Sam this is a usual issue for American Knuckles. Unless you buy Kadee's (the original) it is always a gamble with the couplers. Trimming the brakepipes is more common than you think. Too harsh of the bump test. Hornhooks which knuckles replaced were even less reliable. (Which for some reason were NMRA standard). I'd also like to see a video on these as they cross the points to figure exactly what stopped it on your turnouts.
I got the Tyco Rocky mountain line Comin round the mountain train set when i was a kid. Got it for Christmas. Absolutely loved it. Always thought about it when i would see Summit candy bars for some reason. Now they don't make either one!🤥
Was at the Truro, NS Model Railroad show this past Saturday and found a G Scale S4 for 300$ Can mint with very little run time just, It was in CN black with the gold lettering just hat to get it.
If anyone is looking into getting started I got started off of eBay and walthers because it’s expensive but high quality. eBay is cheaper though while still being used a lot of things that have come aren’t broken I think I’ve only ever ordered 2 broken freight wagons but they broke because the postal service man dropped them while walking up my stairs so originally I don’t if they were damaged or not.
@@SMTMainline good afternoon I have a very good solution for your drive shaft issue. Go on ebay and type in food grade clear silicone rubber hose and get 2mm inside diameter and 5mm outside diameter. Now it will twist if the space between the shaft is more than maybe 6mm or 8mm apart. So you can have a piece on each end and cut a nail that is 2mm thick the rubber line will act as a ujoint so it will not matter is motor is not lined up a 100% I have spent lots of time making drive shafts all my trains I remotored. This is the best way now iam going back and swapping them over with this method. The rubber line holds very good to the shaft it will not slip if it's on the shaft 6mm if you have a very short shaft crazy glue works well .
Good morning SMT pulling is horrible because the clear traction tires are not really rubber they could be vinyl put black rubber tires on it you wont get wheel slip then
SMT - Talk to someone in your model train club who has an electronics background. Maybe they can help you find a resistor to put in series with the 3-volt motor in your dad's 0-4-0 to make it run like it has a higher voltage motor. I think the Radio Shack stores in Canada still carry a lot of resistors & other parts.
problem with that is you would have to use a ceramic resistor that would get hot as hell it would have to be mounted to a heat sink. not a good think . you could interrupt the power going to the track and do it there that way its not mounted in the train and only use it to run the 3v train . use a zener diode 6.2 volts 5 watts that will stop the voltage from being any higher than 6volts then you would need a ceramic resistor . i would say the 3 volt motor can run safely on 4 volts with out messing it up so just get some 5 watt ceramic resistors different resistance start with 10 ohms and check the voltage with a meter til you find the right one. i think changing the motor would be best.
@@reasonblacks4712 radio shack still exists here in the u.s they have private owned stores look at their website. It's still active. You can also buy stuff on their website
@@reasonblacks4712 - Thank you for letting me know, I was under the impression that Radio Shack in Canada was still the same. In the U.S. some of the Hobby Town chain of hobby shops carry some Radio Shack items on a dedicated shelf.
@@normancoreyBuildingTrains - You are right that heating a series resistor would be a waste of power! I did run a Marx O27 gauge Lehigh Valley switcher that had a 6-volt DC motor with an HO power pack & the motor didn't seem to overheat. I wired in a bridge rectifier so I could run the switcher with an AC transformer. Marx did make some HO scale trains back in the 1960s & early 1970s that ran on batteries in the power pack. If a modeler has those trains, he could use your ideas to run them on the layout. You could use a S.P.D.T. switch to select or bypass the resistor.
I do believe some modelrailroaders use a very fine paintbrush with acrylic paint and you only paint the sides of the rails not the head of the rail obviously because that's where the locomotive gets its I would also think if you wanted my opinion you could use an airbrush too but you would have to mask that railhead. I would think testors enamel paint would work I'm unsure about acrylic because I would think being its water-based it would allow for corrosion or oxidization to set in. That's just my thoughts
POWERING A JUNKED I(LOCOMOTIVE) ITEM Don't power the item, but power with a simple motor a truck which should then be permanently attached to it. You then just have to ensure that the junked item has freely rotating wheels. James Hennighan Yorkshire, England
I would think that he's using what works for him such as every other TH-camr that usually uses a phone because cameras are very expensive especially prices up there. I would think it probably works best for him in the first place. that's what I would think because me and a bunch of others do the same thing.
@@mercuryoak2 well as he can buy so many trains he could get a good camera I would like to see more details when the trains are running I love his channel
@@davidbell9065 but again maybe he don't want too. At 1080p idk what details need to be seen . I get it but idk about you even I could get a camera but I'm not going to. Unless it's a certain type which would be a simple canon brand no high def expensive brand. Also I'm sure the taxes etc very high in Canada..just like buying stuff online import duties all that Bs which is unnecessary to those of us in us but gotta think of the big picture I think..
Hey, dude, running trains is nice, but how about cleaning up your layout by removing the extraneous stuff and non-running equipment, non-scale stuff, adding some scenery to the non-sceniced areas and running trains as if they were in real operation around your layout. You have lots of nice buildings and some scenery items like hill outlines and bridges, roads and such, but spruce it all up. What do you say?
just curious but what's wrong with him running it his way.. he's had this layout for many years and it's always a working progress as he said in many streams. also said that he likes the way it looks. I get what you're saying but when you look at it he's limited on how he can do things since everything has been set in stone mostly. just saying.
I got told off at my how every thing was working, All though videos I did at club. they came to me if Iwas talking like Iwas putting them down are club, I put up3 videos how locomotive just dies on that spot. One guy tells this person about how he videoing his train , same time he running his train, Iam doing videos of the problems on are layout people could see what is wrong with. They do not wan t me to call them. Then they cry to anther person tells them I am talking shit about are club and layout, I had a lot comments about are, they are mad over it. I left you 2 comments you did say any thing. Does that DD35A #77 Run or it's a Dummy unit? My friend told he give you a comment about Weird Box? or was that the Dumass BOX? What ever happen to Anna's pregnant Box?
I had to reread this like 3 to 4 times and I'm still trying to figure out what you were saying. I still haven't figured it out it's all over the place I started getting a headache. the ending part when you asked the question I understood that but anyway.
4.30am 4.30am 4.30am have the next one thing tomorrow tomorrow that we are all time for the same time for the rest to Yusuf with me to do this for the weekend of all my family 👪 is not the Most out 😊
CHARTY IDEA Former Railroad Employee Pension Fund........but Salvation Army would be good. Just a couple of ideas....... James Hennighan Yprkshire, England
Sam this is a usual issue for American Knuckles. Unless you buy Kadee's (the original) it is always a gamble with the couplers. Trimming the brakepipes is more common than you think. Too harsh of the bump test. Hornhooks which knuckles replaced were even less reliable. (Which for some reason were NMRA standard). I'd also like to see a video on these as they cross the points to figure exactly what stopped it on your turnouts.
Fell asleep. Woke up to this video from a channel I've never seen before.
Happy I did, thank youtube algorithm. 👍
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, It was very useful and informative!
One of my favs I follow as the eBay box will they run brings me in
Thanks for the live stream! Very enjoyable.
1:12:49 thanks for reading my comment! I think it started a year ago.it’s as small as a bandaid!
SMT FAN: Have any locomotives ever caught fire.
SMT: None have actually produced flames
ME: (Hides burning Heljan steamers)
It’s a good day when SMT posts
I agree with you don’t forget btw he did this last night.
@@MattKonsol yep, it’s amazing
@@MattKonsol true
😂🎉
Beautiful layout: thank you for this video.
Bom dia
Show de bola vamos que vamos sempre em frente
Parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho TMJ SEMPRE
i have the same GULF TANK...NICE
80s rocked
I got the Tyco Rocky mountain line Comin round the mountain train set when i was a kid. Got it for Christmas. Absolutely loved it. Always thought about it when i would see Summit candy bars for some reason. Now they don't make either one!🤥
Love your set of trains 😍😍😍
Cool layout Dude !,2:01
I almost know all the band names he mentioned,whole video end at 12:48 a.m. almost fell asleep. THANKS!!!!
All great ones
Was at the Truro, NS Model Railroad show this past Saturday and found a G Scale S4 for 300$ Can mint with very little run time just, It was in CN black with the gold lettering just hat to get it.
Like all of the trainsssssssssssss
O'Canada.!!!
Does the RIX Rail-It seem to evade your layout? It would cut your load up time and help you with anything more than eight wheels!!
are you the guy that shows all the guitars on here too
Great videos thanks😁
Thanks for watching!
If anyone is looking into getting started I got started off of eBay and walthers because it’s expensive but high quality. eBay is cheaper though while still being used a lot of things that have come aren’t broken I think I’ve only ever ordered 2 broken freight wagons but they broke because the postal service man dropped them while walking up my stairs so originally I don’t if they were damaged or not.
Happy holidays SMT
Happy holidays!
NOTE to all . the stream ended at about 11:06 pm... it was a good stream especially talk of the 80s music
Yes Matt I saw the comments I’ll tell you this my dad listened to Huey Lewis and the news when he was young around the mid 80s maybe alittle earlier.
Give Netfcat fresh caught raw fish
My Wife and I went to A train show Not too Long ago Came home with some Stuff I Bought 3 engines 5 Cars Wife Bought an Ho NASCAR Train.
Why are the front and back of Bachman trains so wiggly ? I cant keep them on the track
Not enough weight maybe?
Are new, bright trains fixable
Greetings SMT I've really enjoyed your videos repairing locomotives.I like it layout.I like your variety of trains old and new.How long is your layout
17ft end to end.
Have you ever visit Steamtown in Scranton PA these I have before many times
I went there in 2017. Awesome place
@@SMTMainline good afternoon I have a very good solution for your drive shaft issue. Go on ebay and type in food grade clear silicone rubber hose and get 2mm inside diameter and 5mm outside diameter. Now it will twist if the space between the shaft is more than maybe 6mm or 8mm apart. So you can have a piece on each end and cut a nail that is 2mm thick the rubber line will act as a ujoint so it will not matter is motor is not lined up a 100% I have spent lots of time making drive shafts all my trains I remotored. This is the best way now iam going back and swapping them over with this method. The rubber line holds very good to the shaft it will not slip if it's on the shaft 6mm if you have a very short shaft crazy glue works well .
Good morning!!
fun is the number 1 policy
Good morning SMT pulling is horrible because the clear traction tires are not really rubber they could be vinyl put black rubber tires on it you wont get wheel slip then
Do you have a device for weighing your engines and stock and do you have a device for determining the pulling power of each engine ?
How’s things Goin with ya Harrison.
This is The Season for Train shows Already Went to One of our Train shows The Feb Shows are Coming up Soon.
SMT - Talk to someone in your model train club who has an electronics background. Maybe they can help you find a resistor to put in series with the 3-volt motor in your dad's 0-4-0 to make it run like it has a higher voltage motor. I think the Radio Shack stores in Canada still carry a lot of resistors & other parts.
Radio Shack no longer exists in Canada & they don't anymore its resistors are available form ebay these days.
problem with that is you would have to use a ceramic resistor that would get hot as hell it would have to be mounted to a heat sink. not a good think . you could interrupt the power going to the track and do it there that way its not mounted in the train and only use it to run the 3v train . use a zener diode 6.2 volts 5 watts that will stop the voltage from being any higher than 6volts then you would need a ceramic resistor . i would say the 3 volt motor can run safely on 4 volts with out messing it up so just get some 5 watt ceramic resistors different resistance start with 10 ohms and check the voltage with a meter til you find the right one. i think changing the motor would be best.
@@reasonblacks4712 radio shack still exists here in the u.s they have private owned stores look at their website. It's still active. You can also buy stuff on their website
@@reasonblacks4712 - Thank you for letting me know, I was under the impression that Radio Shack in Canada was still the same. In the U.S. some of the Hobby Town chain of hobby shops carry some Radio Shack items on a dedicated shelf.
@@normancoreyBuildingTrains - You are right that heating a series resistor would be a waste of power! I did run a Marx O27 gauge Lehigh Valley switcher that had a 6-volt DC motor with an HO power pack & the motor didn't seem to overheat. I wired in a bridge rectifier so I could run the switcher with an AC transformer. Marx did make some HO scale trains back in the 1960s & early 1970s that ran on batteries in the power pack. If a modeler has those trains, he could use your ideas to run them on the layout. You could use a S.P.D.T. switch to select or bypass the resistor.
Start small modular section that you later assemble together with other section. Control block
Weathering track : how to paint and what paint to use
I do believe some modelrailroaders use a very fine paintbrush with acrylic paint and you only paint the sides of the rails not the head of the rail obviously because that's where the locomotive gets its I would also think if you wanted my opinion you could use an airbrush too but you would have to mask that railhead. I would think testors enamel paint would work I'm unsure about acrylic because I would think being its water-based it would allow for corrosion or oxidization to set in. That's just my thoughts
Hi from San Francisco
Can you put different boxcar in the train
This is how they live in Canada.???
Two tycos commemorate the one with the blue is the congressional and the other with white on the top is the pracidential loco
Pinbacker in Tennessee❤
POWERING A JUNKED I(LOCOMOTIVE) ITEM
Don't power the item, but power with a simple motor a truck which should then be permanently attached to it. You then just have to ensure that the junked item has freely rotating wheels.
James Hennighan
Yorkshire, England
It's a toy when your a child, but it's a model when your an adult and work on it.
How many trains buddy?👍
Could you get a Heisler steam Locomotive 🚂 for your layout and run it in a stream or a video please and thank you in advance.
I have 2 ho scale trains and 1 O scale trains
It’s Xander
Yeah
Whats up SMT
Great channel but why are u still using a phone for video
I would think that he's using what works for him such as every other TH-camr that usually uses a phone because cameras are very expensive especially prices up there. I would think it probably works best for him in the first place. that's what I would think because me and a bunch of others do the same thing.
@@mercuryoak2 well as he can buy so many trains he could get a good camera I would like to see more details when the trains are running I love his channel
@@davidbell9065 but again maybe he don't want too. At 1080p idk what details need to be seen . I get it but idk about you even I could get a camera but I'm not going to. Unless it's a certain type which would be a simple canon brand no high def expensive brand. Also I'm sure the taxes etc very high in Canada..just like buying stuff online import duties all that Bs which is unnecessary to those of us in us but gotta think of the big picture I think..
Hey, dude, running trains is nice, but how about cleaning up your layout by removing the extraneous stuff and non-running equipment, non-scale stuff, adding some scenery to the non-sceniced areas and running trains as if they were in real operation around your layout. You have lots of nice buildings and some scenery items like hill outlines and bridges, roads and such, but spruce it all up. What do you say?
just curious but what's wrong with him running it his way.. he's had this layout for many years and it's always a working progress as he said in many streams. also said that he likes the way it looks. I get what you're saying but when you look at it he's limited on how he can do things since everything has been set in stone mostly. just saying.
Really interested in those 1776 trains if anyone wants to sell any let me know always looking to buy lower engines as we just starting out
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It really ended at 12:46 12:47ish a.m.
A CSX emd gp 40
can you buy a costliest ho steam train
SMT MAINLINE TRANS
I have my own layout
Plz run up dash 9
a emd gp 40
Hello.SmT
Who else is a railfan here
Me lol
Brandon hi
It ended at 12:46-12:48 a.m. :):(:(:)
Can run the blown armtor train
I got told off at my how every thing was working, All though videos I did at club. they came to me if Iwas talking like Iwas putting them down are club, I put up3 videos how locomotive just dies on that spot. One guy tells this person about how he videoing his train , same time he running his train, Iam doing videos of the problems on are layout people could see what is wrong with. They do not wan t me to call them. Then they cry to anther person tells them I am talking shit about are club and layout, I had a lot comments about are, they are mad over it. I left you 2 comments you did say any thing. Does that DD35A #77 Run or it's a Dummy unit? My friend told he give you a comment about Weird Box? or was that the Dumass BOX? What ever happen to Anna's pregnant Box?
I had to reread this like 3 to 4 times and I'm still trying to figure out what you were saying. I still haven't figured it out it's all over the place I started getting a headache. the ending part when you asked the question I understood that but anyway.
Hi
4.30am 4.30am 4.30am have the next one thing tomorrow tomorrow that we are all time for the same time for the rest to Yusuf with me to do this for the weekend of all my family 👪 is not the Most out 😊
CHARTY IDEA
Former Railroad Employee Pension Fund........but Salvation Army would be good.
Just a couple of ideas.......
James Hennighan
Yprkshire, England
Thanks for your input.
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