14:48 Awwww thank you guys! It was so much fun hanging out with you all during Railfest. I am working on a big project to tell the Overfair's Story. The first "chapter" will be done in June and will be on the @OverfairPacificRailroad channel (formerly Swanton Pacific). If you want to see the Overfair locomotives in-person, come out to the Best of the West Show at The Historic Santa Margarita Ranch during Memorial Day weekend!
6:35 has a story I would like to share. I volunteered there about 3 years ago and every morning they go out for an inspection and to wax the rails so the wheels don’t squeak when the trains go by since the curves are so tight. And to wax and you hold a candle off the edge of a flatbed and just put it up on the rail. Since I was the smallest one there at the time, it was easiest for me to do it since I had young bones and a good back. So we head out on the little red speeder and just reach the long section of straight track and outcomes Switch the railroad dog. He was over 10 years old and. The sweetest boxer dog I had ever seen. He get on the embankment above the rail line and starts running ahead and I felt like the 1860s when a horse would run by or even faster than a locomotive just a fun story and great place to volunteer.
Geeze absolutely love these road trip videos with you and your crew. Takes me back 40ish years with my crew sadly a number of them have caught out on the westbound over the years. Seriously Hyce with the amount of pop culture references fly fast and loose not a single Homer Simpson ohh donuts reference? 😊
I love how relaxed Brett looks at 13:12 of this video. Such a relaxed and happy smile as he enjoys the ride. It looks you all had a load of fun on this trip.
The sun at the start of your journey reminds me of the time my girlfriend & I were having our road trip across the country to Colorado. Before we made it to your neck of the woods though, we were passing through Kansas City right at sunset. Man, nothing made the fact that we were experiencing our first grand adventure going west through the great plains quite as much as that long, long, long sunset right in front of our eyes, making it incredibly nerve-wracking to drive.
the #13 has to be the most beautiful locomotive on that railroad, in my honest opinion *hears human whistling* *IMMEDIATELY STARTS WHISTLING ALONG* pardon me what rendition of Battle Hymn of the Republic plays between 4:21 and ~6:26?
OMG, this installment was too fabulous for words. Absolutely blown away by the variety of choo choos there and their beauty takes my breath away. But just as fun is the feeling of having virtually come along to experience all this with you guys! Such a privilege. What an amazingly impressive railroad and crew. Thank you Brett for this latest video it was first rate. A triptych of the beautiful Hillcrest and Wahtoke RR for sure! So enjoyed this and many thanks again to you Brett, Leighton and the fabulous Professor for showing us around this railroad treasure! As always cheers to you guys!
Glad you guys had a ball at the H&W RR, and here in CA again. (For the record, talking to 800 people sometimes is the joy of any of these kind of events.) Glad you got to do an interview with the Overfair folks. They really are gems, and I look forward to seeing that come out.
0:10 - Back in my training time, we somehow ended up *constantly* running to Leipzig, back before the high speed line was built. So a few hours of running straight East in the morning and straight West in the afternoon/evening. Yeah. Always straight into the sun, especially in winter time. Great. 😂 1:00 - If I may give some constructive criticism; car noise lowers the intelligibility of the dialogue substantially, so the music was a bit too much in this instance. At least to me as a non-native speaker it was difficult to follow along what you were saying, which normally is not a problem at all on your videos. 2:09 - Love that motor draisine or whatever you'd call it. All in all, I really enjoyed that video. Seems like that was a marvellous field trip for all of you. Nice to see you enjoying yourself that much =) On a TOTALLY different note, but I might just drop it here just as well as anywhere else: Did you see the video from a few days ago of a tornado hitting a locomotive dead on, filmed by the train crew? I'm quite happy that's not something we deal with over here. The collegues stayed very cool and relaxed, which is the very right thing to do, but also astonishing in the extent shown. I'm quite confident I'd handle such a situation calmly, too - it's just what we as train drivers have to do. BUT I'd certainly have had some significantly shakier voice 😅
Thanks for the feedback my friend! Brett edited these videos as a huge help to me - I'll be sure to pass it along. Always more little details to learn in that space. I need to find a way to make the lav mics interface with phones, lol! I did see that tornado video. Scary as hell.
I haven't watched the whole episode yet but at 4:42 I see Billy Jones engine #2, I'm really hoping its history is touched upon in the video later. To me it has a pretty interesting story.
Some of the miniature engines running these days are just as if not more historic and have more stories to tell than their full sized counterparts. For example; LBSC's original Ayesha, which proved that the coal fired fire tube boiler, was possible in 2.5" gauge still exists, still runs, and is pulled out for special occasions by its owner. It is an extremely important engine in the hobby! Miniature foaming is a very real thing 🤣
If it's private and not open to giving rides to the public no if you are giving rides to the public then yes you need certifications witch ones depend on your local gov
in california to operate with the public it is treated the same as any other amusement park... that miniature railroad technically has to follow all the same rules that disneyland does.
I think the steam boilers have to have their own yearly cert as well, but that might be just for insurance. If you're not open to the public and not going to kill anyone but yourself if it blows, insurance and therefore cert may be entirely your choice.
Apologies mate! I haven't gotten the end updated this month yet. It'll be sorted shortly :D a lot of these videos were rendered ahead of time and that always messes with things.
4:00 Sign: "No jumping or running"
Leighton: "They forgot to mention marching"
*cough cough* civil engineer *cough* marching *cough cough* collapsing bridges :P
The economy is so broken that End of the Line doesn’t work anymore 😂 Great video Mark!
14:48 Awwww thank you guys!
It was so much fun hanging out with you all during Railfest.
I am working on a big project to tell the Overfair's Story. The first "chapter" will be done in June and will be on the @OverfairPacificRailroad channel (formerly Swanton Pacific).
If you want to see the Overfair locomotives in-person, come out to the Best of the West Show at The Historic Santa Margarita Ranch during Memorial Day weekend!
6:35 has a story I would like to share. I volunteered there about 3 years ago and every morning they go out for an inspection and to wax the rails so the wheels don’t squeak when the trains go by since the curves are so tight. And to wax and you hold a candle off the edge of a flatbed and just put it up on the rail. Since I was the smallest one there at the time, it was easiest for me to do it since I had young bones and a good back. So we head out on the little red speeder and just reach the long section of straight track and outcomes Switch the railroad dog. He was over 10 years old and. The sweetest boxer dog I had ever seen. He get on the embankment above the rail line and starts running ahead and I felt like the 1860s when a horse would run by or even faster than a locomotive just a fun story and great place to volunteer.
"Leighton has discovered the doughnuts" 🍩
what a mood
hey man I have my priorities
@@leightonmorelandseems like they are in the right place.😂
Cream filled glazed for me!
@@seymoarsalvage phrasing?
Leighton repping Battleship Texas merch pleases me (proud member of the Museum Ship Mafia)
The roundhouse is adorable…… Love 3/4 Roadtrip!
4:00 And this is why you don't march across bridges in step. :P Break cadence and THEN cross.
These locos look SO GOOD the people look out of scale, not the equipment! :) An insane amount of work...
Geeze absolutely love these road trip videos with you and your crew. Takes me back 40ish years with my crew sadly a number of them have caught out on the westbound over the years.
Seriously Hyce with the amount of pop culture references fly fast and loose not a single Homer Simpson ohh donuts reference? 😊
Simpsons wasn't one I ever really got into... What can I say? Haha.
@@Hyce777 I made a oooohhh donuts reference...
i really enjoy how the locomotives look full size until you see the people riding it
Wonderful video. Always amazing to watch videos about Grand Scale
Love the battle of New Orleans rendition! Great video! Glory glory was cool.
I love how relaxed Brett looks at 13:12 of this video. Such a relaxed and happy smile as he enjoys the ride. It looks you all had a load of fun on this trip.
Man, n7, n13 and the Shay really hijacked the scene!!! Excellent video! 😊
The sun at the start of your journey reminds me of the time my girlfriend & I were having our road trip across the country to Colorado. Before we made it to your neck of the woods though, we were passing through Kansas City right at sunset. Man, nothing made the fact that we were experiencing our first grand adventure going west through the great plains quite as much as that long, long, long sunset right in front of our eyes, making it incredibly nerve-wracking to drive.
That's a cool little railroad! I've enjoyed this vlog series about it a lot, so thanks for sharing!
these Vlogs from your trip were a delight thanks for sharing them with us
the #13 has to be the most beautiful locomotive on that railroad, in my honest opinion
*hears human whistling* *IMMEDIATELY STARTS WHISTLING ALONG*
pardon me what rendition of Battle Hymn of the Republic plays between 4:21 and ~6:26?
Thay ending transition in the tunnel was sweet!
I love these vlogs so much, please I need more 🙏
Yes 100%
YESSSS
OMG, this installment was too fabulous for words. Absolutely blown away by the variety of choo choos there and their beauty takes my breath away. But just as fun is the feeling of having virtually come along to experience all this with you guys! Such a privilege. What an amazingly impressive railroad and crew. Thank you Brett for this latest video it was first rate. A triptych of the beautiful Hillcrest and Wahtoke RR for sure! So enjoyed this and many thanks again to you Brett, Leighton and the fabulous Professor for showing us around this railroad treasure! As always cheers to you guys!
This was cool to see and the doughnuts are delicious
Glad you guys had a ball at the H&W RR, and here in CA again. (For the record, talking to 800 people sometimes is the joy of any of these kind of events.)
Glad you got to do an interview with the Overfair folks. They really are gems, and I look forward to seeing that come out.
Ive decided i need to put this event on my calander this year . Perfect trip to suger pine and hillcrest
I loved the music in this!
I'm so tempted to get some land and starting doing some of this myself, it looks so fun.
Fantastic show thank you
0:10 - Back in my training time, we somehow ended up *constantly* running to Leipzig, back before the high speed line was built. So a few hours of running straight East in the morning and straight West in the afternoon/evening. Yeah. Always straight into the sun, especially in winter time. Great. 😂
1:00 - If I may give some constructive criticism; car noise lowers the intelligibility of the dialogue substantially, so the music was a bit too much in this instance. At least to me as a non-native speaker it was difficult to follow along what you were saying, which normally is not a problem at all on your videos.
2:09 - Love that motor draisine or whatever you'd call it.
All in all, I really enjoyed that video. Seems like that was a marvellous field trip for all of you. Nice to see you enjoying yourself that much =)
On a TOTALLY different note, but I might just drop it here just as well as anywhere else: Did you see the video from a few days ago of a tornado hitting a locomotive dead on, filmed by the train crew? I'm quite happy that's not something we deal with over here. The collegues stayed very cool and relaxed, which is the very right thing to do, but also astonishing in the extent shown. I'm quite confident I'd handle such a situation calmly, too - it's just what we as train drivers have to do. BUT I'd certainly have had some significantly shakier voice 😅
Thanks for the feedback my friend! Brett edited these videos as a huge help to me - I'll be sure to pass it along. Always more little details to learn in that space. I need to find a way to make the lav mics interface with phones, lol!
I did see that tornado video. Scary as hell.
That background music is not escaping my notice! Love a new track when it comes along! 👀
4:40 is this guitar a resonator? Also this is the best saints go marching in rendition I've ever heard.
That's part of the Wings & Strings melody. I'm pretty sure it's a down tuned banjo, haha.
This is amazing!
Really cool!
I love these!
we really need a hyce vlogs channel
0:02 I lovin this tune man! This one you’ve released for folks to listen to?
Lol, it's not even one in my regular catalog! Some day. lol!
I haven't watched the whole episode yet but at 4:42 I see Billy Jones engine #2, I'm really hoping its history is touched upon in the video later. To me it has a pretty interesting story.
I wish I filmed the Billy Jones wildcat stuff more. We learned a ton that weekend but it wasn't when cameras are rolling. Really cool stuff.
I'm guessing the rusted locomotive is one of the burned up Swanton pacific locomotives
Correct.
@@Hyce777 it is sad what happened after the fire...
Great video guys ,did you run into any fans of the channel ?
Yes. I witnessed a fan throwing mystery citrus at Leighton. It was all in good fun
Several!
2-4-0 19 is my favorite train because I’m from utah
Leighton "Merch Man" Moreland: Eater of Donuts, Attemptor of Bridge Destruction and overall source of... Leightonfoolary? Go ahead! *LIME ME!*
Foaming. But smaller.
Mini foaming
Some of the miniature engines running these days are just as if not more historic and have more stories to tell than their full sized counterparts.
For example; LBSC's original Ayesha, which proved that the coal fired fire tube boiler, was possible in 2.5" gauge still exists, still runs, and is pulled out for special occasions by its owner. It is an extremely important engine in the hobby!
Miniature foaming is a very real thing 🤣
13:06 SHEEEEP! SHEEEEEEEP!!!
Man, the CoS OST is gonna kick unfathomable amounts of ass.
8:30 Hey, that is were I live!
Very nice video
8:29 is that a mini Betsy?
So, how long is the entire railroad, now??
30 min
@@conradfok How many miles does that equate to?
@@ericemmons3040 20 miles
If only I had the money To build engines that are so nice.
I'm surprised that the bigger prairie didn't pull passenger trains
13:28 its the Strom Trooper Train. [501st Legion]
I'm curious what soundtrack you used around the 5 minute mark, lotta civil war era tunes in there.
🎶Schmitler has only got one ⚽
The other, is in the Albert Hall🎶
Did you go on the cable cars in sanfran
Me looking at the small roundhouse, then thinking montezuma probably could fit in it.
#19 Lets Go!!!!!
New song for the intro? Or is it just a previously unreleased song?
What is the name of the song in all of your outtros/end credits? I NEED that song/version on my Spotify.
Hey hyce I have a question how hard would it be build 491 in that gauge
I'm thinking it would be much more complex and much heavier; would therefore have to have much heavier track laid. . .
Would depend.
however it's not impossible to make a minature 491. Might be a bit costly though.
Is this 15” gauge?
Yup
Do you have to have a special license or anything to have a railroad like this.
yes, although i dont know exactly what
If it's private and not open to giving rides to the public no if you are giving rides to the public then yes you need certifications witch ones depend on your local gov
in california to operate with the public it is treated the same as any other amusement park... that miniature railroad technically has to follow all the same rules that disneyland does.
I think the steam boilers have to have their own yearly cert as well, but that might be just for insurance. If you're not open to the public and not going to kill anyone but yourself if it blows, insurance and therefore cert may be entirely your choice.
choochoo but smaller
5:37 5482!!
Hyce checkout Indian DIESEL locos, epically the ALCOS, you will love them
I like trainz🚂
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Apologies mate! I haven't gotten the end updated this month yet. It'll be sorted shortly :D a lot of these videos were rendered ahead of time and that always messes with things.
@@Hyce777 it's no big deal, I was just confused. Hope you all have a great week!
No saying it not mine so I don’t care 😊👍😁
For some reason the video is really jerky. Especially noticeable in panning shots.
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