Very nice layout and I enjoyed the added sound........very realistic. Your equipment is nicely weathered and the scenery and structures are excellent. You have done an admirable job of believably modeling the Soo Line in the 1970's. Thanks for your great work and for sharing this video!
I REALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO the most, im a SD40 & dash 2 fan and love the long intro of the unit climbing the grade around the corner.. can listen to it all day now thanks.. nothing beats the steady hum of a SD40(-2) engine as far as i'm concerned.. I love to visit the layout wherever it is located
I love the details of the kids on the bikes with a dog next to him. the cars and engines looks awesome. I can't wait to start doing my layout. You give us new guys hope to what a layout should look like. Thanks for sharing....
This is Fantastic!!! The Synchronization of the sound to the perfect speed of the train is outstanding! Best Model railroad video i have seen here.. Most people run the trains too fast.. its just not realistic... This model is as real as it gets! Great Work! What is the speed of your train? im guessing 40 to 45 MPH? Thats real!!! Freight trains rarely do 60 or 75MPH like the last video I watched.. it was goofy! This SOO video is tops!
Thank you for the comment! All of the trains in this clip are doing a scale 25 to 40 mph. Bob takes great pride in not only top notch model work, but operations as well.
Ha! I had to do a double-take there. So, I've been building 3D models of Soo's GP7 fleet, and, in the process, have become really familiar with all the ways in which they'd been chopped up, butchered, and put back together by the time period I am working in (1980). Well, I was a bit spaced out near the end of the video, then the last train went by, and I caught myself thinking "wait, is that 378?" Sure enough, it is! It's hard to tell from this angle, but it looks like you've even got the funky winterization hatch on it. Well done!
Mr. Rivard, for many yeas now, I have admired your modeling and weathering. Your love for the SOO is like mine for CNW, MILW, and IC/G..(ok, SOO too..but don't tell anyone...it took a while after they took my MILW!) THESE videos are simply incredible! Several times, I had half expected to see a sand dust cloud, and one of the 40's belch out a huge cloud of exhaust. You are an artist, an innovative modeler, and I would love to see the layout in person! While it was bitter-sweet to see my "Pumpkins" dispersed to the wind, replaced by "Bloody Nose" and White, then Candy-Apple Red...Soo Line DID keep the Waycars until way into the mid-90's on the D&I. Between all of the reflective lettering and paint, plus the zenon strobes on power and Waycars.....It did take some of the sting away, and some of the MILW units are still in service..even though once again the players have changed...but with videos like yours on a layout that is pure ART...it's easy to take a trip back....without the DeLorean! (Or 88 Diplomat, 74 Charger SE, etc ;-) ) Thanks again!
Bob thanks for sharing your videos . I enjoyed watching them. I used to work up there many years ago prior to hiring on with Santa Fe Ry in 1981. I last seen Gary B over in Ft Worth and we had a nice little re union there at work once in awhile.
Great sound effects - the clanging of the wheels hitting the diamonds. An interesting brown roadbed, nice Soo straight SD40's (2 of the 3 - the trailing unit with the flashier lettering was a lengthier SD40-2.) Great scenery with warm colors.
Thank you for the comment! Bobs layout is really something else, and like a step back in time. The audio work took a LONG time to do right, but I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Bob, I don't normally care for added sound in this day of sound and dcc. But your video is a really great exception. The sound is is just the right tone and your editing (i.e. timing) is very good, especially at the crossing and switches. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the comment! The audio dubbing takes a LONG time, but I want to do it right, and make a quality video that enhances the work on Bobs layout.
Thank you very much! It is all the exact you would hear from the same locomotives in real life, right down to the bells, rail joints and diamond at New Brighton. Glad you enjoyed it!
all of Bob's vids are killer! his and the "BN ho scale layout Jan 2011" and all the Clinchfield op session vids. these vids have great sound, and detail to the years they depict. I wish my little short line was half as good as these vids!
very theatrical, your imported sounds were perfect, you scenery is outstanding, especially where you cannot see any fascia boards, and the cut off of the helper, had me wondering how you did it for a moment, lol. outstanding do keep them coming.
At 2:50 it reminds me of working with engineers that know how to handle a train too well. I would be stepping on the imaginary brake hoping the engineer will stop before we run through the interlocking.
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I figured if his models and layout are so realistic, why not take it to another level and add real sound in too?
Geez - I didn't know the Soo Line had helpers! I always knew the Milwaukee Road had helpers in Montana, Idaho and Washington, but not Soo Line and especially in Minnesota.
Scooby Carr Thanks for the comment! The Soo used helpers to get heavy freights up and over Shoreham Hill. This was probably one of the very few places on the Soo where this happened. Byron Hill might have had them too.
SD457500 Shoreham Hill is just east of the Twin Cities near the Wisconsin/Minnesota border I believe and it's now on CN's former Soo main between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
There were some great must-see helper spots on the old Soo Line; Shoreham Hill, Byron Hill, the climb up from the lake in Ashland with pulpwood logs and the climb out of Stinson yard in Superior up to Hillcrest with heavy, heavy trains of DW&P/CN potash and grain bridge traffic; they were all great. I think Shoreham was the best if for no other reason than there were more trains on it.
when the 'dolly sisters' were shipped to schiller, I fueled 944 at stevens point. I was waiting for my tanks to fill and the 'girls' were being shoved-down to the 'B' yard. when I clocked-out I went to plover river bridge, on patch st. and took pics of the power. I was looking for a sovenier, too. the engines were cleaned-out. no builders-plates, bells, throttle keys, and spare parts in the compressor-room. I was taken-aback by that move because i never heard a thing about the 'dolly sisters' being moved at that time. well, I found out.
There is 2 loads of poles on the rear end. Poles must be hauled in the head 40 cars of the trains. I had to check closely as your sound is very good. Thanks for sharing. Nice work on the buildings. Thanks
+SD457500 Soo had a G.O. or Time Table restriction on poles. Had to haul them in the head 40 cars. They had no restriction on logs though. funny huh?//long story.
Thanks for the comment! In this case, the knuckle was left open, and constant shoving on the rear. Once the helper backed off, the train uncoupled without any sort of issue.
When Douglas shot this (wow....some 3 years ago now) I was still running DC analog. When the lead units crossed the gaps into the next block I switched the helper unit to its own block with the throttle position and direction already pre-set. WOW. Way more simplistic with DCC. My Digitraxx 402 D throttle has two throttle knobs on the hand held box which is ideal for this.
Amazing. The weathering. The sound. That freight house. Mind blowing work.
Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you very much! I'm hoping to make more of these in the near future. LOTS of work goes into making these.
Add genuine sound and it's a whole new dimension. Awesome! thanks.
Very nice layout and I enjoyed the added sound........very realistic. Your equipment is nicely weathered and the scenery and structures are excellent. You have done an admirable job of believably modeling the Soo Line in the 1970's. Thanks for your great work and for sharing this video!
Once again another amazing Bob Rivard video,you can almost see the diesel exhaust!
That would be great,keep rolling!
Wonderful production along with an outstanding layout. Two great passions captured in both film and modeling.
Love the "dog pack" lash-up with the B unit. The helper cutoff on the fly is awesome. Never seen that before in model railroading. Totally original.
Thanks for watching, and glad you enjoyed it!! More of these should be posted soooooon.
The layout weathering paired with the perfect timing on your sounds makes this one of the most realistic I've seen. Amazing job!
Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the feedback; while filming this, realism was what I was trying to achieve. :)
I REALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO the most, im a SD40 & dash 2 fan and love the long intro of the unit climbing the grade around the corner.. can listen to it all day now thanks.. nothing beats the steady hum of a SD40(-2) engine as far as i'm concerned.. I love to visit the layout wherever it is located
5 Stars! This is a fantastic video, great sound track and the weathering is top notch.
cool sound effects!...they way you could stil hear the b unit with the big 645s going by at full throttle! great editing! 5 ***** !
I love the details of the kids on the bikes with a dog next to him. the cars and engines looks awesome. I can't wait to start doing my layout. You give us new guys hope to what a layout should look like. Thanks for sharing....
I love the weathering on the locomotives and the rolling stock, very life like.Thanks for postingDClavalois
THAT IS ONE AWESOME TRAIN LAYOUT YOU HAVE THERE MY FRIEND, I LIKE THE HELL OUT OF THIS LAYOUT.
This is Fantastic!!! The Synchronization of the sound to the perfect speed of the train is outstanding! Best Model railroad video i have seen here.. Most people run the trains too fast.. its just not realistic... This model is as real as it gets! Great Work! What is the speed of your train? im guessing 40 to 45 MPH? Thats real!!! Freight trains rarely do 60 or 75MPH like the last video I watched.. it was goofy! This SOO video is tops!
Thank you for the comment! All of the trains in this clip are doing a scale 25 to 40 mph. Bob takes great pride in not only top notch model work, but operations as well.
Soo Line was a drag railroad and it was a pretty rare occasion to find them going faster than 45.
Every time i watch these scale train layout videos i feel like a small kid too bad my parents could never afford to buy me one
It's beautiful!!
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and also enjoy model railroading. Do you do anything with model trains these days?
Ha! I had to do a double-take there. So, I've been building 3D models of Soo's GP7 fleet, and, in the process, have become really familiar with all the ways in which they'd been chopped up, butchered, and put back together by the time period I am working in (1980). Well, I was a bit spaced out near the end of the video, then the last train went by, and I caught myself thinking "wait, is that 378?"
Sure enough, it is! It's hard to tell from this angle, but it looks like you've even got the funky winterization hatch on it. Well done!
Mr. Rivard, for many yeas now, I have admired your modeling and weathering. Your love for the SOO is like mine for CNW, MILW, and IC/G..(ok, SOO too..but don't tell anyone...it took a while after they took my MILW!) THESE videos are simply incredible! Several times, I had half expected to see a sand dust cloud, and one of the 40's belch out a huge cloud of exhaust. You are an artist, an innovative modeler, and I would love to see the layout in person! While it was bitter-sweet to see my "Pumpkins" dispersed to the wind, replaced by "Bloody Nose" and White, then Candy-Apple Red...Soo Line DID keep the Waycars until way into the mid-90's on the D&I. Between all of the reflective lettering and paint, plus the zenon strobes on power and Waycars.....It did take some of the sting away, and some of the MILW units are still in service..even though once again the players have changed...but with videos like yours on a layout that is pure ART...it's easy to take a trip back....without the DeLorean! (Or 88 Diplomat, 74 Charger SE, etc ;-) ) Thanks again!
Bob, I followed your layout in the publishing magazines and to see it operated is just great.your weathering is fantastic. Best, Wiley T.
wot342 Thank you for the comment, I will pass it along to Bob! Thanks!
Bob thanks for sharing your videos . I enjoyed watching them. I used to work up there many years ago prior to hiring on with Santa Fe Ry in 1981. I last seen Gary B over in Ft Worth and we had a nice little re union there at work once in awhile.
great model RR bob..from the first time I seen your layout published in I believe GMR,i never thought I see it on video...
Thank you for the kind comment! Bob has done an AMAZING job, and I'm happy he let me film this, so others could enjoy it.
Amazing video!!!! Brilliant sound work too ! Incredible layout! Well done Bob rivard!
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad that you enjoyed it, and I'll will pass that along to him.
Amazing layout. The sound my brother you nailed it. 👍👍
that's an awesome video and an more awesome layout! Thanks for sharing!
Great sound effects - the clanging of the wheels hitting the diamonds. An interesting brown roadbed, nice Soo straight SD40's (2 of the 3 - the trailing unit with the flashier lettering was a lengthier SD40-2.) Great scenery with warm colors.
Thank you for the comment! Bobs layout is really something else, and like a step back in time. The audio work took a LONG time to do right, but I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Bob, I don't normally care for added sound in this day of sound and dcc. But your video is a really great exception. The sound is is just the right tone and your editing (i.e. timing) is very good, especially at the crossing and switches. Thanks for posting.
Ray Brown Thank You! I will pass this along to Bob. Thanks, Douglas
Love the sound dubbing, EPIC!
Thanks for the comment! The audio dubbing takes a LONG time, but I want to do it right, and make a quality video that enhances the work on Bobs layout.
Wow! This is amazing! I lobe that you put actual audio of a train in the background!
Thank you very much! It is all the exact you would hear from the same locomotives in real life, right down to the bells, rail joints and diamond at New Brighton. Glad you enjoyed it!
That's an awesome video! gave me some much needed inspiration for my own layout!!
Excellent sound editing !
I like the operating 3 color light train order signals at the depots!
Thank you for the comment! It's all about the little details.
Perfect speed on the layout.
Thanks for the comment! It is harder then it appears to film a train in HO at a good, and realistic scale speed. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
great look of your layout excellent stuff
Thanks for the comment! Bob does some amazing work, and I'm happy to show it to others.
Speachless,,,in awe,,,Wow
Ken Folstad Thanks for the comment! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!!
awesome! my compliments sir
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad that you enjoyed watching it!
i cannot help but comment every time i watch this video. it is the coolest video on youtube, no contest
Thank you! More are in the works as we speak. :)
all of Bob's vids are killer! his and the "BN ho scale layout Jan 2011" and all the Clinchfield op session vids. these vids have great sound, and detail to the years they depict. I wish my little short line was half as good as these vids!
Really like the Soo Line layout.
very theatrical, your imported sounds were perfect, you scenery is outstanding, especially where you cannot see any fascia boards, and the cut off of the helper, had me wondering how you did it for a moment, lol. outstanding do keep them coming.
damn that is a good video
Hello! very nice layout and very good synchronization with wind on micro. Greetings from France.
Thank you very much! It took a LONG time to edit in the correct sounds, but it adds so much to the excellence of the models. Thank you for watching!
At 2:50 it reminds me of working with engineers that know how to handle a train too well. I would be stepping on the imaginary brake hoping the engineer will stop before we run through the interlocking.
Thanks for the comment! Very good point, but it *did* stop. :D
Keep these videos coming!
Great stuff!
Très belle vidéo, décors superbes
Love the video and love the sound!
Thank you! When I shot this, I wanted it to feel and sound like you were actually there.
I love soo line
ok i get it the sound is on location and you synced the models to the soundfil. thats an awesome idea !
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I figured if his models and layout are so realistic, why not take it to another level and add real sound in too?
@@SD457500 again, superb idea !!
Has anyone replicated the lines going through Newport, MN along US 61 from before they reconstructed the highway? That's my favorite old train spot...
Geez - I didn't know the Soo Line had helpers! I always knew the Milwaukee Road had helpers in Montana, Idaho and Washington, but not Soo Line and especially in Minnesota.
Scooby Carr Thanks for the comment! The Soo used helpers to get heavy freights up and over Shoreham Hill. This was probably one of the very few places on the Soo where this happened. Byron Hill might have had them too.
SD457500 Okeedokee many thanks! 😄
SD457500 Shoreham Hill is just east of the Twin Cities near the Wisconsin/Minnesota border I believe and it's now on CN's former Soo main between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Scooby Carr Shoreham Hill is in NE Mpls, and goes from Shoreham Yard until Stinson Ave in NE Mpls. It's still owned by the CP to this day.
There were some great must-see helper spots on the old Soo Line; Shoreham Hill, Byron Hill, the climb up from the lake in Ashland with pulpwood logs and the climb out of Stinson yard in Superior up to Hillcrest with heavy, heavy trains of DW&P/CN potash and grain bridge traffic; they were all great. I think Shoreham was the best if for no other reason than there were more trains on it.
Nice sound added.
when the 'dolly sisters' were shipped to schiller, I fueled 944 at stevens point. I was waiting for my tanks to fill and the 'girls' were being shoved-down to the 'B' yard. when I clocked-out I went to plover river bridge, on patch st. and took pics of the power. I was looking for a sovenier, too. the engines were cleaned-out. no builders-plates, bells, throttle keys, and spare parts in the compressor-room. I was taken-aback by that move because i never heard a thing about the 'dolly sisters' being moved at that time. well, I found out.
There is 2 loads of poles on the rear end. Poles must be hauled in the head 40 cars of the trains. I had to check closely as your sound is very good. Thanks for sharing. Nice work on the buildings. Thanks
Thanks for the comment! Are you talking of 1977 rules or current GCOR? The trains are made up based on actual trains from back in that era.
+SD457500 Soo had a G.O. or Time Table restriction on poles. Had to haul them in the head 40 cars. They had no restriction on logs though. funny huh?//long story.
Do you know "west minister junction/williams hill interchange in St Paul MN?
Nice video!
Hello friend! I'm brazilian. What decoder you used on this train? Best regards!
How to hell do they do a cut off on the fly is that engine coupled to the last car
Thanks for the comment! In this case, the knuckle was left open, and constant shoving on the rear. Once the helper backed off, the train uncoupled without any sort of issue.
Love it. How big is the layout?
Thank you for the comment! It is three to four levels, and fills an entire basement. Its vast in size, and packs lots of action.
How did you cut off the helper on the fly? Magnetic uncouplers? Very nicely done.
When Douglas shot this (wow....some 3 years ago now) I was still running DC analog. When the lead units crossed the gaps into the next block I switched the helper unit to its own block with the throttle position and direction already pre-set. WOW. Way more simplistic with DCC. My Digitraxx 402 D throttle has two throttle knobs on the hand held box which is ideal for this.
BTW the coupler on the pusher unit coupled to the caboose is in the "delayed" position.
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Thank you! 😎😎
Comment never gets old. 👍😎👍