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@@MygrandpasTrain No procedure on chrome other than to lightly wash, luke warm water, mild clear soap, and soft camel hair brush, blot dry the gently wipe with soft, non-abrasive cloth, thanks for watching!

@@willamettevalleyAFtrains Thanks for watching and comment!

@@ronalddevine9587 Best to you for watching and offering comment, thanks!

My observations or comments on S-helper rolling stock are based entirely on this piece. Its coloration is impressive including quality of lettering stamped on, very sharp and clear. It has impressive detail. It is lighter in weight than Gilbert vintage cars especially die-cast chassis pieces. For flimsy I would substitute lighter in weight. As far as use I’ve always believed and practiced that if an object is taken care off, maintained, and not abused including over exposure to light it and kept clean it will last longer and look good as it ages. Cannot offer opinion of “stand up to regular use” since I’ve not used or operated it on the railhead and owned it less than a year. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you for watching. UP three-bay hopper 24216 was introduced by AC Gilbert American Flyer in the product line 1958 and remained in product line through 1960 (Doyle). The build date stamped on the exterior of the car is meant to simulate when prototype might have been produced. These dates sometimes labeled “New” or “BLT” are also seen on other rolling stock including locomotives.

@@flyerjunction I’ve been searching for 3R ties using a variety of search parameters, none located thus far.

@@joezuccardo3245 Willamette Valley youtube page has an undecorated bay window caboose that he painted and decaled for UP.

@@joezuccardo3245 Thank you for watching and comment. I saw it during search, it is 48727 UP Bay Window Caboose “24554” by Lionel for American Flyer, 2005, with Union Pacific road name. It is yellow with red lettering. With yellow, red, tuscan stock already in consist I wanted something in a different livery, I don’t have a silver caboose and the simplicity of the square window I found attractive, in my SF train to be featured later in this video series, I chose ATSF 9405 red with black roof bay window caboose.

@-MAILMAN Thanks for watching and comment. I did not touch either up, next trip to Michaels I plan to see if their Testors inventory has a greenish, yellow/gold, reddish metallic in their bottle selection for that purpose.

@@davesaftrains4368 Someone mentioned that the original paint may have contained an element to reflect or glow in the dark and to be careful of chipping it, but I have found no reference.

@@-MAILMAN For this depth of detail and specifications Deger’s books are recommended, time permitting I’ll check.

​​@@davesaftrains4368I don't recall anything more than a reference to cast on marker lights with painted lenses (no color reference) in Deger's book volume 1. I have a big motor from '56.

@@flyerjunction Yes, first time. And yes I published an earlier video with drovers at end of stock car consist. Stay tuned, a video is in the queue to feature the mine construction, how I converted a 740 hand car to DC, how I routed DC current to the mine train track, and how it is operated including a demonstration, thank you for comment and for watching! I appreciate your support, Best DavesAFTrains

@@-MAILMAN Thanks for watching and feedback. My grandkids love the FlyerChiefs as well and they are good for them as some have not caught on Gilbert transformer controls, I like the app but not too comfortable with GK handling my phone so I allow them to use the remote, yes, they ware out the horns and dialogues! 😁 Best Dave

@@willamettevalleyAFtrains thanks for watching!

@@Tool-Meister Thank you for watching!

@@dougdoesstuff24 many thanks for viewing. Most of my pull mor wheels and tires, diesel and steam, I purchased from Port Lines Hobby Supply, portlines.com, select Sales Categories (top right), scroll down to Wheels and Wheel Sets are a good starting point for everything wheels. Good hunting and let us know how your projects go, best, DavesAFTrains

@@tomdonnelly5659 no. Maybe post message in this thread for all to see: 1) What are they? 2) What type of material do they clean? 3) Are they foreign to some substances, for example rubber, coating on wire, brass, etc 3) sources to obtain, 4) average cost, 5) Pros and cons, thanks Dave

@@richardalley6695 many thanks for viewing. Most of my pull mor wheels and tires, diesel and steam, I purchased from Port Lines Hobby Supply, portlines.com, select Sales Categories (top right), scroll down to Wheels and Wheel Sets are a good starting point for everything wheels. Good hunting and let us know how your projects go, best, DavesAFTrains

Thank you for watching! That would be interesting, but we would have to know the baseline, what to use as fixed parameters and what to measure as variables, for example, in my experiment fixed are voltage and track layout RPMs pulling a predefined consist, variable to measure is amp draw.

Thank you for watching and feedback, just a suggestion double check gauge on troublesome axles, and double check slide contacts for looseness and good spring pressure. When train stops in switch do not touch it-take marker and place mark on rail of each contact wheel and slide contact. Remove train then extend marks to top of rails for further study. It might even be necessary to slightly widen gauge to deal with a troublesome switch. Glad to see someone else refers to printed material that I call the “process” phase of people-process-technology trilogy- to me Doyle pictorial department store Christmas catalog, Deger encyclopedia Brittanica, Barker do-it-yourselfer blue collar practitioner, Hannon “the professor” PhD dissertation, and Greenbergs cost business model and broker. 😁

@@davesaftrains4368 Great analogy on the authors. Got all those books plus Tufts book on sets and all of Barker"s Round House Articles from S Gaugin and the little yellow book by McClintock. I just don't think I will use his suggestion of asbestos for scenery material. 😗 I will utilize your marker suggestion regarding the 371 & 375 and the switches, running long hood forward was when the problem occurred. Thanks for the tip. 🙂 I had one tender issue doing the same thing on a 301 which I eventually ID'd as the rear truck being bent just enough to lift one rear axle contact wheel tread off of the rail when the front axle wheel was on the plastic frog. I could only find it by shining a small mag-lite from the opposite side and seeing the light shine under it. Was tough seeing it with the flange in the way. Coming off of a curve nearby the flange was away from the inside rail but the tread was lifted.

@@-MAILMAN Great work with the light, sometimes it takes ingenuity to discover, a colleague reminds me of a problem I had that is more common than known, as diecast tender bushing become elongated (thus lowering the height of the truck) it causes side frame to contact adjacent track in switch thus shorting, corrected by inserting eyelets into side frames and re-centering vertically the axle…have McClintock too, one of my favorite….also highly recommend Westcott’s “Track Plans for Model Trains”, 1956, best regards!

@@davesaftrains4368 I am aware of the the diecast/sintered trucks wearing out of round, but luckily I don't have any yet. I have thought about getting the eyelets to preempt this problem in the tenders and rolling stock, but I am not sure of the size needed. I do have "Track Plans for Model Railroads, 1956" by Wescott plus his "How to Wire Your Model Railroad" 5th Edition. I have the Korando books for Steam and Diesel also. I obtained all of the reference books that both you and Dave Horn recommended in email communications with me, 90% of which were identical. He left out McClintok and Wescott, but added Robert Tufts book. I also have Tom Seccia's book "Operating and Repairing American Flyer Trains HO-O-S" as was recommended to me by Doug Peck which has helped tremendously with non-locomotive parts not listed in both my Greenberg's and K-Line's Factory Service Manuals.