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Crownironman, I'm building an "era 2" model coal rail and have not been able to positively identify what kinds of coal carts they used on these trains. Your gondola's seem right are they modeled from that period?

Fantastic videos on this weathering job!!!!

Nice video, thanks 🙂 of a magnificent railroad

Interior details super great,,nicely done,,😊

Flat car looks great,,I did a few for my place but yours is drop dead beautiful,,I’m going to try and get one like this now,,thanks for sharing,,nicely done,,😊

Jeff, looking forward to your 2025 progress! The layout is looking cool and the loading of coal is much better than I imagined....8 out of 10 on the cool scale....Brings out the inner child. I like that your compromising to bring caboose into the operations....Time will come to do the accurate models (that only you and handfull of others on the planet know about). Backups make lots of sense, I have duplicate Sn2 brass locos to do the same and to provide replacement locos. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, could you post the jig you built for bending the LED LEGS.

This is way super cool! I’ve been thinking of using momentary push button control for my servo thrown turnouts. In my case I was going to use a separate bi-color LED but what you’ve done is way cleaner. I’ve gotta get some of these and try it. This is great! Thanks.

Well done video and informative! Thanks. It’s funny how when hosting sessions every job takes longer than anticipated. As you noted.

I wonder if the cork is allowing your tipple to flow too fast into the hoppers, hence the spills

What a stunning shadow box type of shelf layout, and your artistic vision and creative capabilities are obvious. * subscribed for more inspiration *

I have my little Cox Pinto gas powered tether funny car but I never knew that there was a full size one and I never seen any full-size footage until today! *This is the absolute first time and thank you very much for listing it!

wher u get that background ... its beautifoul ahhhh i need that in N :)

I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing the support materials you have prepared to assist the operations. I never realized that static friction could be such an issue.....

Nice update. Great additions in the train room.

Layout is looking great. What did those guys think of running steam and shays?

Interesting problem on loading the small tipple. I recently added live loading to my second smaller tipple and am having the same problem with coal "jumping" out of the car. Of course, mine is manually operated, not a cool conveyor, automated system!! I like your fix and will give it a try. Nice update. I'm going to give the different throttle a try, looks interesting.

that's really neat.

Looking very good sir! Lovely Backdrop, TS does lovely stuff.

On the landisburg tipple, could you use a hinged door at the end of the shoot? Just a thought.

Great stuff!! My experience on shays is after completed drive run dry for some time . Then lube this will remove any binding and mesh gears together.

Great video..

This is amazing :). Similar to bonsai is all I can think of to explain why this hobby is so addicting and feels so good even just to watch other people’s toys (models) running around. Something about it and when you get a layout this immersive it’s just a pleasure. Thank you very much for the hard work and the vision and for sharing :)

Great explanation! And great patience!

the rust buckets

Crossing activation failure at 4:01 lol. Nahh, you didn't run that light it dropped beforehand

I'm planning my first layout - HO scale industrial switching - and because I have 3 cats, was thinking of trying to create some sort of shadowbox shelf layout with a protective front cover, and you have given my a lot of ideas. BTW, the amount of operational details, and scenery components you're creating is stunning. * subscribed *

The amount of thought put into your process is staggering.

What gauge track is it? What brand track? It looks scratch built!

Beautiful fit and finish. Love the cubby spots underneath the layout. They aren’t just for cards. Gotta have a place for your beer!

Man, you have really planned this out well. Great walk through and explanations. The fascia transformed everything nicely. It really helps to highlight and showcase the layout. If I could summarize the entire project thus far I would say very neat work.

I have to say, you've taught me quite a few things over the past 15 minutes. Definitely a high IQ individual!

That's some high quality work there! The black valance, fascia, the card boxes and controls look great. Thanks for the update.

I really like the defect aspect of the operation. That is a really neat way to make the "repair" facilities useful other than being a visual placeholder. Also adds a bit of switching for shops and hostlers.

Good word...truncated...your fascia looks outstanding! The hard work paid off! I like your low-lit inset panels too. The layout is coming along great!

Subbed you love it

Oh so cool

What scale is this? Thanks...

What year was this again? Looks like you were in Parsons about the same time Pentrex was.

Does anyone besìdes me remember how those SooLine patch jobs on Milw units were deriseivly called the "Rotten Pumpkin" paint scheme?

i like how the cars have sound in them, pretty neat

Great progress, even if summer has not impressed the rest of the family. I can envisage plenty of train "lost" in the wilderness scenes as this progresses. Wonderful is an old fashioned word but surely appropriate to the era you are portraying.

It does look like Cass! All those switchbacks.

What percent grades on your layout and are the locomotives Bachmann?

Once you add the rock and green these scenes up, they are going to look great. Thanks for sharing

Awesome video and great narration🎉

I live about a mile from the real Quincy mine and this very close to the original. Out buildings and all. The ore cars are spot on. Great work.

Very nice layout and equipment. Thanks for sharing with us.

Do you have a link for that light strip that you used?

Suggestion: where the creek, at landisburg, goes into the backdrop. You were going to put a house on stilts. Wouldn't it be cool to maybe do a copy of the Babcock gristmill?