Hello Burr. The Milwaukee Road ore cars and caboose looked great along with the SD9. It was also nice to see the BN Alco again. The squeal sfx are cool as well. Excellent video Burr.😁👍
Thanks, Burr, I enjoyed that very much. I like SD9s but that C636 is really impressive. Unfortunately, they were all gone by the era I model, the other end of the BN. As an aside, BN 2521, the GP35, was still around then, having gone through the GP39E rebuild program and renumbered 2920. 9:33 I find the brakemen are much happier when you don't make them run for the switches. It makes the time playing last longer too. Sometimes it seems some operators can't get done quick enough which sort of defeats the purpose.
Great video! Love the SD-9! I need to ad one to my layout. I need a B&LE to go with my F7 A&B units. I do not model the B&LE but my grandfather once worked for them. :)
Awesome video as always! I've got a question for you, how to do you know what frieght cars to use that would be correct for your era? I've been looking at 1982 for some and it's a process!
There are several types of books you can buy, called "Pictorials" or "Motive Power reviews" that sometimes list data about freight cars and when they were built. The railroad "historical societies" (e.g. FOBNR, GNRHS, MRHA, and NPRHA) also generally maintain websites with data about car and locomotive dates. The regular model railroad magazines (e.g. Model Railroader, Railroad Model Craftsman, Model Railroad Hobbyist) also regularly run articles about specific cars and when they were built and for whom. Kalmbach has a series of small books on "Industries you can model" which sometimes contain data about which cars were used in which eras for specific industries. And at swap meets (and on the NMRA.org website) you can find copes of the "Official Railway Equipment Register" (published each year for the railroad industry), which lists every type of car used by every US railroad by railroad. Recently, some of the more thoughtful manufacturers (and retailers) of model railroad rolling stock (e.g. ScaleTrains) are starting to list the build date and repaint date in the ads for their offerings, too. As you said, "it's a process!" Finally, I've found that the social media sites like Facebook, Groups.io, and TH-cam comments can be quite helpful. You can ask a question and sometimes an "old head" pops up and actually knows the answer! I've learned a lot just from people (like you) commenting on my TH-cam videos. And, once you've figured out if a particular type of car existed in 1982 (with the particular paint scheme you like), the next question is, did it have any business transiting your modeled railroad, i.e. is there a relevant industry on your layout that would need that car type, or a logical through movement. For example, the specialized aircraft parts cars that I have running back and forth between Kansas and Seattle would probably not be seen on the US east coast ever, and most cement hoppers used in Florida would totally not belong on my Seattle-area railroad, even if they existed for sure in 1973, because cross-country cement moves just don't make economic sense at that distance. I haven't read a good novel in years. Any reading time I get is spent on railroad magazines, books, websites, and historic reference materials, trying to zero in on what would be "prototypical" for the Seattle area in 1973. And I've been working on this same goal for over 35 years! It's definitely "a process" alright!
@muchfunwithtrains thank you a ton for that insight! Great information being noticed and it definitely helps my planning and findings on different freight types. I might have to do some digging into those manuals and guides for those eras! I mainly model the late 80s to 1995 for the sp in the heart of the rockies but still enjoy the early 80s family lines. If you manage to find some great resources, feel free to let me know about them! I'll have to see if my college library has any good books for this as well!
Great video as always Burr! Bang!
Bang! :)
Thankss Burr always fun to watch never miss one
Glad to have you on board! :)
Very Cool!
Thanks!
Hello Burr. The Milwaukee Road ore cars and caboose looked great along with the SD9. It was also nice to see the BN Alco again. The squeal sfx are cool as well. Excellent video Burr.😁👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Thanks, Burr, I enjoyed that very much.
I like SD9s but that C636 is really impressive. Unfortunately, they were all gone by the era I model, the other end of the BN. As an aside, BN 2521, the GP35, was still around then, having gone through the GP39E rebuild program and renumbered 2920.
9:33 I find the brakemen are much happier when you don't make them run for the switches. It makes the time playing last longer too. Sometimes it seems some operators can't get done quick enough which sort of defeats the purpose.
Thanks for your great train handling! :) I feel your pain about era constraints, and have fun with your modeling...
As usual, a good fun video to watch! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another Great video. Thanks!
I too like the SD9 and in the Milwaukee Road color's makes it even better.
Agreed!
hello Burr & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool Thanks Burr Friends Randy
Thanks Randy!
The new lighting scheme created a different appearance of the wooded areas with long shadows cast by tree trunks 😊
Indeed!
Great video! Love the SD-9! I need to ad one to my layout. I need a B&LE to go with my F7 A&B units. I do not model the B&LE but my grandfather once worked for them. :)
Any excuse is enough, when it comes to locomotives. Thanks for your comment!
Would enjoy doing that Xtra thing around the layout upon return in May!!
No doubt!
Awesome video as always! I've got a question for you, how to do you know what frieght cars to use that would be correct for your era? I've been looking at 1982 for some and it's a process!
There are several types of books you can buy, called "Pictorials" or "Motive Power reviews" that sometimes list data about freight cars and when they were built. The railroad "historical societies" (e.g. FOBNR, GNRHS, MRHA, and NPRHA) also generally maintain websites with data about car and locomotive dates. The regular model railroad magazines (e.g. Model Railroader, Railroad Model Craftsman, Model Railroad Hobbyist) also regularly run articles about specific cars and when they were built and for whom. Kalmbach has a series of small books on "Industries you can model" which sometimes contain data about which cars were used in which eras for specific industries. And at swap meets (and on the NMRA.org website) you can find copes of the "Official Railway Equipment Register" (published each year for the railroad industry), which lists every type of car used by every US railroad by railroad. Recently, some of the more thoughtful manufacturers (and retailers) of model railroad rolling stock (e.g. ScaleTrains) are starting to list the build date and repaint date in the ads for their offerings, too. As you said, "it's a process!" Finally, I've found that the social media sites like Facebook, Groups.io, and TH-cam comments can be quite helpful. You can ask a question and sometimes an "old head" pops up and actually knows the answer! I've learned a lot just from people (like you) commenting on my TH-cam videos.
And, once you've figured out if a particular type of car existed in 1982 (with the particular paint scheme you like), the next question is, did it have any business transiting your modeled railroad, i.e. is there a relevant industry on your layout that would need that car type, or a logical through movement. For example, the specialized aircraft parts cars that I have running back and forth between Kansas and Seattle would probably not be seen on the US east coast ever, and most cement hoppers used in Florida would totally not belong on my Seattle-area railroad, even if they existed for sure in 1973, because cross-country cement moves just don't make economic sense at that distance.
I haven't read a good novel in years. Any reading time I get is spent on railroad magazines, books, websites, and historic reference materials, trying to zero in on what would be "prototypical" for the Seattle area in 1973. And I've been working on this same goal for over 35 years! It's definitely "a process" alright!
@muchfunwithtrains thank you a ton for that insight! Great information being noticed and it definitely helps my planning and findings on different freight types. I might have to do some digging into those manuals and guides for those eras! I mainly model the late 80s to 1995 for the sp in the heart of the rockies but still enjoy the early 80s family lines. If you manage to find some great resources, feel free to let me know about them! I'll have to see if my college library has any good books for this as well!
Such a beautiful layout ... Can you run DC trains on it or are you guys only DCC?
Thanks. Just DCC since 2004.
Burr, do you have any Milwaukee road flexi-van cars? I’m trying to sell a couple of them for a friend and was wondering if you would be interested.
It depends on if they would have run out here to the PNW in 1973, and if they run reliably with no derailment issues.
@@muchfunwithtrains The frames are all metal so the weight helps with avoiding derailments
@@muchfunwithtrains From the information I have they did run out to Seattle in the early 70s Burr.
@@muchfunwithtrains They are kind of heavy cars since the frames are all metal.