems.
@@SpawnofChaos thats what happens to even the most robust digitrax setups at the edison Greenberg train show
I got to see 4449 through Montana in 2004. Plus, SP&S 700 in 2002 on the same route!
Daaaamn, that looks awesome! I have one of the Kato N-scale GS-4's and Daylight car sets, but unfortunately it's a first run GS-4 and does not run well (bad axles and DCC unfriendliness). I should probably try and find one of the later releases.
Also, I heartily support getting involved in a modular group. It's a great way to have a big model railroad without having space for one at home. My On30 club likes to do actual operations, with switch lists and orders, when we meet at shows.
if youre ever in the area you should check out the san diego model railroad museum, they have ho scale models of the goat canyon trestle and tehachapi pass with accurate scale and scenery. my grandpa used to take me there a lot when i was a kid
that's a beautiful choo choo and a very pretty train and holy balls I love the free-mo style of layout. Hope I can see one in person someday soon! Favorite bits: the water tower with the spout that went up and down, and the graffiti'd boxcar at the end!
The deep lore of the real Daylight going by was awesome too! thanks for sharing that!
Thanks for the video!! :)
I am glad you got to enjoy your daylight. I am always amazed by BLI's pulling power. I got a Santa Fe 2-10-2 that has 11 Ounces when I did a pull test. I got many steam locomotives but she is my second best puller
I had a BLI Blueline Big Boy back in the day. 120 cars, in HO, up a 2% grade, at the original Pikemasters club in maybe 2014. No one could believe it.
That's incredible. It's amazing what BLI can do. Now if they can just fix their electronics. That's thier only Achilles heel in my opinion
BLI makes fantastic engines was thinking bout getting a daylight but skimped out for the big boy at the train shop because of course.
I’ve been to that event center for one train fest and quite a few Boy Scout events. Good times.
Nice Daylight set, I'm in the process of building my own San Joaquin Daylight set, 40's-50's era.
You need to run at Greeley CO! The Colorado Model Railroad Museum is a huge layout! It takes 2 whole hours to run a train from one end of the layout to the other end!
I got a dcc bachmann gs4 and was debating what sound decoder I wanted to put in it. Definitely have the answer to that question.
I also have a model of 4449! It’s so cool seeing Hyce running the same model!
I have the 2008 MTH 4449, smokes like crazy and sounds pretty decent. The sound and details on the Broadway are better in my opinion but I practically stole my MTH model so that’s what I’m sticking with for now. So fun to see you enjoying such a beautiful model.
Gotta love that. When I was younger I wanted the MTH one. Glad it worked out this way though.
Yeaaaah Daylight! I can already tell that I'll love this!
This locomotive got me into trains. It was the 1991 Skyfire productions VHS tape of the 449 that I watched over and over as a kid.
I'm starting to get into Diesel Locomotives; really impressive Train!
Yo it was so awesome to meet you there! I wish I got a picture with you :( was too tired tto think at that point but thanks for the coin :)
A very nice model. I've got a full daylight set with no gs4 to pull it. It is a VERY heavy train when you have the full consist
That layout is so cool - just goes on forever!
It's always fun to get some Hyce lore
If you ever find yourself in north carolina on a saturday, stop by rocky mount to visit golden east model railroaders. We'd love to have you.
Also the Pike’s Club layout mod: so cool! What a great idea!
That part about turning the smoke unit off is no joke. About 10 years ago, I somehow melted the smokebox on a BLI C&O 2-10-2…. With the layout powered down!
...holy crap.
Very awesome
I got 3 of those 4431 and 1980s to 2001 4449. One has a custom Gold Coast flyer decales
I was on the fence about getting a BLI GS-4, and you sold it for me! Love that sound
Yes. Yes. Do it. *dew it*.
Very nice loco and consist Hyce. I do have a few items from BroadwayLtd and they are all super nice. Take care. P.S., Now I've got to get you into G Scale LIVE steam. 😊
Lucky man! I just bought a broadway limited sp&s northern.
Nice that you got to see the E.A.S.
I have the new AFT 4449 from BLI and one of the “Southern Pacific Lines” 4449 as when it was built and how it is now from MTH. And on the passenger car side, I also have an all BLI rake of coaches. I have the Baggage/Chair, an Articulated chair, single chair, tavern, the Triple Articulated Kitchen/Coffee shop/Dining car, and the Observation. With the observation being the version with the DCC controlled lights.
Fantastic. I am working on getting a full set. :)
@@Hyce777 yeah, a 9 car half Daylight is where I have to stop on the grounds of lack of space for anything longer than that. And that’s fine as it’s more of an excursion style consist in my mind as it’s a mix of “Southern Pacific Lines” and “Southern Pacific” lettered equipment. More or less just what ever pieces of the train I could find online or at train shows. The Kitchen/Coffeeshop/Dining car is itself longer than a Big Boy. Though the full 18 car (19 if you want to model the busy season) would, I think, be pushing it as far as what you could do even on the modular model railroad. Open main would be fine, not so sure about the turn around loops at each end if they go straight into single track running. And as far as seeing the real 4449, I wish I had known it was rolling through Minnesota on it’s way to Michigan back in 09 and stayed through that October to help the Friends of the 261 with the annual fall colors trip due to the Milwaukee Road 261 being down for it’s 1472 inspection and lease renegotiations with the National Railroad Museum in Wisconsin who owned the 261 at the time. And BLI had even made the BNSF paint scheme you showed in the home video of seeing it go by. And as far as what the 4449 would say, I would like to suggest “Santa Barbara”. If the model were the 3 cylinder SP 4-10-2, it could say “Anaheim”.
Before I got in to the Japanese stuff I wanted a Daylight and a 20th century limited with a Dreyfuss hudson for the longest time
Well I still kind if do.
Beautiful model there!
I wish I could have been at that show. None of the shows up here have room for layouts that big!
I would love to see the sunbeam. The T&NO Beaumont to Dallas main line went through my hometown of Sacul, TX.
4449: *cruising right along, minding her own business.*
Car: *derails*
*ginormous hand comes out of the sky and rerails the car*
4449: Da fuq?
Favorite locomotive: the Allegheny
Beautiful models! Looks like Leighton’s cars needs new couplers!
I wish I had the option to run my long trains on a layout like that, but my locomotives are all analogue. If they would have been digital my collection wouldn't be so big, considering the difference in pricing. I do have a bunch of trains with 7 cars or more. My longest one being a 14 piece ÖBB Nightjet behind a Siemens Vectron locomotive of the Dutch Railways.
I’ve had Bachmann’s DCC Sound model and MTH’s model of 4449 in my collection.
Not sure if I wanna spend more money to get this new rendition 😅 But I’d like to get a Stealth one so I can put a LokSound chip in it and give it the 1990’s/2000’s whistle.
I kinda want to do that too. I love the accurate sound, but my nostalgia does call for the older whistle. lol
I was at a model train show today, too
Hey hyce! i was also at the train show! I actually got to run some trains too!
That is a beauty!
If everyone made a list of what they considered the top 5 most beautiful locomotives in the world, the 4449 would not be at the top of everyone's list. But it would probably be the only locomotive on everyone's list.
Hey now. 611 exists.
Very fun, for sure. Nice.
would love to see you make a video on the trains and rail system of the "miniatur wunderland" in hamburg germany!
Dammit man, you're making me want to pick up one of these expensive things.
One of my friends has one and he won't shut up about it, and I've been getting tired of hearing him yap on to the point where I've outright told him that the more he tells me to buy it, the less likely I am to do so. Yet this video has helped reverse some of that.
And y'know, I do have a decent chunk of change coming into my hands soon. Might have to allocate some of that to getting myself one of these beauties.
That is going to be my birthday gift today
some kadee 118s help a lot with uneven modules and under coupler height cars
Good luck finding the 3-car diner, I've been looking for years
I got lucky, and someone had one up on Ebay and didn't really know what they had. I offered a decent but not absurd amount within an hour of it going live and I got it.
Does it have the air horn sound? That would have confused the uninitiate, it certainly did me when I saw it on a VHS some years ago. 🤣😜
Hyce, come to N scale! You can get a proper consist in the same amount of space ;)
I love the SP Daylight
D’aww, baby Hyce!
Mark, Dusty, Brett, and Layton got more done in a _day_ than Lawrie got done in two weeks, and that's with Layton doing MOST of the work!
Is it Layton or Leighton?
Leighton. Lol. Lawrie's series has been very fun to watch... :D
I guess 4449 turned into 8888 for a bit.
Hey hyce the galveston railroad museum has a piece d&rgw standard gauge rolling stock
1:13 baby Hyce seems to be and looks like baby me from 15 ish years ago
Need more Model Railroading Vids MAN!!!!!!!
Awww baby have is so cute 🥰
The true West Texas Drawbar incident, when Hyce pulled the 4449 off the track in the middle of West Texas.
I think you should probably get some double shelf couplers to keep that train together with how much it wants to separate.
I'm having a coupler height and swap session with Leighton here at some point...... The BLi choice for their coupler mounting system leaves something to be desired........
@@JamesPattersonGeepfan one of the reasons I switched to Sergent style couplers on my American stock. It’s been much easier and quicker to get them to work reliably than trying to work with Kadees and their semi compatibility with the knockoffs.
Cool model
But the real question is, does it have four chuffs per wheel revolution?
Yes, sync'd with the valve events too. :)
I hope to someday get a Broadway GS-4 and complete my GS-4 Tri-Force
If I get 100 ft of track in front of me, no one is stopping me from highballing it. That's a nice track to do at least twice the speed shown here, especially with an engine like 4449.
Maybe a class J, Hudson, or Niagara. But I only have the last one, and it's o scale.
I played high speed and it didn't work out, and was a bit frowned upon, so I was being nice. :)