Model Trains - Model Railroad Ops Session - BNSF, UP, ATSF, D&RGW, SP & BN
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Model train operations session on my HO scale model train layout which is based on Colorado's Joint Line. Multiple trains from Burlington Northern & Santa Fe and Union Pacific can be seen operating over the my Joint Line layout. Some engines are still painted in their predecessor Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific, and Denver & Rio Grande Western paint schemes as well as those of BNSF and Union Pacific. The layout is being built to replicate the Joint Line in the early to mid 1990s. This ops session is set in the early 2000s. - บันเทิง
I JUST LOVE THE NARRATION YOU give during the operating session, it add a level of depth and history to the session!
Thank you for the nice compliment and feedback on my video. Cheers, Kevin
One thing I like about rail modelers is that you know your industry. It was fun watching you video and listening to you describe the action as it unfolded.
Sonny, thanks for the nice compliment. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Kevin
Fantastic job Kevin! You inspire us! Keep doing what you are doing! Please keep posting videos of your layout on here. Thanks again!
JJE Model Farming Club Thanks very much for the great compliments. Cheers, Kevin
First time watching your channel! GREAT operating session. Truly enjoyable. I'll be waiting for your next post. Thanks, Art
I like your documentary style approach to the op. It adds sense to what could be just a chaos of trains.
Thank you for taking the time to narrate your video, you did a wonderful job. Oh the trains look nice too.
axeandrail Thank you for the compliments and the feedback on the narration. Cheers, Kevin
This is one of my favorite ops session! I loved the BNSF, BN and Santa Fe varieties. And the narrating was really good and made it more exciting.
BNSFguy 617 Thanks for the compliments. Glad you liked the video and the narration. Cheers, Kevin
That dude has one of the coolest layouts. I watch his videos all the time,Love his op sessions!
Mark Turner Mark, thanks for the compliments. Glad you enjoy the ops sessions and like how the layout is turning out. Cheers, Kevin
To be honest, I didn't think I was going to watch almost an hour of ops but I watched it all. Between the running of trains and your knowledge it was great. I liked the CN in there. I see the loco's uncoupled. lol Great job.
Scott
Scott Downey Scott, thanks for the feedback. Glad to hear that you watched all of the video. I try to keep the videos interesting for the viewer so your feedback is very helpful. Cheers, Kevin
4:37
Lol the I love toy trains " OH NO " just went off in my head seeing the locomotives un couple lol
Fantastic video, I really like how you narrated it with explanations. Well done. Great layout too.
+WestCoastRails Thanks for the nice compliments. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Kevin
Hi Kevin, Very nice video on a great ops session! I have a Pentrex video on the Joint Line and I think you did a nice job recreating the operations and the scenery of the Joint Line especially the Palmer Lake area. Looking forward to your next video.
Randy
Randy Piasecki Randy, thanks for the compliment. I've got 2 versions of that same video--one VHS and one DVD. Thanks for the feedback that you think I captured the look and feel of the Joint Line because that's exactly what I was going for. Cheers, Kevin
Kevin, as always a great ops video. The realistic movements of the trains, the incredible narration, all make for a fantastic experience. I know video of this quality takes time and effort to produce, but it's greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing!
theubaum You're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video and the narration. You are certainly correct that this one took a lot of time so I'm gratified that some folks are appreciative of the extra effort. Cheers, Kevin
Great video, liked the end with the loco's light up, nice touch. Thanks
Thank you. Cheers, Kevin
Great operating session. Thanks for posting.
waltworld Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Kevin
Nice long ops Kevin. A lot of great info on the locos. Thanks. Mike
KU4PC Mike, thanks. Glad you enjoyed all the extra info I put in the video. Cheers, Kevin
Good operating session, reminds me of Trains Across America. Looking forward to more videos.
JL king Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Kevin
Today, Union Pacific 8104, like NS 8014, is an ES44AC. However, on Union Pacific, the engines are known as C45ACCTEs.
Excellent and interesting video. Great narrative.
+Norm Newhouse Thanks. Glad you thought the ops session was interesting and liked the narrative. This is by far the longest video I've narrated so far. Cheers, Kevin
This video is a fine piece of work. I hope you enjoy your trains as much as you seem to from the video. Your years of railfanning have paid off - your operations and equipment look very good! I admire that all your motive power "plays well together". I also can see why you sppent so much time and effort to get the Larkspur bridge just right. That scene is great and really looks good on the videos. Thanks for sharing with us.
Gary Binder Gary, thanks for the generous compliments. Glad to hear you liked the video and think the bridge scene looks good. Cheers, Kevin
Thank you. Enjoy your narrative.
You're welcome. Cheers, Kevin
lol i found the egg! nice!!!! love the ops session vids kevin, always a good format and lots of info included. the bridge scene gets me every time. love it! great stuff!
Gknos modeltrains Great Geno, glad to hear you found the egg! Thanks again for the compliments on the Santa Fe bridge. Cheers, Kevin
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line i will hide an egg in my next video for you lol
Very nice video, I enjoy watching interesting operating sessions like this :)
+Carricadee Models Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers, Kevin
Awesome video!
Shaun Chisholm Thanks Shaun.
Nice railroad. I like it.
I like the history!
Thanks for the feedback. Cheers, Kevin
+Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line Your welcome!!
That was awesome! The narration (in my opinion) really added to the professional touch to this video. I really enjoyed it and looking forward to your next installment. Thank you for sharing.
MrCipher666 Thanks for the compliments and feedback on the narration. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Kevin
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line speaking of your locos what company makes your dash 9 s I know your dash 8 are atlas but I really want to get a dependable warbonnet I don't any dependable ones currently other than the old kato dash 9 s, but they aren't made anymore but I could probably find one at a trainshow
Matthew Rolls My -9s are the Katos. You're right that you have to look around at train shows or auction sites to find them. They're still the best -9s available.
Tyanks
I mean thanks
Great video man. I would love to get into this fantastic hobby once I retire from the military. I'm going to try to finish with a twilight tour at NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs, so this was very interesting for me personally.
Thanks for the compliment. Moving around all the time does prevent you from having a non-movable layout, but don't let that stop you. You can easily have a smaller modular or sectional layout that is easy to move. Plus you can concentrate on detailing and weathering engines, cars, etc so all that work is already done when you start building the layout. There will always be reasons to not start a layout. You just have to decide if you want one or not. Good luck with your assignment matching. Cheers, Kevin
I love how he narrated it like Trains Across America
John Alexander Thanks for the feedback that you liked the narration approach for the ops session. Cheers, Kevin
nice video of your ho scale layout it's really cool and big and I like all the train's you go to.
+Mike Troina Thanks for the compliment on the layout and all the trains. Glad to hear you liked the video. Cheers, Kevin
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line your welcome Kevin and you should check out my channel and please subscribe to my channel to.
+Mike Troina Will do Mike.
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line cool thanks.
Great ops session, and great narrative. Very informative. Watched the whole thing.
Peter CPRail8748 Peter, thanks. Glad to hear you like the video and watched all of it. Cheers, Kevin
Great video!
+Amtrak Enthusiast Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers, Kevin
I like your layout.
Milton, thank you. Cheers, Kevin
4:38 - uncoupled!
Oleg Mikheev i seen that too lol
Oleg Mikheev- Yep!
Nice video.
upsd402 Thanks. Glad you liked the video. Cheers, Kevin
Just add some info about the CN unit, there were 2. The first one was a GTW SD38, paint GTW (a CN subsidiary) in the blue/red scheme. Originally built for DT&I in 1971 and became GTW 6253 in 1984, CN never repainted it into the red/black as it was sold to the RBMN in 2000. The second is an IC SD40-3, paint for CN with IC under the number in real life. Originally built as BN 6772 in 1976 and became IC 6160 in 1993, and rebuilt in 2000 as 6253 (possibly repainted at the same time from the IC black to the CN black/red).
Tim, thanks for the additional information. Cheers, Kevin.
Hey scale model trains & Colorado's joint line at 4:38 why didn't you stop the train? I think the reason it uncoupled was coupler slack.
Love your layout especially the bn I used to have bn locos running down a branchline in Pensacola back in the 90s. How do you uncouple your equipment
+Dalton Rhodes Dalton, thanks for the compliment on my layout. I manually uncouple my cars and engines rather than use magnetic uncoupling. Most of my cars and engines still have trip pins so they can use magnetic uncoupling if I chose to do that in the future. However, I've used both methods on several different layout over the years, and prefer manual uncoupling. But its really just a matter of personal preference. Cheers, Kevin
I would KILL to do an op session with you on this layout 😭
At 4:30, on that UP manifest, that SP GE uncoupled from the Rio Grande SD40-2
+bkriegel95 Good eye. Yes, the two uncoupled. Cheers, Kevin
+bkriegel95 I noticed that, too. :)
But, no mention in the "media". It's a conspiracy by Big Train to fool the public!
(by "media" I mean the video. Even though Kevin already coped to it)
How many engines do you need for the first northbound up freight?
Bill, only 2 would be "needed", but the others were part of a power move going to UP's, formerly Rio Grande's then Southern Pacific's, Burnham Shops in Denver prior to being sold by UP. Cheers, Kevin.
where can i buy track and dcc power supply and where do you get your locomotives and rail cars. i love your collection
Ramon, thanks for the compliment on my collection. You can buy everything you need at a number of different on-line hobby stores if you don't have a local hobby shop. I buy my stuff from about all every different way--hobby shops, on-line, swap meets, etc. Cheers, Kevin
How many locomotive’s do you have?
You talked about some engines being renumbered, now when that happens to you renumber your engines or do you purchase the newly numbered engines?
+Steven Bruni I don't try to keep my roster completely up to date with the prototype as far as renumbering. I may renumber a engine or to because I'm trying to model a specific road number, but not just because the railroad did. If a manufacture happens to make the new road number, I might buy it if I need that type of engine. But then I try to not run the old road number engine at the same time as the newly renumbered engine. Cheers, Kevin
So is my model Santa Fe a heavy hauler
At 4:38 did you make the engines bounce on the track by putting small splints under sections of the track?
No, that's just where the track changes from level to a 2% grade for a short bit. Cheers, Kevin
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line ok it just looked like the locos were bobbing and rocking around on the tracks
Great work kevin , cool beans with he op session and what are the dimensions if you don't mind me asking ?
danielle nicole The layout is 11x27 not counting the isles. Thanks for the compliment. Cheers, Kevin
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Great work Kevin, I always value your knowledge of the western railroads. You have many of the same locomotive as I have, how are the lights in the new athearn genesis SD75 holding up? Still worth the buy? I might get one.
Trains Big and Small Thanks for the feedback and compliment. The SD75I is still performing great, not issues with running, sound or lights. Still wish they were LEDs instead of bulbs, but they're performing fine still. Cheers, Kevin
nice run , ty for the info I like what you have done plz give me hints on what I am doing , just starting out
sparky107107 Thanks and you're welcome. I'll check out your videos and offer what advice I can. It looks like your layout is progressing along nicely. Cheers, Kevin
Once again Mr. Smith excellent job. I know little about operating sessions, but your videos are always an education. Probably the only model railroad videos I watch over and over. Check out Bill Rogers on utube, I think you'll enjoy his work. Thanks again.
Joe Saurina Joe, thanks for the nice compliments and the feedback that you've watched some of my videos over and over again. I already subscribe to Bill's channel, and you're correct--he does great work. Cheers, Kevin
Thanks from Spain Kevin to share your knowledge. Great layout !!!
Just a question... what kind of ballats mix are you using ???
Cheers Kevin.
Candletown Yard You're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video. My ballast is a mix of Woodland Scenics fine ballast gray and light gray. I make my own mix using mostly gray rather than buying the Woodland Scenics gray blend ballast. Cheers, Kevin
How long did it take you to learn about operating sessions? I know exactly zero! Would like to learn one of these days though.
***** James, it doesn't take long. A lot of it depends on what you want to get out of an ops session and how complicated you want to make the job of running trains on the layout. I can go through it with you at some point if you'd like. Cheers, Kevin
4:39 the locomotives uncoupled, oops! Btw thanks for making this video I really wanted to see some bnsf on your layout!
BNSF model railroad Not a problem on making the video. This one took a while, but I think it turned out pretty good. Cheers, Kevin
Yes definitely turned out well, I really like the narration
BNSF model railroad Thanks again. i thought I'd try out a few new ideas for this one, narration was one of those.
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line at 21:29 YTMB 1995 does that mean youtube model builders?
BNSF model railroad GREAT CATCH! Yes, I hid a little "Easter egg" for a few of my fellow TH-cam Model Builders Live panel members. Cool that you caught it. Cheers, Kevin
Awesome video! Are you going to do a review of the new Athearn Genesis SD60M?
railroadpics _ Thanks. I'll probably do a review if I buy one. Right now I'm not planning on buying one from the current release, possibly a UP. But if the run some BN SD60Ms in the future, I'll pick up at least one of those and do a review. Cheers, Kevin
OK! Great to hear! Thanx, Matt
1:47 was that a dead spot or dirty that caused 3061's headlight to turn off then on or what
Not completely sure but I don't think it is a true dead spot. More likely a combination of dirt and the insulated frog on the switch. Cheers, Kevin.
@@Modeltrains ok thank you for letting me know also i like you're ho scale layout
Are the SD40-2s able to pull a train?
Yes, depending on how many SD40-2s you put on the train and how long/heavy the train is. SD40-2s generally have 3,000 horsepower. In the late 80s and early 90s it was common on the Joint Line in Colorado to have 5 SD40-2s, or a combination of SD40-2s and C30-7s, on a train. Cheers, Kevin
im starting a layout that models the line from San Diego, to Las Angeles do you have any tips on getting started
also probebly from LA to Phoenix as well
Kerry, welcome to the wonderful world of model railroading. There no one best way to get started, but I'll offer a few suggestions for you. Probably the single best suggestion I can offer is for you to read the book, Track Planning for Realistic Operation by John Armstrong. I believe it is currently in its 3rd printing. It is by far the best model railroad book ever written and has lots of good ideas and advise beyond just track planning. Next, you'll want to pick up some type of Building a Model Railroad Layout Step-by-Step book. There are several different ones but you'll want one that steps through planning, building benchwork, laying track, electrical (DC/DCC), making scenery, adding buildings, and operating your trains. Even though you probably won't be building a layout like the one in the book, you need something that covers all the steps necessary. From there, TH-cam has lots of good videos on scenery, benchwork, electrical, etc to given you more knowledge beyond what is in the basic Step-by-Step book. Finally, don't try to make too large of a layout to start. If you end up enjoying this hobby, your first layout won't be your last so don't try to make it too big or complicated to start. A small simple well running layout it more enjoyable than a large complicated poorly running one. Probably a good size to start with in HO scale would be something like a 10'x10' U, J or L shaped plan. Hope this helps, and again welcome to model railroading. Cheers, Kevin
Thanks! Thats more help than i could have asked for :)
Anytime. Cheers, Kevin
Great Ops Session Kevin!!! Two things I have noticed….Palmer Lake has some of the slowest joggers I've ever seen, and I do not want to be stuck at that grade crossing if I was in a hurry. Layout is looking fabulous!
Quick question….In your main yard I noticed your track is set directly on the foam board while the rest of your track is on cork roadbed….How did you transition the track from foam board to cork? Im having a hard time with this on my layout.
Thanks in advance….Joe T.
Joe T Joe, thanks for the compliment on the layout. On the transition, if you look at the shots of the mainlines as the go into the double crossover, they go down a short grade. I cut the ends of two of the Woodland Scenics incline starters for this. I haven't had any problems once I got it all aligned, but I took my time to make sure it was as smooth a transition as I could make it and tested it a bunch before gluing it down. Cheers, Kevin
Maybe this is a dumb question since I haven't started buying anything, yet, but looking at it with an electrical knowledge background; Power to feed the motors in your locomotives comes from the track, right?
So, how can you have two locos sitting next to each other, on the same track, and only move one?
Also, how many controllers do you have? (unrelated, sort of) [that's what they call the knob-turny thing, right?]
+mahnarch Great question. There are two primary ways to control multiple engines on a layout. The older uses straight DC current and powers a given number of electrical blocks. The layout is divided into a number of electrical blocks and through electrical switches (think switches on a control panel not track switches though some track switches are electrically routing) the operator selects which block or blocks he is controlling at a given time. That way only the engines in those block respond to the throttle commands. However, the trend recently (and what I use on my layout) is Digital Command and Control (DCC). DCC encodes a small packet of information and sends it through the rails along with the normal DC power. A DCC decoder in each engine reads this signal which tells the engine what to do. If it needs to move or something, it applies enough of the power from the rails to move either slow, fast, or whatever speed the operator tells it too. The power is the same as in DC, but it is the combination of the DCC command station sending the info on what each engine should do and the DCC decoder determining what it is being told to do that allows all the engines to run independently. This is a really basic explanation. But there are lots of great web sites completely dedicated to DCC that will go into more detail if you want to read more on DCC. There are several good companies that make DCC systems. I've personally owned, and was happy with both, North Coast engineering (NCE) and Digitrax DCC systems. Hope this helps. Cheers, Kevin
That's a lot of information to absorb. :D
But, now that I have an idea, and a name of the system, I can go do some research.
Thank you, Kevin.
+mahnarch Anytime.
How many cars do you put on each of your BNSF Coal Trains? thanx, Matt
railroadpics _ Matt, my coal trains usually only have 18 cars. I could run longer trains than that, but I find that with longer trains the mainline run "feels" shorter. With my layout I've found that 3 lead engines, 18 cars and 2 helper engines provides the right balance to feel like there is a long mainline run with long trains running over it. Cheers, Kevin
I was wondering how many cars long you ran your BNSF coal trains and how long you made your passing sidings? I am just getting started in the hobby and designing a layout and currently have 43 coal cars and 4 BNSF locos to pull it, but I would like to build realistic (to the hobby) passing sidings and cut my train lengths down to about 20 cars. Anything will help! Thanks!
Nathan Nathan, I normally run 18 car trains. The layout will accommodate longer trains, but the longer your trains are, the shorter the mainline is in comparison. I try to balance the look of a long train with the feeling of a long mainline. 18 cars and 5 engines per train seems to do that on my layout. If you keep the view of the train broken up where you can't see the whole thing stretch out in front of you, then you'll never know exactly how long it is when your operating your layout. You either be watch the lead engines, helpers if you have then, or just some portion of the middle. I don't have any passing sidings, but I've built the yard and hidden staging to handle 24 car trains. Hope this helps. Cheers, Kevin
That does make sense breaking up long stretches with scenery, etc., making the trains seem longer than they really are. Thanks Kevin! Keep up the great videos! It's teaching me quite a bit.
Nathan Thanks for the feedback. Glad to hear your finding the videos informative. Cheers, Kevin
Kevin, another EXCELLENT video!! Question about your helper engines - do you use two throttles, one for the helpers and one for the lead engines? Those trains with helpers run really smoothly. I enjoy your narration as well. Great Job!! Brian
brian102256 Brian, thanks for the great compliment. I use a Digitrax DT402 throttle because it has two independent throttle knobs that let me control the lead engines and helpers from a single handheld. Thanks for the feedback too. Cheers, Kevin
4:38 did those train uncouple at that point? the SP and the Rio Grande?
Netherfield Junction Good eye. Yes, they uncoupled.
@@Modeltrains is there coupler slack on ho scale trains or is it just real ones?
Love it! Where do you get all of your locomotives. I have trouble finding good locomotives for good prices. Love the narration
Union Pacific Fan Thanks for the compliment and feedback on the narration. I buy all of my trains from a variety of sources. Local hobby shops, some of the big on-line retailers, and auction sites. Cheers, Kevin
I like that you use all those Dash-8 Units but i have a few questions. Are they atlas and if so do they have QSI Sound. If they have QSI I would like to know how you were able to speed match them to the other Manufactures you use on your layout. I have heard of people trying to speed match them and Completely fail. But Great video! I have been looking forward to one these on your channel!
Thank you ~Metra163
***** Yes my -8s are Atlas with factory QSI sound decoders and they are speed matched to all my other engines. I did a video a while back on how I speed match all my engines. This is the same technique I use for my Altas QSI engines too. One extra programming note on the Atlas QSI engines though is you may have to turn off Regulated Throttle Control (RTC). The Atlas decoders have RTC and Standard Throttle Control (STC) modes. From the Atlas DCC manual: 4.2.6 Selecting Standard Throttle Control™ or Regulated Throttle Control™ (CV56.4). The differences between Standard Throttle Control (STC) and Regulated Throttle Control (RTC) are explained in Section 3.643. Follow the directions below to convert between RTC and STC when using DCC.
• Set CV49 to 4,
• Set CV56 to 0 for Standard Throttle Control or to 1 for Regulated Throttle Control.
Note: The default is Regulated Throttle Control.
Note: CV2, CV3, CV4, CV5 and speed tables apply to both Standard and Regulated Throttle Control.
I change all mine to STC, but you may be able to speed match your engines with RTC depending on your momentum setting of the engines you're trying to match too.
Here's my speed matching video. th-cam.com/video/QeZArBEqmMk/w-d-xo.html
Cheers, Kevin
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line Thank you very much for that information. Now when i get JMRI (If i ever do) I will be able to speed match my C40-8 to my other engines.
Thanks ~Metra163
What is the name of the song in the beginning
cedric andrews Cedric, its "Hot Heat" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena. Cheers, Kevin
Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line thanks
@ 2:49... the best paint scheme right there... too bad it didn't last longer
The BN Cream and Green paint scheme on the SD70MACs was always one of my favorites. I still remember seeing my first one back in the early 90s. I had just learned about the new paint scheme the day before and went up to Palmer Lake to see if I could catch one. Sure enough, one of the first coal trains had a 3 engine SD70MAC consist up front. They looked awesome in the fresh paint. Cheers, Kevin.
UP 8104 gets past a signal before it stops. Then has to cut off the lead unit to pick up a motor, re arm the etd, then run long hood forward? Bet that crew was pissed!!!
Thomas Tate Thomas, agreed! I bet they were too. If you haven't checked out my BNSF video of this happening on the Joint Line here's the link th-cam.com/video/0nKmhwGzmPw/w-d-xo.html Cheers, Kevin
At the 14:00 mark, has that scenario ever actually happened?
Sean Williams Yes. I've seen everything from engines breaking down, shutting down and not restarting, catching on fire, lots of broken knuckles/couplers, etc. Here's a video I took of a BNSF engine rear facing on the point of a train after it was picked up on the Joint Line and was being shoved north. th-cam.com/video/0nKmhwGzmPw/w-d-xo.html
did you have a breakaway at 4mins 39sec ? lol
Yeah I saw that
+Johnathan McKay fantastic layout - I like your commentary
+Shelton D'Cruz Thanks for the feedback on the narration. It actually takes a lot of work to add that in so its good to hear that some people appreciate it. Cheers, Kevin
Are all your engines powered?
Miles, yes, all my engines are powered. Cheers, Kevin
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0:15 got SCARED 😮😮😮
4:39 units uncouple!
You should do a cab ride on your layout
+Johnathan McKay Thanks for the feedback. I'll add that to my list of to-do videos. Though that list is already rather long, so I probably wouldn't get around to it for a while. Cheers, Kevin
+Scale Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line hopefully you can get to it
I have a BN GP 40-2 3062 not 3061
Up was formed in 1862
Correct, and when UP merged with (bought) Southern Pacific in 1996 UP acquired joint ownership and operation of the Joint Line which SP owned/operated along with BNSF at that point. Cheers, Kevin.
I'm not trying to start a argument but on google it says that up was formed in 1862 and has bought sp cnw drgw mp the Katy wp so yeah also your correct that the sf merged with bn to form BNSF
I'm also building a Nebraska layout as well it should be done soon!
I want one
4:38 What happened *here*
Coupler slack between the engines caused them to uncouple. Cheers, Kevin.
0:16 - got SCARED 😱
Edit: 0:15
Ha. Gotcha. Cheers, Kevin.
Denzel Washington Dispatch we have a runaway train over, 10-4 DW proceed in Notch 8 and continue with funny bizzness checkbox 1 over, copy that dispatch, continue with scary tactics riding on 6 wheels taking curves with excessive speed, scaring folks like crazy, over.
You should really start adding scenery in the bnsf yard
I have plans to. I'm adding scenery to my layout from south to north starting a Palmer Lake. Denver and the BNSF yard will be some of the last areas I add scenery to. But eventually I'll get there. Cheers, Kevin
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+SomebodyElse Most trains are very long, yes.
Why is this so dark??? It seems that the layout could be seen if the exposure was better in that this is a beautiful layout but not loght enough.
David, the beginning and ending of the video is dark because it is early morning and dusk respectively. The main part of the video is much brighter. Thanks for the compliment on the layout. Cheers, Kevin
You can model morning and evening and still have enough light to see the layout. I know because I have a friend that does just this all of the time. Run sessions start at dawn and run until dusk and we can see all of the equipment all of the time. I would like to see more of the switching on that wonderful layout rather than just railfanning.
Thanks for the feedback. The layout is lighter in person than it looks on the video during morning and evening lighting. Cheers, Kevin
One thing that drives me crazy are people that call the comfort cab diesels 'wide cabs.' There's no such thing as a wide cab, it would have to stick out on either side of the sideframe.
bcrnfan Canadian cabs or comfort cabs are commonly refereed to as wide cabs even though it is actually the nose of the engine that is wider while the cab is the same width as a standard cab unit. Both EMD and GE have used the denotation "W" on on some engines equipped with comfort cabs as in SD40-2W and C44-9W (EMD also uses 'M' as in GP60M). Most railfans and modelers seem to refer to these cabs as "wide cabs" more often than calling them Canadian cabs or comfort cabs. Probably because it is just easier to say even if not being technically correct. Cheers, Kevin
I want a bnsf toy
Need 'weathering' on equipment. Too clean and shiny....
Not much of an operation session rather a run by session..... Would have liked to see more operations and less run by.
David, thanks for the feedback. Not sure what you mean by more operations. If you mean switching, there's not much switching on the Joint Line other than the yards and in Denver. All the trains are identified with originations and destinations and run by on how the prototypical operates on the Joint Line. Cheers, Kevin
OK but that sounds pretty boring though. Don't you have any industries along the way or any products to deliver and - or pick up???
David, there really aren't any industries along the Joint Line. There are some in Denver both off the mainline and along the Belt Line. I model a bit of that in my Denver section. Cheers, Kevin
poop poop poop
Kinda like u!.....coincidence I think not.