Super Realistic HO Train Operations on Lee Nicholas’ Utah Colorado & Western
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- We return to the scene of the screwing around to review Lee Nicholas’ Utah Colorado & Western. This time taking a train over the line for Salt Lake to Denver as the dispatcher controls signals and train movement.
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Lee uses a CTC Control System to control the main line and follows realistic operating rules including switch lists. The railroad is an amazing layout as well, now 50 year old!! Spangler backdrops, amazing structures and track work.
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Locomotives are individually radio controlled, only a fixed voltage is on the rails. A unique now system just installed. AND Lee is now installing true scale HO switch stands!!
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From the web site:
The history of the HO scale UCW, located in my basement, started in 1970. The layout and the basement have endured a number of rebuilds over the years. The layout now occupies an area 30 x 33 feet (roughly the original size of the basement), and the crew lounge, dispatch office and shop area occupy a 14 x 25 foot space excavated after we added on to our house in the late 70's. It would have been easier to excavate before we built onto the house but not nearly as much fun. I highly recommend completing all that before starting the railroad building process. Anyway, the UCW survived and it now occupies the entire downstairs.
The last major modifications started in October of 1995, when two of the four peninsulas, Crusero to Cobre, were completely removed and rebuilt. This was a tough decision to make because the prior layout was about 98% complete, and had operated in that state for a number of years.
The overall foot print, of the layout, would not change so what were the driving factors in making the changes? A new staging/fiddle yard (MOLE), improved modeling skills, the chance to try out some new construction techniques, increase the layout height, add a helper district, more closely define the operating principals of the UCW, add new lighting and the opportunity to include some of my good friends and operators in the remodeling process were all the factors that were considered.
I am fortunate to have some very talented individuals associated with the UCW. Kelly Newton, Jim French, Dave Schen, Jon Robinson, Bob Gilmore, Rob Spangler, Gary Waite and Rod Loder have all donated their time and talents to the project. Thanks also goes out to the rest of the UCW operating crew who have contributed and faithfully support the operation once a month.
Kelly for his superb efforts in taking a few hundred pounds of plaster and several yards of cheesecloth and carving away everything that did not resemble rocks. He is also instrumental in providing input into the operational philosophy of the UCW.
Rob as spent many hours painting the beautiful backdrops (See Keller Video #27 about the UTAH COLORADO WESTERN) that grace the layout. He and Kelly worked hand in hand while combing the 3-D and 2-D scenery elements.
Dave and Bob have applied their talents to planting trees, building crib work, pouring rivers and adding hundreds of detail parts to enhance the scenery.
Jim has applied his talents in building some of the kit and scratch built structures and signals, helping with track design and providing input into the operational philosophy behind the UCW. He also spent many hours authoring the UCW Timetable and Operating Rules handbook.
Jon spent hundreds of hours designing, programming and building the first CTC computer interface. He spent untold hours and wore out the knees in more than one pair of pants, crawling around under the layout hooking everything up. Although his efforts provided the UCW with a reliable interface for a number of years we decided to install a system I could maintain and program and converted to Bruce Chubb's C/MRI system in 2000.
Rod has been the inspiration behind the CTC machine's that have been and are in use on the UCW. He is also responsible for suggesting the current lighting source used on the layout.
This should be a field trip destination for high school students...the serious ones. Great layout...simply amazing!
Really shows how it was, and in some ways, still is, done.
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The history classes especially. It would intrigue them the most.
I have operated the UCW for a few years in the early 2000s. Looks like a lot has changed!
Keep it up Lee!
Excellent. Best video on operation I had ever seen. Before, everything about operation was fuzzy in my head, but now everything is clear. Well done.
GREAT VIDEO AWESOME INFORMATION AND THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS BEAUTIFUL LAYOUT AND RAN LIKE A REAL RAILROAD. VERY COOL. 👍👍👍👍
You 2 are NEVER Boring just,"Switching & Click-click along..:-)
What an amazing, amazing layout . . . the realistic operating system is wonderful. A true labor of love over the years. I enjoyed this video so very much, thanks guys!
And always changing.
Wow, what a realistic operation! I could never pull that off. Keep up the good work, sir! Your videos make my week
Thank you for the wonderful work, lovely people! My son and I will be watching this video again tonight!
Madhu Nagaraj Lee has created something amazing
Great video! I enjoyed the fun commentary you and your wife provide. It looks like Lee has upgraded his train control from Rail Lynx to ProRail. Many of us burned some good hours (and calories) digging out the ground from under Lee's home to create the location of the train staging tracks. (the mole) I am also glad to see that Lee has named K.N. tower after his longtime friend and UCW railroader Kelly Newton who past away a few years ago. Thanks for the excellent fun and stroll down the UCW memory rail!
..YOU GUYS ARE SIMPLY AWESOME Thaaaank you for ALL the times i go back and revisit theese -YOUR videos or look into your lifes pleasures:-)..I have found that the reason i keep coming back are the funny talks you have before and after a showing og diff trains toys and much more. G Bles and again THANKS
Great job guy's as always!
Great video you two. Lots of great things
Wow, I love Lee`s railroad, great video.
This video comes complete circle for me I just finished watching a webinar on the history of timekeeping on the Railroad amazing as it seems the relative time keeping methods of your video completes the webinars explanation of time keeping accuracy on the railroad. Scale model accuracy explained the intricacies of time and accidents. Super cool screwing around tonite.
COOL. Was that on You Tube?
Great video, love the layout and how it operates. Love the old CTC machine. Again, great video.
Love the CTC!!!! Wow!!
WOW! I so love when people restore refurbish things and use them with there layouts.
Enjoyed it guys! Great show!
We want to go to an operation session
Yay, I'm "Like" number 600! That's 'cause I always like "Like"-in' the Toy Man's most likeable videos! Their trips they take us along on are always soothing and very enjoyable 8)
This one is interesting. The follow up better. Really good one in the morning unless “they” force me to take it down. So watch early. Just in case!!
I run 3 rail O Gauge, but I enjoy railroads like this that utilize switch lists, pick up and drop off, cool signal systems and extremely cool CTC machines. This was a terrific video.
This is the best operations I have ever seen.
love the video and thank you for letting us see all these wonderfull things we wouldnt have a chance to ,if it was not for you both.
john mcintosh thank you!!!!! If you can think of anyone that might like it do share. We have a fun Train show tomorrow, the National N Scale Convention. Some cool layouts and HOn30 on Tuesday
i sure will share and in about to join a rail club ,hope you can look forward to some more subscribers from Scotland
That's a fantastic video about a fantastic layout. Model railroading really is the world's greatest hobby! ...Roy
LOve this layout on so many levels. BUT the operating.... NOT an operator, but after seeing this layout, want to try it.
Very realistic operations. I saw a TH-cam video where they used RFID operations! All of the engines and rolling stock had a RFID “chip” and used that for delivery or assembly of the trains. The engineer would back the cars over the trader and the computer would align the switch for delivery. Once completed the local would take the next consist to final destinations. Realistic operations at the highest levels. Creating a consist in the back room was done with barcode reader and making it up. Then it was ready for the operator.
Sounds really great. Similar to this but no RFID.
RUN LIKE A REAL RAILROAD VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE GREAT VIDEO VERY COOL SCREWING AROUND YOU TEO ARE JUST AWESOME GOOD THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO AND TIME.
Hi. Really great operation right? Fir the real operation people. We like to build more than run and operations isn’t something we do. But they do have a great time!!
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Another great video !
Thanks!! Fun show on Tuesday. We are starting on the history of AHM Rivarossi.
Wow. Could play with this train set all day long
They do. And people come from all over the world just to run on it. COOL!
Thank you, was really interesting....
Lee has quite a system there. Taking operations to a different place!
I worked for the ATSF as a conductor brakeman switchman back in the 70s and 80s and worked freight and passenger. I dealt with switch lists, trainmasters, clerks, all that stuff and hung out at Terminal Tower and Mission Tower in LA and watched the tower operators work. I have to say Lee has it dead on in all aspects of how American railroads operated up until the late 80s and early 90s. It is amazing. Thanks for the video. Now lets see Lee's crews read a paper switch list in the rain. I bet he has tiny plastic slip covers like we did. Haha
I'm grabbing a water balloon and I'll find out. Unless they hit me.
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Thanks!!!
This style of operations is exactly how it’s supposed to be done. I’m all for the switch lists, and jobs to pick off a clipboard. Just hope I pull it off close to as good as this
My friends weren't quite this refined. At that time they were studying electrical engineering. But I could see them doing this in time. They had built their own switching monitoring system. It rarely failed. But sometimes it did, which gave the rail crew a big clean up. :)
In Jr high we had a basic electronic class. As part of shop. Teacher asked if anyone had built anything electronic? I had built a crystal radio but my real prize was my layout and I said so. All the kids laughed. “Yea so hard to hook two wires to the track”. No I said, two trains on the same track, individually controlled, working reverse loop and 2 sets of automatic crossing gates. They laughed louder. NERD!!!! You can’t win. Not when your 14. .
Oh yes, I had great trouble learning about switches and wondering why the locomotive would suddenly back up. Just about the time I had my O gauge assembled around the house, I had to take it apart again. Then I had this hair brained idea to put it up in the back yard. I had the first yard railway in high school. Had more trouble with rusty connectors, but full throttle on the loco took on new meaning. So did having a basset hound chase it. I've always played with the idea of doing that again; even putting one against the ceiling and running it through the house. I live in a 5th wheel now, so kind hard.
Very nice
Paul Bislin Thanks!!
I thought that this would be boring. I was captivated by the effort to act as an actual working railroad. I just can't wait until Wednesday for the extra episode. Toy Man you did another video of some great screwing around. Keep up the great work.
Not an operator, but this is great. Love to give it a try on this layout!
Very good VIDEO THANK you FOR your VIDEO and your TIME HAVE a good day JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA THANK you FOR your TIME HAVE a good day 👍👍👍👍
You guys are COOL!!!!!
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Always in aw of his control system, saving a peice of history in a fully functioning manner
We have one of those CTC machines at our layout (The La Mesa Model Railroad Club) in the San Diego model Railroad Museum in San Diego.
REALLY want to see that layout!!!!!
Wow. On my layout I just run a train whenever I feel like it.
Mee too. Best part is just building stuff.
This is fantastic! Gee, the hours invested to build this layout must be in the thousands of hours. I like how you explained the way trains used to be made, and run. See you Wednesday.
This is the second time, I believe, we have visited this gran layout. This time We noticed the ceiling height. What is the story there? figures I'd pick that out. Always well done. Thank the Gods you are such a great videographer. Well done! Greg and Jeanne.
H!!! He dug that side of the basement out with a shovel. Hence... The Mole Yard. Should have gone down another foot. BUT if I were gigging, even a duck would need to duck.
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Gday Gang another GREAT Video and WOW I really cant believe how realistic it looked for a HO Scale Layout, Shame he didnt run some F units for you guys.
True!! Most of his locos are walkway units. Sad for me...
Not sure if it is any interest to you but we are currently trying to save the last F type unit built anywhere in the World (1970) down here in Australia. The man behind it is shown on the TV Show "Railroad Australia" if you have had a Chance to see it.
Oh what you call Walkway Units we call Hood Types here Down Under :)
Same here/ Just me. As a kid I got a chance to go in some locos, HOT AND LOUD. But the locos with the "walkway" were not hot. Mostly. So could see why the crews hated the "covered wagons".
This really is a beautiful layout. I just wish they would run a little slower at switching speeds. The trains seem to run too fast and accelerate too quickly. I have been watching to new ESU Lok sound videos demonstrating the Lock Sound which enables sound to be separated from the actual train speed and seeing the operators switching at such realistic speeds is just great.
I'd love to see this layout in person at least once! I think it'd be cool if he had a steamer or two, then he could simulate an excursion running through to all the station stops or say if a local company restored an engine to run in the area.
He has operating groups over but that' s all HOWEVER the national NMRA Convention is in Salt Lake in 2019 and the layout is on the tour.
I aspire to do op's on my layout. At this point it's just a simple timetable that I alone run. It would be cool to be at this level but not feasable without other helpers. Coming over for Trainfest this year and hoping to learn more about it, and maybe get some pic's of the area I'm modeling Chicago Elgin Rockford.Cheers Les
Love the area.
WOW! Ring Engineering!!!! Great layout RailPro!!! Did you have to rip out all DCC decoders and start over?
I went to Lee's house to see his railroad many many years ago. I'm sure it's been totally changed by now.
A bit for sure. Oddly the same in most ways. Just more so.
Wow so cool I would love to speck there but I can’t:( ITS SO COOL.
I'd be right at home here. I'm ready to check my warrants and general orders.
Is your train layout going to be similar to the one in the video in how it operates or how it is going to look?
I'm overwelmed (sp) but this is great..... Could run the trains but the dispatcher's job - maybe in 2 o 3 years of training...
I thought you made a video about the radio control system for this railroad. I can't locate it. Is it available or am I mistaken?
It was up for a day!! Then I was told to take it down. Assuming they work out their issues, I'll put it back up in a few weeks. The switch stand is not ready and the guys making it freaked out.
I'm trying to figure out what canyon you are driving in. It appears to be Emigration Canyon. Amirite ?
Farmer Dave take a look at last weeks video on Rat Fink. We went up there to find a house I almost bought in 1978 for $1200. No not 12,000, 1200. Found it. Worth about 300K. Oh nuts!!
Thanks for the neat tour! I'm wondering; Where can I find the "Wednesday" video?
Lee wanted me to take it down! Sort of upset the guy who designed the switch stand. It will be back as soon as Lee resolves that.
That's too bad, I was looking forward to seeing the stands. What about the RailPro portion?
Great video! Does he use a particular software for generating the switch lists?
Chris Allan it's called flex bill. Take a look at th-cam.com/video/ATsmgLcf_XU/w-d-xo.html
Chris Allan more on this railroad on Wednesday. On the radio control and new switch stand.
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I would bet a buck that the control system uses Bruce Chubb’s C/MRI
pmsteamrailroading Don’t know. But that’s pretty old school!!
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tons of screwing around while reviewing lee's layout?
Like if toy Man television should start a ho scale layout
At some point we home. Ho and HOn3. But way off....
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No wonder that I'm having problems getting started on my train layout .
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A bit over the top!!
What no passenger trains....!!!!!
Whilst I understand the intent behind it and the obvious enjoyment for those involved, I could not stand it... It is part of our culture to have a healthy disregard for rules and rule makers! To me the fun is in the running, so what if the 0815 Semi fast arrives on Platforms 3,5 & 6 everyone is allowed a mistake! No-one got hurt, just had a really big boo-boo and we all had a good laugh and the culprit bought everyone else a drink that night after work. Wanna work with me??
I like sitting at the bench building stuff over a beer and a bit of television or music. BUT this is cool, not my thing, but I'd try it just for fun. Hate to get hooked on it though, and I'll bet I could.
What I was trying to say, rather badly, is for me too many rules ruins the fun for me. Of course for those into such an arrangement, good luck and enjoy as they obviously are doing but for me too structured. Agree on the possibility that, properly coached, getting hooked is aan ever present danger.....
Iam a retired railroad engineer no way I would like to do that .I don't like clubs that have Operation night.. I like to run trains build model and airbrush models but When I'm playing with a model railroad I do not want to be operating a model railroad
I hear you. Not my cup of tea either and I’ve never worked for a railroad. However I love to watch trains moving. I get a huge kick outa these elaborate systems to operate. I can watch it for hours. On video. As I work on a model which is what I love to do.
@@ToyManTelevision yes not for me don't get me wrong I love this hobby and military models but I use to be the vice president of the Chattanooga area model railroad club I went south to work on the Tennessee Valley railroad museum and then for the C&C railroad in Lafayette Ga. Went back to Michigan to finish on the Ann arbor railroad in Toledo Ohio now iam retired but I started in this hobby as a kid my parents had a big hobby shop growing up in ann arbor Michigan so I got all the good stuff growing up ..but now I am a fulltime model builder mostly German and Russian armor and airplane and I model O scale I think it just A perfect scale the sounds is amazing well I up grade the sound and smoke units and I do have smells on my layout they make smoke units and you can get any smells that you want. I have a incredible work shop most people say I have more stuff than 3 hobby shop in my area so I just don't have time to do that kind of Operations .but I love your Videos been watching your Videos for 4days I build for 7am to 11PM so I only watch TH-cam Videos all day. I might start a TH-cam channel on anything modeling. Keep up the hard work ...ps. take time to build some of your kits .lol
too much like work and no fun
Not my cup of tea. Hum. I don’t even drink tea. But no. I like to build.