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James Mackay
United States
Приєднався 5 гру 2010
I am a retired civil engineer exploring an "Encore Career" in videography. I like model railroads and actual railroads.
Denver Garden Railway Society layout at the Rocky Mountain Train Show April ,2024
Our club had a 40' x 90' (12m x 27m) layout at the Rocky Mountain Train Show.
Many volunteers were needed to setup 8 tracks of action-packed G gauge railroading.
For more information about our club visit:
DenverGardenRailway.org
Many volunteers were needed to setup 8 tracks of action-packed G gauge railroading.
For more information about our club visit:
DenverGardenRailway.org
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The Story of The Como Project
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Chuck and Kathy Brantigan bought the Denver, South Park & Pacific's Como roundhouse in 2002 to preserve it. In 2016 they started the South Park Rail Society and acquired a 1912 Baldwin Prairie type steam locomotive "Klondike Kate." She was built for the Klondike railroad in Canada and also operated on the White Pass & Yukon railroad out of Skagway, AK. Many volunteers have helped with restoring...
Ron Keiser's "Cascade & Silverton" F Scale Layout
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Ron was a conductor on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The route was originally built by the Denver & Rio Grande Western. www.durangotrain.com/history/ His layout is in the 24' x 36' (7m x 11m) basement of a condominium in Arvada, Colorado. There are 9 locomotives, 39 structures, 135 human figures and 2 tunnels on the layout. The town of Cascade was actually a construction camp w...
Jefferson, Colorado Depot Denver South Park & Pacific
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Jefferson, Colorado Depot Denver South Park & Pacific
Como Calendar for 2024
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Open Houses: Saturday June 15, Saturday July 20, Saturday Sept. 21 & 28 Como's Boreas Pass Railroad Day: Saturday August 17 Work Days Saturday May 18, Saturday June 1, Work Week Saturday June 15 - 22, Saturday July 6 &20 Saturday Aug. 3, Como Railroad Day setup Thursday Aug 15 & Friday Aug. 16, Saturday Sept 7, 21 & 28. For more information visit DSPPHS.org and SouthParkRailSociety.org.
Denver Garden Railway Society's Denver Christmas show layout Colorado Convention Center, Nov. 2023.
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I used a DJI Osmo Pocket 2 on a g gauge camera car and an iPhone 7.
Como Railroad Day 2023
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This year at the Como Railroad Campus we had speeder rides, the historic artifact car, and roundhouse tours. Our Klondike Kate was on display (with a forecast return to service for 2025.) For more information visit DSPPHS.org and SouthParkRailSociety.org
Larkspur Consolidated 2023
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This is a 7 1/2" gauge railroad in Larkspur, Colorado.
Calhan, Colorado station of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
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For more information visit: rmrhs.org/calhan-depot.html
DSPPHS Track Work Day at Calhan
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We travelled to Calhan, Colorado to the preserved Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific depot to build track for the Rocky Mountain Railroad Heritage Society (rmrhs.org) In exchange, they gave us a Denver & Rio Grande Western flatcar. Our Como workdays are Saturdays 7/29, 8/12, 9/2, 9/16 & 9/30. Como Railroad Day is Saturday 8/19.
Como Summer 2023 Update
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This video features drone and closeup video of Como for Summer 2023. Our 1912 Baldwin steam locomotive Klondike Kate is receiving a comprehensive rebuild. The water tank deck is nearly done. Open Houses include Saturdays 7/15 and 9/16 and Como Railroad Day is Saturday 8/19. For more information visit DSPPHS.org and SouthParkRailSociety.org
Bob Dunlap's Layout 2023 - New version with Drone & Camera Car
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The "Denver & Rio Grande Western - Foothills Division" layout features Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern rolling stock. Structures include the Rio Grande Southern Ophir station, the Coal Tipple from Chama, New Mexico and mining structures: Yankee Girl Mine, Pro Patria Aerial Tram, Silverado Mine. Here is a version I made back in 2019: ua-cam.com/video/Dfdz6exvi4s/v-deo.html Th...
Train Room Luminance Test
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Very First test runs of my DJI Osmo Pocket 2 in the train room. I need to add more fill light so I can use a faster shutter speed. Much of this was on automatic with a 1/30th of a second shutter speed. I need to increase the ISO setting - possibly all the way up to 6400 - in order to use a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second to have crisp images of movement. I am quite pleased with the color r...
An Afternoon in Durango
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This video shows the depot and museum in Durango at the Durango & Silverton Railroad. Both Steam and Diesel locomotive trains are shown as well. For more information visit Durangotrain.com
Denver & Rio Grande Car #210
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Built in 1881 in the DRG's Alamosa shops as a Baggage and Mail Car it was loaned to the Florence & Cripple Creek and used in the first train to reach Victor, Colorado in 1894. It was rebuilt in 1900 and 1926. Retired in 1951 it was scrapped in 1955. After being found in 1988 it was restored. Currently it is in the Frisco Emporium at 313 Main Street in Frisco Colorado. For more information visit...
The Como Project 2022 Work Day Schedule
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The Como Project 2022 Work Day Schedule
Bob Dunlap's G gauge garden railroad layout
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Bob Dunlap's G gauge garden railroad layout
Colorado & Sparktown G gauge garden railroad layout
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Colorado & Sparktown G gauge garden railroad layout
Knott's Berry Farm Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
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Knott's Berry Farm Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
Northlandz Model Railroad in Flemington, New Jersey
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Northlandz Model Railroad in Flemington, New Jersey
Into the Wind - A High Plains Holiday; short story written by Carol McAdoo Rehme
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Into the Wind - A High Plains Holiday; short story written by Carol McAdoo Rehme
Dramatic reading by Terry Dodd, of his script entitled Vaughn, New Mexico, Christmas Eve, 1956
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Dramatic reading by Terry Dodd, of his script entitled Vaughn, New Mexico, Christmas Eve, 1956
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry - Model Railroad Layout Animations
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Chicago Museum of Science & Industry - Model Railroad Layout Animations
Simply incredible!
I can't recall, it was either James or Frank who had a cool layout when we were in 5th or 6th grade.
Nice layout and photography James. Party on! 🎉
Hello James, excellent video from Denver Garden Railway Society. a fantastic layout and very nice trains. Thanks for showing and best regards from Germany.
Many thanks!
gotta go here someday oh I saw a model of the roundhouse in a magazine & the roundhouse had locomotive headlights on the building!
A very interesting project, will work continue on it? Thanks for the video and best regards from Germany.
Yes, we have a full mile's worth (1.6km) of rail on site to build more track this summer. Also, we are building a water tank!
Neat story! I was out there in October, 2022. Como is a special place. I painted some of the primer on the water tank base timbers, with Bob Shoppe.
Come back & visit - much work remains! ;-)
Nicely done.
Thanks - I have learned much about editing since then! ;-)
Exquisite layout and attention to detail!
Pretty sure this layout was also on the ‘22 convention layout tour.
He is a Denver Garden Railway Society member.
I believe this is another we saw during the ‘22 convention layout tour.
He is a Denver Garden Railway Society member.
Unsure if maybe we saw this on the layout tour during the garden railroad convention in ‘22?
Yes, we are in the Denver Garden Railway Society.
@@JamesMackayColorado your railroad is very impressive. The 1:1 scale scenery is spectacular.
Absolutely astounding had me fooled at the start if I may Sir one comment the bottom of the building need to be part of the ground and not just sit on it.
All of the buildings are taken off the layout at the end of the day.
Parabéns por resgatar história
Que bom que você gostou! O depósito agora é uma pousada bed & breakfast.
Beautiful layout.
Very Nice!!!!!!!!!
From where did Ron source the great variety of figures?
Layout size ? Thank you.
From the description. "His layout is in the 24' x 36' (7m x 11m) basement of a condominium in Arvada, Colorado. "
If bigboy is placed on the layout if Will definitely be the biggest among the others
Exquisite modelling - but what sets this video apart is what is too often overlooked - the VIDEO. Good stable camera (too many great layouts spoiled by shaky, too-fast-moving, etc). Good depth of filed (easier to do in larger scales) adds to realism, & little shooting "off set" (except some Point Of View "cab ride" shots, which is nearly impossible to not show the room). Good music & sound, too. Very exciting presentation!
Thanks! The bulk of the camera work was done after manually measuring focus distances and using the focus magnifier function of the Sony cameras, along with an external monitor. Tripods were used for all video - including a Manfrotto 055 that features the column operating in both vertical and horizontal modes (which is commonly used in food photography.) The commonly seen auto-exposure readjustments reacting to dark locomotives & bright boxcars were eliminated by using manual exposures. In order to use shutter speeds of 1/180 - 1/250th of second on the Sony cameras to capture detailed, in-motion rivets I had to use an ISO of 1000 to 1600. (I didn't use a higher ISO so that I didn't get "noise" in the dark shadow areas.). The sensor of the Pocket 2 provides clean shadows and blacks up to ISO 3200 - much better than the Sonys! This allowed for a minimum shutter speed of 1/200th of a second for all the camera car work. Much color-grading was resolve high-contrast and low contrast lighting situations that varied significantly on the camera car video. This required multiple adjustments throughout the video clip using keyframes (and not merely one exposure adjustment for the full duration of the clip.). I controlled the Pocket 2 with an iPhone to set exposure and point of focus because the screen on the camera is quite diminutive (and has been greatly increased on the Pocket 3.) Locomotive headlights were sometimes quite bright and I used masks to reduce the headlight luminance - particularly when the Pocket 2 faced the the front of the locomotive while the camera car was pushed in front of the locomotive.
Beautiful layout in every way. His attention to detail creates a wonderful slice of life in a by-gone era. And your camera work puts the viewer right into middle of the place and time creating an immersive experience that feels like a cherished memory of place once lived in. Outstanding collaboration of two creators that clearly have an enduring lifetime love of railroading. Thanks for sharing James. Merry Christmas.
I enjoy doing camera and editing work in the 21st century! Many of the scenes had numerous effects applied to them - including separately adjusting the shadows, mid-tones, highlights and each of their saturations. Some clips were edited to have warm-balance highlights and cold-balance shadows for increased chromaticity in the final image. Even so, bright roofs and bright headlights sometimes needed to be masked to achieve a pleasant luminance that fit with the rest of the image. I never could have done this with the reversal films of 20th century movie making (and the merely ~1/2 stop of exposure latitude that they allowed.)
Beautiful layout in every way. His attention to detail creates a wonderful slice of life in a by-gone era. And your camera work puts the viewer right into the middle of the place and time creating an immersive experience that feels like a cherished memory of place once lived in. Outstanding collaboration of two creators that clearly have an enduring lifetime love of railroading. Thanks for sharing James. Merry Christmas.
Beautiful layout
If I were going to build a train layout, this is what I would want it to look like!
What is F scale?
F scale is 1:20.3 scale. The 45 mm track gauge becomes 3' prototypical. LGB trains are typically 1:24 scale, as are Bachmann. Aristocraft made 1:29 scale trains. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_scale
@@JamesMackayColorado is it about the same size as G scale or is it bigger than G scale?
I think it is supposed to be narrow gauge g scale
Correct! LGB trains are G scale - 1:24. F scale trains use the same 45mm track gauge, but are scaled 1:20.3 as the 45mm track gauge becomes the 3" dimension that was commonly used by Colorado narrow gauge trains such as the Denver & Rio Grande, Rio Grande Southern, Colorado Central, Denver South Park & Pacific, etc.@@paulwebber1657
F scale (1:20.3) is about 20% larger than G scale (typically 1:24)@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
Very nice video.
Fantastic!
Really awesome! 👍👍👍 Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
Good to know that this video has international appeal!
i would love to have a train set this size. I remember when i was in college down in Las Cruces New Mexico i had a faculty member who actually had a 7 1/2" gauge locomotive sitting on a shelf in his offices. where can I get a a track panel from. I would love to have a sample of the 7 1/2" gauge track hanging on my wall
Train Mountain would probably have some spare 7 1/2" gauge track! trainmtn.org/tmrr/index.shtml
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Hi James, fantastic video of Ron Kreiser's F Scale layout. I love this three foot track because I like to drive myself. I think locomotives like the C-19, K27, K36 and K37 are great. Thanks for the nice video and Merry Christmas. Many greetings from Germany.
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm in the Denver Metro area Do you have any extra G gauge tracks
Ron and I are members of the Denver Garden Railway Society. denvergardenrailway.org. We have swap meets every February and June - you could find LGB and Aristocrat track at our swap meets. Also, Rocky Mountain Train Supply has a selection of used G gauge rolling stock and track. rockymountaintrainsupply.com
Very neat railroad seen I really like how they have the two women out on the back of the train so cool from the looks of it they are very beautiful young women yes indeed it is so very true people for real people for real okay thanks Charles Williams ⚡🎄😎❤️💙👁️🐿️👣💱👣💱🐇🐰🐕🐸🌎🌍🌈⚡.
Wow! I like the "galloping goose" there used to be one running here between Sooke and Victoria. It had a odd sound big slow gas engine.
Really impressive work!
Awesome. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Indescribably BEAUTIFUL!!!
Wow talk about realism, can’t get any better than this layout. This is a saver!
An interesting picture story about a great train station building with a happy ending.
👍👍👍👍🍀🍀
A fantastic model railway Christmas show. Thanks for showing and many greetings from Germany
Many thanks!
Great video James. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it! I have been working on one about Ron Keiser's layout - should have it done by Thanksgiving (+/-).
So cool love the layout.
Beautiful job. Exacting work, so realistic. Makes me want to come see your complete layout. Thank you for your posting here.
A great video and fantastic train. The steam locomotive and the speeder are great. When it comes to the steam locomotive, I hope that it will probably run again. A great event. Thanks for showing and best regards from Germany
Our 1912 Baldwin 2-6-2 is receiving a comprehensive rebuild. We are confident that she will run in 2025 (possibly 2024.). Our road master for our track is Alex Hois from Munich. We had a volunteer appreciation Oktoberfest recently and Alex wore his lederhosen! ;-)
such a fantastic layout..must have taken years to build and get it all so perfect gratz. Do you build everything from scratch like the houses and slit wood etc etc that bark on that huge redwood looks so real its unbelievable. Your painting and airbrushing skills must be top notch. I should not be Jealous but I am...haha man thats so awesome you are a very talented man 😊
All the mines, coal tipple aerial tram and sand structure are scratch built. The Ophir station is Banta kit built
Thank You for taking the time to reply...CHEERS@@bobdunlap8365
I love your talking Locomotive, at slow speeds it say "Who's on second, Who's on second." Thank you for the video.
A fantastic railway in this great track. Excellent video, thanks for showing it and best regards from Germany
I love your layout! I congratulate you for your stunning achievement. I want to visit and make a donation. I will contact you through the DGR club. Michael
Really nice video, James. What’s the backstory on this place, and how did this shoot come together?
Members of the Denver Garden Railway Society built this layout in Larkspur - and have been expanding the original trackage! Locomotives are battery powered.