Thomas Klimoski's Georgia Northeastern Model RR January 2018 Update
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- This video highlights the recently completed Marble Hill area on my layout including the Imerys Corporation and Georgia Marble facilities. In addition, my new website is featured. Here is the link to the site:
www.thomasklim...
Love the Kudzu growing over the marble slab discards...........
Hi Mike, Thanks for your comments and noticing the little details. -Tom
I love how the marble slabs are only placed on top of the bogies. A very prototypical detail.
Hi, Thanks for your comments and noticing that detail. Yes, I placed the marble slabs in my cars based on how the prototype loads then into gondolas with the weight over the trucks. -Tom
Great attention to detail! I really enjoyed watching this video, thanks for sharing.
Hi Eric, Thanks for your comments, I really appreciate them.-Tom
I deliver to Imerys in talking rock and marble hill and you have done a phenomenal job on this! The discarded marble blocks are spot on!!! I love seeing the drill lines in the blocks wheee they blasted them. You did great!
Hi Big Kuntry, Thanks for your comments. Some of the discarded marble blocks are actually samples from the quarry that were provided when they did a tour during the Marble Hill festival. I added the drill lines to make them look more prototypical. I really wished I could have modeled the swtich backs, but I just did not have enough room on my layout. The "finished" marble slabs are marble tiles from Home Depot. Be sure to check out my website at www.thomasklimoski.com and you can see some prototype photos I took when I was able to ride the GNRR local switch job.-Tom
Back in 1994 and 1995 I rode the Christmas train of the Georgia Northeast Railroad with a friend. I've got a video of the trains during that time. We mostly rode in the caboose with stops at Marietta, Ball Ground, etc. (can't remember all the little towns we went through). You've done a great job of modelling the GNRR.
Hi, Thanks for your comments. That was back when Wilds Pierce owned the line and was a great way for the GNRR to reach out to the communities along the line. Now the "Santa Trains" run only from Blue Ridge north to Curtis Switch and then return with no stops along the way. -Tom
@@ThomasKlimoski Yeah, I had forgotten about Wilds Pierce. He was the president then of the GNRR. I met him and some of his staff during the Christmas Train runs. I really enjoyed the two years that I rode the Christmas train (I worked for Ga. Public Television then) and got them involved during the second year run of the train.
As always .. sounds redundant..but true..... your videos capture the "feel like you're there" action.
Hi, Thanks for your comments. -Tom
Ah, finally I have found the mysterious Derail I wanted to see, designed to specs and has that flip over hinge. One thing though, they are painted bright yellow for obvious visual reasons and in time, scratch and fade with use.
Hi J. Sterling, You are correct, I need to weather the derails a little. Here is a link to the TH-cam video I did on modeling the operating fence gate and derail.
th-cam.com/video/ArUu6HEl28k/w-d-xo.html
I can also testify the derails work if you forget to remove them, although the clean up and paperwork is a lot less on the model railroad than the prototype ;). -Tom
Your operations videos are among the best and most realistic that I have seen. Not to mention that your rolling stock, scenery and structures are excellent. Thanks...Harold
Hi Harold, I really appreciate your comments about my realistic operations. Thanks for watching and commenting.-Tom
Another outstanding update Tom! Your work on the peninsula, as with all your previous scenes, is outstanding. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks so much for your comments. The only thing that would make it look better is to have one of those sharp black IAIS locomotives operating on it ;). -Tom
Ha! If I ever get the pleasure of seeing your layout in person, I'll do my best to remedy that. :-D
FANTASTIC TOM! Thanks again for showing us how a well-planned, well-designed, operational concept can be accomplished without having a "giant" space. The industries, the pace of operations ALL achieve results that are indeed commendable. Oh yes, an A+ on the modeling also ... KUDOS!
Jim Talbott
Canton, MI
Hi Jim, Thanks for your very gracious comments. Glad to see you were able to post a comment on TH-cam after all your issues.-Tom
Always enjoy your videos, Tom. Even my two year old daughter was mesmerized by watching the switching. The upper management must be doing alright at Georgia Marble, they're all driving Mercedes, Beamers, and Escalades! Haha, love it!
Hi Matt, Thanks for your comments, especially that your two year old was enjoying the video. Maybe you have a future conductor trainee in the making! Somebody's got to be making the money at Georgia Marble and I guess it is the higher ups. You know how pricey marble is if you ever got a quote for a marble counter top;). I just wish there were more basic current day American model cars available. Thanks again, your comment about your daughter made my day.-Tom
Another great update! Your new website looks great.
The new scenery etc at Marble Hill looks really good. As always love your realistic operations.
Thanks for sharing Tom, Great work as usual :)
Hi Craig, Thanks for your comments. I hope to post more frequent updates on my website, while still posting a few videos each year. How is your layout coming along? Any progress?-Tom
Hi Tom, been very busy at work so no progress at the moment.
Hi Craig, I hope you get some time to work on your layout. I am looking forward to your next update.-Tom
Another great video of your superbly detailed layout. Your switching moves are fascinating to watch. Inspirational work!
Hi Mal, Thanks for your comments. I have been following the progress on your new layout and I'm looking forward to seeing a video. The new NS locomotive looks great on your layout.-Tom
Thanks Tom. I'm hoping to do a video in the next couple of weeks. Love your new website too, full of ideas and inspiration
I can't wait to seeing your next video, featuring your new locomotive I suspect. I hope to post more frequent updates on my website than I post videos. Thanks for checking out the website.-Tom
I absolutely love everything about your layout Tom! I’ve watched all of your videos multiple times.
Hi, Thanks for your most gracious comments. You don't need a large layout to have a great ops session. I hope I have inspired you with my layout and videos.-Tom
You have!! I recently started a shelf layout. my journal is here in case your curious!! www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/129312-my-shelf-layout-journal/
Hi Joe, I checked out your journal and think you have an excellent plan and great little layout that will provide plenty of operations. The prototype photos are perfect reference material for your structures. Glad to hear my layout inspired you to build your own switching layout.-Tom
Absolutely beautiful addition and fantastic video. I am learning much from your work.
Great job - like the required actions, details and track work are great/ Thank you
Thanks for your comments.-Tom
Hi Tom - Another very well-done video with lots of good information about the industries and switching operations. Your videos are top notch. Thank you for sharing your excellent layout with others! Mike
Hi Mike, Thanks for your comments. I hope to post more progress blogs, photos and information on my new website much more frequently than I post videos. I enjoyed your recent "steam special" video on your beautiful layout.-Tom
Very very nice Tom... Love the amount of detail you have here!
Hi Jon, Thanks for your comments.-Tom
The Marble Hill section looks great Tom! And I love the website. Great wealth of information. Great job! Tim
Hi Tim, Thanks for your comments. The website has worked out well and is a good resource for information on my layout and projects.-Tom
Always a pleasure to discover another great video of your well done layout! Thanks for sharing. Sébastien
Hi Sebastien, Thanks for your comments. Hopefully you can post some switching videos of your layout soon.-Tom
Thanks for you reply Tom. I will post videos when I have finished the scenery on my layout.
You've been busy. Looks great! Nice detail. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comments.-Tom
Very very awesome! Not only does it look good it is good watch. I was watching the seaboard central update and wondered when we would get an update from you. Going to check out the website now.
Hi Trenton, Thanks for the comments. Tim at the Seaboard Central does a nice job on his videos while I only post every few months. I am going to try to post more progress reports and photos to my website. I hope you find my website helpful and check back for progress reports.-Tom
A pleasure to watch as always. The trackmobile sounded a little noise, maybe it was just the video. I have one and found a long running in session improved it slow running no end. I shall certainly be checking out your website. Keith
HI Keith, Thanks for your comments. I have run the Trackmobile quite a bit but I'll try what you suggested and run it for much longer. I always thought it was a bit noisy. I did change the CV's as suggested in the manual and that improved the performance. I hope to post more frequent updates on my website, much more than I post videos.-Tom
I love that trackmobile! Fits perfectly
Thanks for your comments. The prototype facility uses one so I just had to have one for my layout ( a good excuse for the CEO). It really adds a cool factor to an ops session.-Tom
Great job, Tom. I know the Marble Hill area well and you've done a wonderful job of capturing it! Well done.
Thank you for your comments. It was difficult to get photos of the Imerys industry due to security concerns but I tried to capture the overall look of the facility. The discarded marble slabs along the railroad right of way are actually pieces of marble from the old Marble Hill quarry. I just wish I could have found a way to model the switch backs found on the prototype Marble Hill spur. -Tom
Very nice, enjoyed the action on your layout!! Really well done "marble" mill, never seen that on a layout until now. Thanks so much for sharing! D. Muse
Hi David, Thanks for your comments. The marble industry is one of the major customers for the Georgia Northeastern and one of the reasons that a railroad line was built in the area.-Tom
What a great addition. Thanks for the update
John
Hi John, Thanks for your comments.-Tom
Great video and awesome scenery. Look forward to your article next month in MRR Magazine on the lumber yard.. look forward to more
Thanks for the comments. You are correct, my article for the lumber yard on the layout will be in the next issue of MR. Hope you can get some time in 2018 to work on your layout.-Tom
ThomasKlimoski
I am hopeful to get started when not so cold as we have snow right now and really cold . I am going to revamp the layout and be done what the same but different .. I will send you some plans and updates through email and stay in contact. I am going try the derailer me this you have to add some ops realism..
I am looking forward to seeing the changes you have planned for your layout. Take a look at my video on how I made the derail on my website in the How To section. If you have questions as you build yours let me know, I'll be glad to help. The derails add an extra prototypical step as you perform your switching operations.-Tom
I really enjoy your videos! I can see you put alot of work into making these switching videos!
Thanks for your comments. You are right, the videos are a lot of work but fortunately I enjoy the entire filming and editing process. With each video I do I get a little better, but always have room for improvement.-Tom
Great work on the marble facility!
Hi Peter, Thanks for your comments. My next project(s) are painting and detailing my locomotives to replicate those units on the GNRR. Watch for an upcoming video or check out my website at www.thomasklimoski.com. -Tom
I was getting worried hadn't seen any videos in awhile your layout is an.inspiration
Hi Brian, Thanks for your comments. I don't post videos that often but I hope to have more frequent progress photos in the blog on my website. Don't worry I am not going anywhere and hope to have more regularly scheduled ops sessions for visitors.-Tom
I enjoyed watching the great video you did
Thanks for posting
Cheers Ron
Hi Ron, Thanks for the comments on my video.-Tom
Thomas... Another great video of the GNRR... I really enjoy your postings. I now can keep up with your new website...!
Take care and hope to talk soon,
Cameron White
Hi Cameron, Thanks for your comments on the video and website. Any progress on your layout? Let me know how things are going.-Tom
Tom;
Progress is slow. Been on cruise for last two weeks and Lynx huntung in Canada just before that.
I've changed a few trackage areas around for better Operations. High spots from foam board in one and switch problems in the other. Working on scenery details for highway going through scene as view block too... Kind of has me stumped for now. Going to be visiting S. Carolina and Savannah, GA this fall with wife. She keeps hinting me about this.
Well done scene and operations. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comments. I try to post updates frequently on my website blog and I have more information about my operations including switch lists.-Tom
awesome vid as usual. If anyone ever deserved a website about their layout, it's you, Mr. Tom. Man, that track mobile sounds sick...is it supposed to sound like that? Keep up the GREAT work! LOVE the scene with the small office...that grass setup is nothing short of spectacular!
Best,
John
Hi John, Thanks for your comments. The kids these days say "sick" is a good thing. I guess that is OK except when it comes to the Trackmobile ;). My Trackmobile always sounded like that and I have a friend that also has one and he said that his Trackmobile sounds like mine. I though about sending mine back to the factory but I don't think it would improve the noise. The grass is the Heki wild grass fiber mats, I think it is one of the best products on the market for replicating overgrown grassy areas. I appreciate your comments about my website. Be sure to check back on the website for progress updates and my blog which I should update more frequently than I post videos.-Tom
Wow... Really Cool..the crew guys standing next to engine is a really nice touch.. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.. Lance
Hi Lance, Thanks for your comments. Using a crew figure helps to understand what a real crew would be doing during a switching operation.-Tom
Love it! How do you get your little conductor to stay upright as you move him about? It certainly adds to the narrative element of your video. One thought: maybe you could also move the vehicles from time to time e.g. the blue limousine stopped at the gatehouse in one shot, and next time you cut back, it's gone! All very impressive nonetheless...
Hi Ian, Thanks for your comments. I use a product called "Sticky Tac", a clear waxy product used to hold posters to walls without leaving a mark. I place a small dab on the feet of the conductor and then stick it to the layout or the side of a car. The nice part is that it is removable and does not leave a residue. I like your idea about moving the cars and will try to remember to do that the next time I film.-Tom
That's a great tip, thanks!
Fantastic video and awesome layout. Thanks to share :)
Hi David, Thanks for your comments.-Tom
Nice switching video thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your comments.-Tom
REALLY nice vid and layout. Very true to prototype ops. A suggestion...at the 6:17 mark, consider using blue flag protection. The trackmobile crew can use this protect their movements. When they are finished, they remove the blue flag.
Hi, Thanks for your comments and suggestion. I use blue flags on my layout for cars that are unloaded using hoses (ERB Plastics) or at unloading racks (Dow). I used the derail at the entrance to the industries at Marble Hill based on the prototype GNRR practice. A few years ago I was able to ride along with the GNRR crew as they went to switch the industries at Marble Hill. They stopped at the derail and contacted Imerys by cell phone prior to removing the derail and entering the area near the facility. I am replicating what I saw and witnessed that day on my layout, if I had not seen it I never would have known about that procedure.-Tom
Just one small thing. Being colorblind it is very difficult to read what you have typed on the video at times because it blends with the background or gets washed out. Other than that, another stellar presentation. Today I watched this video with my 2 y/o because he loves his trains. He was enthralled by the trains that are like daddy's trains. I think we have a little conductor in training.
Hi Aaron, Thanks for your comments. Both of my sons are color blind so I understand how that impacts what you see on the video. I have tried other colors for the subtitles but always have a problem with it blending in with the background. I know red and green are even worse than white for those with that type of colorblindness. I noticed the white letters were occasionally hard to read in this video. I'll try a few other subtitle options for the next video. That's great that you are training a new "conductor", getting them interested in trains at a young age is an excellent plan.-Tom
hi Tom.. awesome video, awesome op session.. fantastic work... i hope at some point you can take a look at what i have going on... thanks for sharing.. vinny
Hi Vinny, Thanks for your comments. I subscribed to your channel.-Tom
thank you Tom.. much appreciated.. vinny
Tom,
Love watching your videos. Lookin' good!
Doug
Hi Doug, Thanks for your comments.-Tom
Really nice 👍 Thomas keep the videos coming question for you where did you create your web site at thanks Lee
Hi Lee, Thanks for your comments. My website was created at Wix. My oldest son really helped a lot with getting it set up (he is great with computers and web programming). You can set up a free website at Wix.com, that's where we got the templates and began the process.-Tom
ever see this train from Rapido its greatly detailed.
Great Layout. Where do you get those derails from?
Hi, Thanks for your comments. Here is a link to a TH-cam video where I describe building the operating gates and information on the derails.
th-cam.com/video/ArUu6HEl28k/w-d-xo.html
You can find more information on my layout and a how to section on my website www.thomasklimoski.com
-Tom
it's blyatiful
Hi Tom, you probably already mentioned it. But what is loaded into the hopper cars at Marble Hill?
Hi Craig, The industries at Marble Hill load marble chips into open top hopper cars, large marble slabs into gondolas and at Imerys they load marble dust, calcium carbonate, into PressureAide covered hoppers. Tom
What decoder and speaker did you use in the SW in the video?
Hi Jacob, I used a LokSound Select Micro decoder and the speaker that came with the Broadway Limited NW 2 locomotive. I upgraded the factory installed decoder with the LokSound decoder to improve performance, add operating ditch lights and it has the drive hold feature which is excellent to simulate the locomotive notching up to get a heavy load moving as I demonstrated in the video. Also the sound files are awesome.-Tom
Cool, thanks for sharing
Hi Randy, Thanks for your comments.-Tom
Hi Tom , is a great Video . Iike all your Video ' s . But sometimes your white Subtitels are hard to read. Please could you Chose a Other Colour ? Greetings From Germany Markus
H Markus, Thanks for your comments. I did notice that a few of the subtitles were hard to read. Previously I tried black and it was worse, red and green are also out for those that are color blind. I am going to try a few different options for the subtitles in my next video. Thanks for watching.-Tom